13-year-old boy in war. He has just been ripped out of his home and taken to battle the rebels. He is mistreated and has no way to escape this horror. After throwing a bomb‚ which killed many‚ he is taken to court‚ where they are asking if he should be given amnesty. If it was your decision‚ would you give this boy a second chance at living freely? Or would you put him behind bars for the rest of his life? Many are now asking themselves‚ should child soldiers be given amnesty or should they be prosecuted? This
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“In the last ten years‚ two million child soldiers have been killed‚ more than one million orphaned‚ more than six million left injured or permanently disabled‚ and more than 10 million diagnosed with psychological trauma” (Invisible Children). But that is only the beginning of this problem and it could get worse. Many young children find themselves in the army for various reasons. They commit many acts that are deemed as crimes. Some people think that they should be pardoned and some think otherwise
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Assembly QUESTION OF: Child Soldiers: demobilization‚ rehabilitation and reintegration SUBMITTED BY: Amnesty International CO-SUBMITTED BY: The Democratic Republic of the Philippines‚ Republic of South Africa and Republic of Angola THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY‚ Aware that the Coalition’s estimates over 8‚000 children were still fighting in 2005 in the nations of Côte d’Ivoire‚ Liberia‚ Sierra Leone and Guinea‚ Fully Alarmed that there are over 300‚000 child soldiers currently serving in the East
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the full extent. In Africa there are wars going on involving child soldiers who are in real fighting with real guns shooting real people it is not a game. The people in Africa are horrified by this practice and the wars. Consequently the practice of child soldiers is wrong and cruel and needs to end. This is supported by the fact that the child soldiers are going to be traumatized. It is also supported because the child soldiers will be damaged
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Coming home 12 November 2009‚ 7:40 am. The sky was clear‚ the mighty sun replaced the morning dew with its radiant illuminating rays. Daud woke to the routine call to prayer‚ he rubbed his blurry eyes and looked around him‚ exhaled and rubbed his eyes again as if trying to wake up to the smell of his mother’s cooking instead he is still haunted by his Kalashnikov in front of him. He jumped out of his hammock
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The Professional Soldier The professional soldier is the soldier that puts God‚ Country‚ and his fellow soldier before Himself. The soldier that shows up for duty with the attitude of not what do I have to do for my Army‚ but what can I do for my Army. The professional soldier adapts and overcomes situations that would brake the average man down. The professional soldier is mentally and physically a weapon to be used against enemies of the United States of America. I am a
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according to human right watch. Child soldier refers to any person under the age of 18 placed in the face of war. This issue discusses the rights of children and how they shouldn’t be involved in death‚ murder or fighting‚ but instead‚ experience the innocence of being a child. Children are abducted from their homes and schools are forced to work as spies‚ cooks or guards. Girls are subjected to rape and sexual assault and given as wives to commanders. Children Soldiers obstruct the articles 5 the right
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March 24‚ 2012 William M. Welch USA TODAY 7950 Jones Branch Drive McLean‚ VA 22108-0605 Dear Editor: Thank you for taking your time to read this letter. I have recently read your article November 30‚ 2006‚ “Some Say Cop Videos Misleading.” I totally agree with you that some cops are being aggressive‚ mistreating and physically abusive toward some people that are misbehaving or breaking the laws. As you can imagine most people grew up believing that cops are meant to capture the
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This poem is about an Afghani fighter called Kamal‚ and about an attack he made on a colonel horse. This poem was first called “Kamal” but Kipling changed it to the epic name it has now. Its style represents the subject of raids and battles. Briefly‚ the story of this poem is about two main warriors: an Afghan raider‚ Kamal‚ and a Colonel’s son. Kamal stole the horse of the Colonel and took it to an enemy area. The Colonel’s son bravely followed him to take the horse back and to show his courage
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In Home of the Free‚ Wendell Berry‚ the author takes issue with the way people go through life wanting work and lifestyles to be easier without thinking of the consequence of what it takes to live life “free”. They have the modern day conveniences to help them from getting their hands dirty or having to do anything that someone else can do for them. Berry implies the only way to avoid doing work that might get their hands dirty or feel unsafe doing or‚ is that they would have to be put into a protective
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