Manipur Alliance for Child Rights (MACR) denounces
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 19 2012:
Expressing deep apprehension if there has been a mass drive for child soldiers, the Manipur Alliance for Child Rights has called for stopping of child soldier recruitment.
MACR convenor, K Pradipkumar said in a statement that parents whose children had disappeared in recent days have deep apprehension that their children could have been recruited by some groups.
Conveying its disapproval over child soldier recruitment, MACR appealed all concerned to free the children if they are in their custody.
International Human Rights Law prohibited the recruitment of children below 18 years as child soldiers, the MACR statement pointed out.