Afghanistan: Child Abuse Victims Go to Jail

Afghanistan: Child Abuse Victims Go to Jail

Rights activists say children are imprisoned for “moral crimes” while the perpetrators escape prosecution.

Guantanamo 'child soldier' is freed

Guantanamo 'child soldier' is freed


The youngest and last Western detainee held at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay has returned to Canada after a decade in custody.

A Decade in Detention for Former Child Soldier

A Decade in Detention for Former Child Soldier


Today marks a decade in U.S. custody for Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen who is Guantánamo’s youngest prisoner. Even though he has been eligible for transfer back to Canada for almost nine months pursuant to his October 2010 plea deal, he is still detained at Guantánamo. Khadr is the only one of the 168 remaining detainees who was a juvenile when transferred to Guantánamo.

Stephen Smith condemns Taliban's use of child in suicide bomb injuring aid worker

Stephen Smith condemns Taliban's use of child in suicide bomb injuring aid worker DEFENCE Minister Stephen Smith has condemned as "revolting and contemptible" the Taliban's use of a child suicide bomber in the attack that left Australian aid worker David Savage badly wounded.

Afghan infants fed pure opium

Afghan infants fed pure opium

In a far flung corner of northern Afghanistan, Aziza reaches into the dark wooden cupboard, rummages around, and pulls out a small lump of something wrapped in plastic.

Children are safer in Kabul than in London, says Nato envoy

Children are safer in Kabul than in London, says Nato envoy

A senior British diplomat who leads Nato in Afghanistan has caused fury with a claim that Kabul is a safer place for children to grow up than Britain's major cities.

Trial of "Child Soldier" Opens at Guantanamo

Trial of "Child Soldier" Opens at Guantanamo

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 10, 2010 (IPS) - Omar Khadr was only 15 when he was captured by U.S. forces in 2002 in Afghanistan. Now, eight years later, the 23-year-old is on trial in Guantanamo Bay, in the first military commission trial since the beginning of the Barack Obama administration.

Soldier's family says he's innocent of child-porn charge

Soldier's family says he's innocent of child-porn charge

In Galesburg, Ill., the family of Spc. Billy Miller are talking to reporters about the soldier and how the military has accused him of possessing child pornography. Miller's family says the photos are of his 4-year-old niece in her swimsuit and are innocent. They're not happy with how the military has been treating him. Miller's unit came home last year, but he's still in Afghanistan, awaiting court martial. Army officials declined to talk about the case with AP.

Soldier faces child porn charges after mother sends him picutres of young relati

Children’s plight overlooked in Afghanistan: UN

Children’s plight overlooked in Afghanistan: UN

Eight years after the US-led overthrow of the Taliban, children in Afghanistan are suffering disastrous levels of abuse, deprivation and mortality, officials said here on Sunday.

UNICEF: Afghanistan worst for child welfare

UNICEF: Afghanistan worst for child welfare

The UNICEF report also says that war-ravaged Afghanistan is the most dangerous place in the world for a child to be born in. The agency says the country has the highest infant mortality rate in the world.

Afghanistan: New law says husbands can starve wives who refuse sex

Afghanistan: New law says husbands can starve wives who refuse sex

The repressive family law that just went into effect in Afghanistan, at least, should make us pause to consider whether there is a good outcome in that nation.

Note: And the feminazis here think they got it bad in the USA...