Abduction of Innocents. Jeannine Amber.
by Amber, Jeannine; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 45Human Relations. Publisher: Essence, 2004ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Abduction | Atrocities | Child slaves | Child soldiers | Children -- Uganda | Human rights -- Uganda | Rape victims | Slavery -- Africa | Terrorism -- Psychological aspects | Uganda -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In northern Uganda, tens of thousands of children have lived their entire lives under the threat of being abducted by a violent band of warriors who attack their villages and terrorize their communities. The rebels, who call themselves the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), have kidnapped an estimated 30,000 children, systematically brutalizing and brainwashing them, then using them as soldiers, laborers or sex slaves." (ESSENCE) This article reveals how "in conflict-torn areas in East Africa, children are stolen in the night and forced into slavery" by rebels, who call themselves the Lord's Resistance Army, profiling the case of one girl who escaped the rebels and is trying to start a new life.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Abduction of Innocents, Dec. 2004; pp. 172+.
"In northern Uganda, tens of thousands of children have lived their entire lives under the threat of being abducted by a violent band of warriors who attack their villages and terrorize their communities. The rebels, who call themselves the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), have kidnapped an estimated 30,000 children, systematically brutalizing and brainwashing them, then using them as soldiers, laborers or sex slaves." (ESSENCE) This article reveals how "in conflict-torn areas in East Africa, children are stolen in the night and forced into slavery" by rebels, who call themselves the Lord's Resistance Army, profiling the case of one girl who escaped the rebels and is trying to start a new life.
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