Amber, Jeannine,

Abduction of Innocents. Jeannine Amber. - Essence, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 45, Human Relations, 1522-3248; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. 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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Abduction
Atrocities
Child slaves
Child soldiers
Children--Uganda
Human rights--Uganda
Rape victims
Slavery--Africa
Terrorism--Psychological aspects


Uganda--Social conditions

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