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100 kids became victims of terror in 2009
Friday, February 12, 2010
Our correspondent
Islamabad
According to media reports, approximately 100 children became the victim of suicide bombing in Pakistan during the year 2009, the worst being the one at a mosque in Parade Lane, Rawalpindi that killed 45 people and almost half of them were children.
These statistics were quoted in a press statement issued by Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (Sparc) to condemn the death of three innocent girl students and wounding of 40 in the bomb attack on a school by the Taliban in Lower Dir on February 3.
Mentioning some other heartbreaking cases, the statement says that in another such incident, seven- year-old, Laiba, became victim to indiscriminate firing by law enforcement agencies when she was travelling in a car with her family in Hayatabad, Peshawar. In Nanger Khani near Dir District, two children were killed in an improvised explosive device planted in a field in the village on January 27.
The statement highlights that these relentless killings of human beings and especially children at the hands of the non-state and state actors are in direct violation of the International Human Rights and Humanitarian Laws and Islamic Injunctions. “The attacks on residential areas, general public places and even schools and mosques are not permitted under any of the humanitarian laws and injunctions of Islam,” it points out. It says that the international human rights and humanitarian laws are being violated on daily basis in guise of ‘war on terror’ that has made life difficult for children living in tribal area. “These children already face harsh conditions with limited or no access to healthcare, education and recreation,” it mentions adding that a large number of children have become orphaned, displaced and are living in miserable and difficult circumstances due to the ongoing conflict in these areas. Geneva Convention IV guarantees special care for children, but it is the additional Optional Protocols (I) that lays down the principle of special protection: “Children shall be the object of special respect and shall be protected against any form of indecent assault. The parties to the conflict shall provide them with the care and aid they require, whether because of their age or for any other reason (Article 77). This principle also applies to non-international armed conflict (Article 4, para. 3 APII).”
Sparc demands from the state and non state actors including international actors for strict observance of the international human rights and humanitarian laws and injunctions of Islamic values so that children, women and men are protected from the ordeal being faced by them in the on going war on terror.
.....and we want to defend the 'human rights' of those who have done the above!
Friday, February 12, 2010
Our correspondent
Islamabad
According to media reports, approximately 100 children became the victim of suicide bombing in Pakistan during the year 2009, the worst being the one at a mosque in Parade Lane, Rawalpindi that killed 45 people and almost half of them were children.
These statistics were quoted in a press statement issued by Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (Sparc) to condemn the death of three innocent girl students and wounding of 40 in the bomb attack on a school by the Taliban in Lower Dir on February 3.
Mentioning some other heartbreaking cases, the statement says that in another such incident, seven- year-old, Laiba, became victim to indiscriminate firing by law enforcement agencies when she was travelling in a car with her family in Hayatabad, Peshawar. In Nanger Khani near Dir District, two children were killed in an improvised explosive device planted in a field in the village on January 27.
The statement highlights that these relentless killings of human beings and especially children at the hands of the non-state and state actors are in direct violation of the International Human Rights and Humanitarian Laws and Islamic Injunctions. “The attacks on residential areas, general public places and even schools and mosques are not permitted under any of the humanitarian laws and injunctions of Islam,” it points out. It says that the international human rights and humanitarian laws are being violated on daily basis in guise of ‘war on terror’ that has made life difficult for children living in tribal area. “These children already face harsh conditions with limited or no access to healthcare, education and recreation,” it mentions adding that a large number of children have become orphaned, displaced and are living in miserable and difficult circumstances due to the ongoing conflict in these areas. Geneva Convention IV guarantees special care for children, but it is the additional Optional Protocols (I) that lays down the principle of special protection: “Children shall be the object of special respect and shall be protected against any form of indecent assault. The parties to the conflict shall provide them with the care and aid they require, whether because of their age or for any other reason (Article 77). This principle also applies to non-international armed conflict (Article 4, para. 3 APII).”
Sparc demands from the state and non state actors including international actors for strict observance of the international human rights and humanitarian laws and injunctions of Islamic values so that children, women and men are protected from the ordeal being faced by them in the on going war on terror.
.....and we want to defend the 'human rights' of those who have done the above!
