DW: UNICEF: 2017 a 'nightmare year' for children caught in war zones
According to UNICEF, 2017 was one of the worst years for children caught in conflicts and besieged areas. From being deployed as human shields to acting as suicide bombers, children have become targets on a huge scale.
Warring parties in 2017 had a blatant disregarded for international law when it came to the protection of children, an official from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday.
A UNICEF report found that in conflict-ridden regions across the world, high numbers of children had been killed, used as human shields and recruited to fight.
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More News On The UNICEF Report That Outlines How Children in Conflict Zones Suffer from Shocking Levels of Violence
Children under attack at shocking scale in conflicts around the world, says UNICEF -- UNICEF
A Look at the Most Dangerous Places for Children in 2017 -- NYT
Unicef says scale of attacks on children in conflicts is shocking -- BBC
Children in Conflict Suffer from Shocking Levels of Violence -- Voice of America
UNICEF: Children suffer at shocking scale in conflicts -- Al Jazeera
1 comment:
What about children they can't get pictures of?
Like North Korea?
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