June 28, 2004

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  Over 8,000 Ugandan children abducted in last 12 months

  
  

  KAMPALA, June 26 (Xinhuanet) -- A committee from the Ugandan parliament has said that in the last 12 months alone, it is estimated that over 8,000 children have been abducted owing to the spread of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel activity.

  
  

  The Parliament Select Committee on Humanitarian and Security Affairs said that "it is estimated that between 20,000 and 25,000 children have been abducted in the course of the LRA conflict. These have since been indoctrinated, turned into fighters, sex slaves, load carriers and are forced onto the front-line to fight and conduct all forms of atrocious acts against the local communities."

  
  

   

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