Dear Dilip Da, I was not aware that even the government and its collaborators (Salwa Judum) were using children in the conflict without exit options. It is expected that any pro-people organisation should abide by the universally accepted norms. So, the Naxalites/ Maoists are expected to do so since their claim is such. But it is clearly understood that in an outfit commandeered by guns, and especially one facing, to quote Chandan Da: the 3rd largest armed forces in the world, our expectations are dashed, as such organisations, as they are, and the reality they are in, may not be able to dispense with the necessity of extra hands and heads, however inchoate . There would be arguments that even the mass democratic movements in those places are perforce armed in nature due to extreme repression of any dissent by the state and big business interests. And I suspect that though Mao Tse Tung insisted on paramountcy of mass movements supported by people's militia, it had always been the other way round, even in his times, leading to infantile disorders. But the state agencies, especially representing Indian democracy, have done worse, so it seems, as they are signatories to so many charters trying to protect human rights. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Dilip Deka dilipdeka at yahoo.com Wed Aug 25 01:33:40 IST 2010 Previous message: [Assam] The Naxal/Maoist Movement, Part 2? Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How about this article from Human Rights Watch website? Is it credible? HRW is watching out for the children of Chattisgarh who become pawns between Naxalites and the Police Force. The article is long. So I posted the link below. www.hrw.org/en/node/75148/section/8
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