Homework+Feb.20

29 January 2007

Chad: Urgent need to protect the people
Homes ablaze. Villagers slaughtered. Women and girls raped. Survivors scattered in terror. Civilians in eastern Chad are sharing the cruel fate of their neighbours in Darfur, hostages to Sudan’s ruthless solution to rebel attacks in the region.

Under international law, the forced recruitment and use of children under 18 in armed forces is illegal. The recruitment of children under the age of 15 is considered a war crime. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), it is estimated that at least 30,000 children have been part of the government forces and armed groups during the conflict that began in 1996.
 * use of child soldiers**

(From the Department of Justice, Canadian Government) "Canada has a long history of hate-motivated violence towards racial or ethnic minorities. For example, in 1907 in Vancouver, a mob of whites attacked the Chinese and Japanese communities, causing at least extensive damage to stores and, it was claimed by one report, "several fatalities". During World War II, members of the Japanese Canadian community were interned and their property confiscated. In the 1970s, a series of subway attacks against members of the South Asian community in Toronto helped to result in creation of a task force to study that problem..."
 * A Brief History of Hate-motivated Violence in Canada**

These stories match up with our definition of injustice, because what happened to these people was unfair and unjust.