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Child Soldiers: Treat Them As Victims, Not Just Victimizers

Human Rights First’s Anwen Hughes tells Senators that current policy on “material support” for terrorism is “insanity” in a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law.

See excerpts from HRF’s April 24 testimony

Full written testimony

To read the July 15 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette op-ed by Ms. Hughes on the impact of the “material support” bar on child soldiers, click here