CHILDREN OF THE TROUBLES
THEY SHOOT CHILDREN, DON’T
THEY?
Background: Children of the Troubles is a cross-community group that
campaigns against the abuse of Children by loyalist and republican
paramilitaries in Northern Ireland.
Since
1990 more than 500 Children have been shot, beaten and maimed by paramilitary
groups. Several hundred others have been ‘exiled’ from their homes under threat
of violence. Following the outbreak of the Troubles, these so-called
‘punishment’ attacks – orange-on orange and green-on-green violence – have been
carried out in mainly working-class areas. They have traumatised some of the
most vulnerable and disadvantaged children in our society.
Aims:
·
to
expose the scale and severity of Loyalist and Republican paramilitary
‘punishment’ attacks on Children
·
to
highlight the traumatic effects on Children of the various forms of physical
and psychological abuse inflicted on them
·
to
work with other groups in opposing human rights abuses more generally, whether perpetrated
by the state or by paramilitary organisations, both in Northern Ireland and
elsewhere in the world.
Contacts:
Dr Irene Boada: Telephone: 0747-0037-154; ireneboadamontagut@gmail.com
Liam Kennedy: Telephone: 90-973253; 90-322067; l.kennedy@qub.ac.uk
