{"id":575828,"date":"2014-02-09T08:45:23","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T00:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=575828"},"modified":"2014-02-09T08:45:24","modified_gmt":"2014-02-09T00:45:24","slug":"warning-out-vs-kids-in-combat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/575828\/warning-out-vs-kids-in-combat","title":{"rendered":"Warning out vs kids in combat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, Philippines\u2014 The Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (Iacat) on Saturday warned groups like the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and others involved in armed hostilities to stop recruiting children into their ranks.<\/p>\n\n<div id=\"attachment_572271\" style=\"width: 239px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/572267\/3-biff-child-fighters-die-in-clashes\/biff-child-fighters-l\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-572271\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-572271\" class=\"size-full wp-image-572271\" title=\"BIFF child fighters l\" src=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2014\/02\/BIFF-child-fighters-l.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2014\/02\/BIFF-child-fighters-l.jpg 229w, https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2014\/02\/BIFF-child-fighters-l-72x109.jpg 72w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-572271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, some of them obviously in their teens, are shown in this photo taken inside the BIFF camp in Datu Saudi Ampatuan town in Maguindanao province on Friday. JEOFFREY MAITEM\/INQUIRER MINDANAO<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, Iacat chair, expressed alarm over reports that teenagers, some as young as 15 and 16, were among the casualties in recent skirmishes between government troops and BIFF guerrillas in Mindanao.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cAny form of recruitment of children to aid armed conflict is a reprehensible practice and is rightfully condemned by all nations,\u201d said De Lima in a statement.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cChildren used as combatants suffer in a number of ways, most of them suffer in silence. It is incumbent upon us to put an end to these horrors,\u201d De Lima, a former head of the Commission on Human Rights, added.<\/p>\n\n<p>De Lima said the leaders of the BIFF would likely face human trafficking charges under Philippine laws.<\/p>\n\n<p>She cited Republic Act No. 9208, the 2003 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act, which states that recruiting, transporting or adopting a child to engage in armed activities in the Philippines or abroad is considered human trafficking.<\/p>\n\n<p>This is elevated to \u201cqualified human trafficking\u201d if \u201cby reason or on occasion of the act of trafficking persons, the offended party dies,\u201d the law further states. <strong><em>Jerome Aning<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>RELATED STORIES<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/572794\/palace-hits-use-of-child-soldiers-by-rebel-group\">Palace hits use of child soldiers by rebel group<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><a 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