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Paraguay Paraguay: Child Soldiers Global Report 2001 From the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers There are indications of under-18s in government armed forces. Despite clear legal prohibitions, the recruitment of children between 12 and 17 is widespread. There are also reports of ill-treatment and deaths in questionable circumstances of under-age recruits. June 12, 2001 Paraguay: Landmine Monitor Report 2000 Key developments since March 1999: The Mine Ban Treaty entered into force for Paraguay on 1 May 1999. Paraguay has stated for the first time that it does not have a stockpile of antipersonnel mines. Paraguay signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997. The National Congress passed ratification legislation, Law 1339, on 6 October 1998 and Paraguay deposited its instrument of ratification at the United Nations on 13 November 1998. The treaty entered into force for Paraguay on 1 May 1999. August 1, 2000 Off Limits Censorship and Corruption Far from thanking their critics, governments go to great lengths to silence them. In Argentina, exposures of official corruption by a bold independent newspaper, Pagina 12, struck such a deep nerve that they triggered an amendment to the Penal Code, since withdrawn, that would curb "whistleblowers" by making it an offense to publish information about financial affairs, industry, the military, and many other matters without official permission. Sometimes a regime will even reach out beyond its own borders to punish a critic who exposes financial corruption. In June 1991, France expelled the Moroccan writer Abdelmoumen Diouri who had resided legally in France since the 1970's as a political refugee. The expulsion order provided no specific reasons for Diouri's expulsion, but the most probable reason is his criticism of Morocco's King. French authorities had urged him not to publish his forthcoming book, A Qui Appartient le Maroc? ( Who Owns Morocco?), which investigates the King's financial interests abroad and in various sectors of the Moroccan economy. Diouri returned to France in July after an administrative tribunal ruled that he had been wrongly deported. This report focuses on six countries around the world which in different ways illustrate the mechanisms of censorship through which governments formally and informally prevent reporting on the wealth of those in power. July 1, 1991 Download PDF, 344 KB, 62 pgs Printer friendly version
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