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Who should take a stand against abusive child labor being used in Congo to dig out coltan?

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    by Leo Ginley

    If any dark place on the face of this earth needs illuminating, surely it lies in the minds of those people, who are unware of, or worse still, don't care about the issue of child labor being used to dig Coltan (from colum...read more

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    by Ezekiel Oloriegbe

    Who should take a stand against abusive child labor being used in the Congo DR to dig out coltan? All of us!To the very last person, that's who. We can go further to also ask when, must we take a stand against humanitar...read more

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    by Robert C. Sage

    Everyone should be against abusive child labor such as is used to mine coltan in the Congo. Child labor has long been outlawed, yet it continues in many backward corners of the world. Children are inherently weaker than ...read more

  • by Cosmin Pascu

    This question proves not to be too controversial - if the exploitation of the child labor in Congo is not caused by the Western World. However, due to the involvement of the Western globalization, Child labor has become a ...read more

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    by Ryan Simmons

    Who should take a stand against abusive child labor being used in Congo to dig out Coltan? The Congo has been a favorite kettle for Western civil rights activists for decades. It allows them to incessantly call it blac...read more

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    by Carrington M. Nye

    Who should take a stand against abusive child labor being used in Congo to dig out coltan? The use of child labor anywhere is abysmal. And every God-fearing person on this planet should take a stand against it, but let ...read more

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    by Marcus Brooks

    In the African nation of Congo, a long standing, civil war has lasted for five years. After getting independence in 1960, there was an attempt at democracy through former, prime minister, Patrice Lumumba. After his arres...read more

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    by K.D. Saffron

    The abusive child labor practices employed by the Democratic Republic of Congo are of no concern to the remainder of the world. This practice is strictly the business of the Democratic Republic of Congo as to how they exe...read more

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    by Calsue Murray

    All of the member nations of the U.N. should already have taken stands against abusive child labor being used in Congo to dig out coltan. All of them should have, but it is unlikely that any nations, or many nations, ever...read more

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    by Koumba Pamella

    Child labor is the fight of all. The whole world should stand against it because no one has the right to take away the childhood of an innocent. The child didn t ask to be born and as parents , you are the first to blame b...read more

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    by Paul Rees-Jones

    Stand with me. Realize, and get angry. The children of the world are your children. We need to realize that geography and luck allows our children the luxuries that fuel this horrible labor issue. We need to understand...read more

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    by William J. Stevens

    Confronted with the images of war, famine and natural disaster that pervade the newspapers and television screens it is easy to become jaded. Not only do the problems across the world seem insurmountable, there is still so...read more

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    by Karen Quinn-Tostado

    We all need to take a stand against abusive child labor, not only in the Congo, but worldwide. The problem is, most of us don't know that some of the products we use and enjoy on a daily basis are contributing to it. ...read more

  • 14 of 38

    by Your Substitute Angel

    The embassy child care workers should talk to the FAR-DC, The Forces Democratic de Liberation du Rwanda, have been seen smoking and have been upset at all the black people in dirt coming out of these mining villages. These...read more

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    by Paul Lines

    When you bought you last computer or cell phone did it come with the message "the production for this computer was made possible by the abuse of child labour in the Congo?" No? Neither did mine but, in reality, there is a...read more

  • 16 of 38

    by Thaxton Lewis

    I do not even know where to begin about the Congo. I do not have a great amount of information about the Congo. However, here is what I have become aware of as of late. There have been over 200,000 women raped in th...read more

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    by Karamo Nimaga

    WHO SHOULD TAKE STAND AGAINST ABUSIVE CHILD LABOR BEING USED IN CONGO TO DIG COLTAN In 1979,the United Nations established a global law to ban child labor in all its forms.It was a concerted move...read more

  • 18 of 38

    by SaraTurner

    As a mother of two amazingly wonderful little people who bless my life every day with their sweetness and wonder, I sit trying to write this article which encompasses the death of not one, not two, but several million Cong...read more

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    by best4writing Ann Patterson

    I'm writing on my laptop computer. A few minutes ago, I finished a call on my cell-phone. My grandson is playing a video game. I am amazed and pleased with the wonder of today's technology. I just finished reading...read more

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    by mokb

    Child labor should not be allowed anywhere, not only in Congo coltan digging. There should be means to disallow child labor in every country and off course the country's administration is the right institution to ensure sa...read more

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