This picture of a starving 11-year-old led to protests against the centres – but nothing has changed
Manila officials at the Philippines are preparing for
Pope Francis’ visit this week in the most disgusting way imaginable.
They manhunt orphan children, chain them and put in cages!
The youngsters, who can be kept in the centres for months, are exposed to abuse and exploitation by older children and adults
On the eve of Pope Francis’ arrival to the capital of the
Philipinnes, Manila, hundreds of street boys and girls were detained by
police and put behind bars. MailOnline investigation has found that
children are kept in appalling conditions.
A a 13 year old little girl clad only in a flimsy dress, was chained to a post in the detention centre and left there crying
Some of them were put in cages with adult criminals who abuse and
beat them. Starved and chained to pillars little prisoners had to sleep
on floors, made to go to the toilet in buckets and fed leftovers which
they eat from the floor.
This picture of a starving 11-year-old led to protests against the centres – but nothing has changed
Six million people are expected to attend an open air mass conducted
by Pope Francis in Manila’s Rizal Park on Sunday. The ceremony will be
watched by a global TV audience, that is why officials trying to make
everything possible to hide all ugliness in the poverty-racked city.
More details on
Daily Mail.
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