A madrassa in Pakistan, known locally as jail madrassa, was raided by Karachi police after a tip-off and found to have basement with some 50 men and boys in chains. They told horror stories of how they were kept in chains, beaten with a leather belt and starved. Police took the men and boys to the local police station still in chains because they could not find the key and the head of the madrassa had fled. The real horror came later as relatives of the prisoners refused to take them back. One father told the BBC that he was not willing to take his son home because he would revert to stealing and other criminal behavior. Adults everywhere claim the right to have children without any consideration for the rights of children. As a result, children in many countries are victims of such inhumane crimes that it makes you cringe. If animals were treated as human children the perpetrators would be in prison but parents, especially in poorer countries, are allowed to breed without any thought on how to feed, clothe, educate and pay for illnesses and children suffer the most excruciating misery throughout their lives. Some religions discourage family planning as against God's will of " go forth and multiply " without telling us why God would wish children to suffer. Strangely even in rich countries where fertility rates are very low children seem to be under great stress. Teenagers in Britain have earned a name for excessive drinking and anti social behavior which strict laws have failed to curb. In the US shootings by students are becoming a regular occurrence. Crimes against children are an abomination. Children should have a right not to be born.