You might have heard about some of the more prominent prisoners of conscience like Nelson Mandela and Aung San Suu Kyi, but did you know that prisoners of conscience might live just around the corner.

We are talking children, who are sent to various types of residential detentions, not because they have broken laws, but for many reasons like poor grades, unwanted choice of a boyfriend or girlfriend, unwanted choice of gender when it comes to choice of partner, being fastidious. There are no guidelines. These minor had no access to legal aid before they were hauled out of their homes.