After 10 years (!) the International Court of Justice gave its very first decision focused exclusively on the use of child soldiers:
The International Court of Justice convicted the Congo Child Army leader, Thomas Lubanga Dyilos.
photo credits: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images
Lubanga Dyilos was accused of recruiting and training child soldiers during a devastating ethnic conflict in Ituri, Eastern Congo, between 2000 and 2003. The international criminal court found Th. Lubanga Dyilos guilty of war crimes and that children as young as nine were forced to fight in Congo. Sometimes it takes a long, long time - but this verdict should strengthens our faith that warlords must make atonement for abuse of all those uncounted nameless child soldiers in the long run. Read more about the Lubanga Case.
May Thomas Lubanga Dyilo´s conviction send out a warning to other war criminals! This message has not reached yet another rebel leader: Joseph Kony, the Ugandian rebel leader, sought worldwide. Our webteam wants to turn your attention to the movement "Invisible Children", demanding for justice and intending to finally arrest Kony by making him and his crime famous all over the world.
Joseph Kony, sought worldwide...
Now the war criminal himself gets hunted: millions of people all around the globe are "chasing " Joseph Kony, leader of the so-called "Lord's Resistance Army" LRA., by making him and his crime public via their Twitter - and Facebook accounts, blogs and websites.
It is said, that Kony does not use modern media because he is fearing it; ironically it seems that the new media has become a real powerful weapon against him. The organization "Invisible Children", located in San Diego, California, has a lavishly produced film on the Internet. Over a week 80 000 views were counted!
In the video clip filmaker J. Russell talks (in a subjective and very emotional way) about the history of the tyrant Joseph Kony, and what to be done about it.
Take half an hour to watch Jason Rusell´s video:
Uganda said that it would catch Kony dead or alive, after the video attracted a wave of international support.
Russell's mission: catching the mass murderer with the help of Facebook and Twitter.
The Action Package, which was offered by J.Russell and his team for $ 30 with posters, stickers and wristlets, was sold out within a few days.
More informations:
- http://www.childsoldier.org/ You might also like to read more about
- Children of War (2009), a unique and incandescent documentary which follows a group of former child soldiers as they undergo a process of trauma therapy and emotional healing while in a rehabilitation center.
Our plea hasn´t changed since 2010: let´s do something...
let´s
- get facts
- stay informed
- spread the word
- sign petitions
- shop for the cause
- donate
- join the movement ....and never forget to care about the "lost children". Thank you for reading.
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After this article was nearly finished, we had to learn the the filmmaker J. Russell, who has dedicated his complete adult life to the Kony cause, was taken into custody after acting in a bizarr and irrational manner.
His wife stated, that the criticism about the video may have contributed to the behaviour and that he never took drugs . "... Because of how personal the film is, many of the attacks against it were also very personal and Jason took them very hard," said the statement.
The mind is a very fragile thing and people can´t take too much without snapping. The It´s-All-For-Love-Webteam appreciates J.Russell´s dedication to the tortured people of Uganda and sends out heartfelt wishes to get better soon. May mass media leave him alone until he is fully recovered and able to clearify.
No one knows the truth or the cause of Mr. Russell´s bizarre acting, which also could be the result of an attack that made him taking drugs unwittingly, intending to take him down...).
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