Rebecca Hauser
Human Rights
March 28, 2008
12:45 pm
300 gunman fron a Ugandan rebel group raided 4 communities earlier this week in the Central African Republic. They have abducted more than 150 people total. This group is well known for capturing children and forcing them into the sex slave industry. 30 adults have been released. All of the women who have been released are claiming that they were gang raped. The individuals were captured, tied with rope around their waists, and forced out of their communities.
This is an absolute attrocity. I can not believe that this is actually occuring. What makes this situation even more pressing is the fact that they are holding cihldren and refuse to release them. There is no telling what will happen to these children, but given this rebel group's previous reputation, I am afraid that their future may be grim. It scares me that things like this are occuring in the world that I am living in. The thing that compounds my worries is the fact that there is really nothing that I can do about it. Though this situation is happening so far away from me, I can't help but to think about what our society would do if something like this happened here in the United States.
1 comment:
The African Union just invaded Comoros (chain of islands off Africa's coast) to oust a rebel faction. That probably explains the delay in action from them. It still seems silly that some sort of force hasn't stepped in to remove the threat.
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