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VodaHost web hosting is calling on our friends and clients to support the “KONY 2012” Campaign by Invisible Children, Inc., to fight injustice and help promote peace in Africa.
The below film, “KONY 2012”, seeks to make the guerrilla leader Joseph Kony infamous, certainly NOT to celebrate him or anything he has ever done but instead to educate the World of his existence, his horrifying career and ultimately to raise Worldwide support for his arrest.
Please watch the film and please, please share it with your network of friends, family and colleagues, then read on to learn a little more about JOSEPH KONY 2012.
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KONY 2012 is an international campaign by Invisible Children, aiming to bring Joseph Kony to justice.
Who is Joseph Kony?
Joseph Kony is the world’s worst war criminal and one of the worlds most wanted men. In 1987 he took over leadership of an existing rebel group and renamed it the Lord’s Resistance Army (L.R.A.).
The L.R.A. has earned a reputation for its cruel and brutal tactics. When Joseph Kony found himself running out of fighters, he started abducting children to be soldiers in his army or “wives” for his officers. The L.R.A. is encouraged to rape, mutilate, and kill civilians–often with blunt weapons.
The L.R.A. is no longer active in northern Uganda (where it originated) but it continues its campaign of violence in Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, and South Sudan. In its 26-year history, the L.R.A. has abducted more than 30,000 children and displaced at least 2.1 million people.
What is the goal of JOSEPH KONY 2012?
Invisible Children has been working for 9 years to end Africa’s longest-running armed conflict. U.S. military advisers are currently deployed in Central Africa on a “time-limited” mission to stop Kony and disarm the L.R.A. If Kony isn’t captured this year, the window will be gone.
We are taking action to ensure these two things:
- That Joseph Kony is known as the World’s Worst War Criminal.
- That the U.S. military advisers support the Ugandan Army until Kony has been captured and the LRA has been completely disarmed. They need to follow through all the way and finish what they have started.
Why are we making Joseph Kony “famous“?
Invisible Children’s JOSEPH KONY 2012 campaign aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice. In this case, notoriety translates to public support. If people know about the crimes that Kony has been committing for 26 years, they will unite to stop him.
Secondly, we want Kony to be famous so that when he is stopped, he will be a visible, concrete example of international justice. Then other war criminals will know that their mass atrocities will not go unnoticed or unpunished.
Thank you.
Mario Dorizas
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