Reply #146: The arguments have been made

[Harmony Blue]

the problem is some of you refuse to see what people are pointing out.

Since information on LRA has been provided it would only be fair to provide information on the Ugandan government.

http://www.hrw.org/news/2005/09/19/uganda-army-and-rebels-commit-atrocities-north

“Uganda has asked the International Criminal Court to investigate and prosecute abuses by the Lord's Resistance Army,” said Jemera Rone, Uganda researcher at Human Rights Watch. “But the Ugandan army itself has carried out serious crimes that demand prosecution.”


http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Ugandan-Official-Rejects-UN-Report-Alleging-Army-Atrocities--104124283.html


"The leaked U.N report alleges that, in 1997, Uganda’s army committed war crimes and crimes against humanity after it supported Congolese rebels to topple the late (Zairean) President Mobuto Sese Seko.
The allegations include massacres of unarmed Congolese, torture, as well as destroyed infrastructure during Congo’s conflict from 1993-2003."

http://www.ssrnetwork.net/document_library/detail/4044/the-justice-dilemma-in-uganda

And this is also what the Ugandan government stands for:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda_Anti-Homosexuality_Bill

"After facing intense international reaction and promises from Western nations to cut financial aid to Uganda, on 9 December 2009, Uganda's Minister of Ethics and Integrity James Nsaba Buturo said that Uganda will revise the bill to drop the death penalty (substituting life imprisonment) for gay people with multiple offences. "

"In April 2009, a local Ugandan newspaper printed the names of suspected homosexuals, another printed tips on how to identify gays for the general public,<39> and, in October 2010, another named Rolling Stone published a story featuring a list of the nation's 100 "top" gays and lesbians with their photos and addresses. Next to the list was a yellow strip with the words "hang them". "

"On 26 January 2011, Uganda's most prominent gay activist, David Kato, was found bludgeoned to death in what authorities in Uganda are characterising as a robbery. His photograph had been published in Rolling Stone; the high court in the country ordered the newspaper to stop publishing images of gay and lesbian people after Kato and several others sued the paper.<42> Kato spoke at a United Nations-sponsored conference on the bill in December 2009. His words were barely audible because he was nervous; information in U.S. embassy cables revealed that Ugandan human rights activists and anti-homosexuality bill supporters vocally mocked him during his presentation."


Here is an idea...how about the U.S. does not involve itself in this civil war?