A protest overlooked [Invisible Children]
source: http://media.www.dailylobo.com/media/storage/paper344/news/2009/04/27/News/A.Protest.Overloo...
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About 150 people attended the symbolic abduction, where they waited for a political or media official to show up and "rescue" them. Attention from local officials was a requirement for each event to end, according to specifications from the international organization.
"We are symbolically abducting ourselves for the children that have been abducted and are fighting in the LRA," she said. "In the past two years alone, (Kony) has abducted hundreds of children and murdered thousands of innocent civilians in the northeastern Congo … so we are really just trying to build awareness about this war."
Through the night, students, parents and protesters camped out on blankets in the park's soccer field, waiting for someone to respond to their effort.
In response to being ignored, the group marched to City Hall, where they sat and waited for the political or media attention required to "rescue" them and end their protest, Frank said.
Once at City Hall, the group was confronted by several police officers for not having a permit to protest on a weekend, she said.
Kimberly Dimiceli, a teacher at Rio Ranch High School and sponsor of the group, said officers told them they had to sit quietly and not scream or cause a commotion. Officers also made the group move from where they were waiting several times because they didn't have a permit.
Invisible Children has been working for six years to bring world leaders' attention to human-rights violations in Africa in the last two decades.
In Africa's longest war, according to Invisible Children's Web site, the Lord's Resistance Army has terrorized the regions of Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Western Equatoria, killing thousands and abducting children to fight in the army.
"We are symbolically abducting ourselves for the children that have been abducted and are fighting in the LRA," she said. "In the past two years alone, (Kony) has abducted hundreds of children and murdered thousands of innocent civilians in the northeastern Congo … so we are really just trying to build awareness about this war."
Through the night, students, parents and protesters camped out on blankets in the park's soccer field, waiting for someone to respond to their effort.
In response to being ignored, the group marched to City Hall, where they sat and waited for the political or media attention required to "rescue" them and end their protest, Frank said.
Once at City Hall, the group was confronted by several police officers for not having a permit to protest on a weekend, she said.
Kimberly Dimiceli, a teacher at Rio Ranch High School and sponsor of the group, said officers told them they had to sit quietly and not scream or cause a commotion. Officers also made the group move from where they were waiting several times because they didn't have a permit.
Invisible Children has been working for six years to bring world leaders' attention to human-rights violations in Africa in the last two decades.
In Africa's longest war, according to Invisible Children's Web site, the Lord's Resistance Army has terrorized the regions of Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Western Equatoria, killing thousands and abducting children to fight in the army.
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lordsbassman
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I was is Chicago the last few days it's very real for me!
- 2 years ago
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gh8643
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Great story. Sorry the Invisable children is going invisable here on current too. The so called editors they have would not know a news story. I appreciate the post.
- 2 years ago
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gh8643
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lordsbassman
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gh8643:
I'll do my best to prove you wrong ;)
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lordsbassman
