From: "Justice and Peace Commission of Gulu Archdiocese"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Fr. Carlos Rodriguez - Lcoromoi"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 5:39 AM
>
> Worrying Trends in Districts Neighboring Gulu, Kitgum and
Pader
>
>
> The Justice and Peace Commission receives more and more
reports about
> worrying developments in some of the districts neighboring the
Acholi
> region. Just recently a young man from Gulu went to Lira to
pick a sick
> relative. While he was in the town and talked - in Acholi - to
someone
else,
> bystanders alarmed the army and the man was arrested. He spent
several
weeks
> in detention. During his captivity he - as well as about 20
other
> detainees - was mistreated on a daily base. Besides physical
punishment,
the
> man had to endure the sadist fantasies of some of the
soldiers. While he
was
> never officially charged, it seems that his only crime was to
belong to
the
> ethnic group of the Acholi.
> Stories like the one above reach our office regularly.
According to our
> understanding they draw our attention to two worrying trends.
First there
is
> a permanently growing mistrust between different ethnic groups
of Uganda.
> Due to the terror of the Lord's Resistance Army it has become
dangerous
for
> Acholis to go to neighboring districts.
> In addition the reports alarm us in regard to the state the
Ugandan army
is
> in. It seems as if it is often operating outside a national
legal
framework
> and is beyond civil control. The behavior of many of its
representatives
> ranges from being unprofessional and biased to being extremely
violent and
> sometimes criminal. Both trends are of major concern to us.
>
>
> Rev. Fr. Cyprian Ocen
> Chairperson
> Justice and Peace Commission
> Gulu Archdiocese
> P.O. Box 200
> Gulu - Uganda
> ++256-(0)77-766644
>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Fr. Carlos Rodriguez - Lcoromoi"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 5:39 AM
>
> Worrying Trends in Districts Neighboring Gulu, Kitgum and
Pader
>
>
> The Justice and Peace Commission receives more and more
reports about
> worrying developments in some of the districts neighboring the
Acholi
> region. Just recently a young man from Gulu went to Lira to
pick a sick
> relative. While he was in the town and talked - in Acholi - to
someone
else,
> bystanders alarmed the army and the man was arrested. He spent
several
weeks
> in detention. During his captivity he - as well as about 20
other
> detainees - was mistreated on a daily base. Besides physical
punishment,
the
> man had to endure the sadist fantasies of some of the
soldiers. While he
was
> never officially charged, it seems that his only crime was to
belong to
the
> ethnic group of the Acholi.
> Stories like the one above reach our office regularly.
According to our
> understanding they draw our attention to two worrying trends.
First there
is
> a permanently growing mistrust between different ethnic groups
of Uganda.
> Due to the terror of the Lord's Resistance Army it has become
dangerous
for
> Acholis to go to neighboring districts.
> In addition the reports alarm us in regard to the state the
Ugandan army
is
> in. It seems as if it is often operating outside a national
legal
framework
> and is beyond civil control. The behavior of many of its
representatives
> ranges from being unprofessional and biased to being extremely
violent and
> sometimes criminal. Both trends are of major concern to us.
>
>
> Rev. Fr. Cyprian Ocen
> Chairperson
> Justice and Peace Commission
> Gulu Archdiocese
> P.O. Box 200
> Gulu - Uganda
> ++256-(0)77-766644
>
Gook
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