Do YOU care?

what can we, as individuals who DO CARE, do about this?

What can we do when we do care? When there is so much in the world that requires our attention? How does one little American who is struggling to feed her own children affect a change around this messed up world?

Who do I contact to Help remove this Idiot from Power, he makes Sadam look like a heavenly saint.

My heart is crying for these people.....why do I see pictures of Paris Hilton in jail and are made to feel sorry for her when these innocent people are being killed. America's media sucks!!!! Shame on you!!!

I certainly do care.

Some "culture", eh?

How terribly pitiful that we have all these human beings subjected to starvation, torture and God knows what else. No one with any influence or clout gives a damn because there is nothing to be gained by our intervention. They don't have oil fields in Uganda.

Too bad there wasn't oil here. Then our administration would take notice of these atrocities.

Too bad Uganda and Darfar don't have oil. Then maybe the U.S. government would have an interest in "helping" these people. Too bad they have nothing we want. If they were white that might help too.

I actually care a great deal. What can we do? (Seriously!)

Images like these always eat me up inside. I feel helpless that this stuff is going on.

Please GOD help us help these people.

Yes, We do care, but what can I do when I'm struggling myself financially.All I can think of is prayer, but these people need more than prayer. I feel helpless and even guilty, that these things are still going on to innocent people. Lord help them!

When is our government going to stop making money of gas and stop blowing GAS and help these human being.

When reading something like this it absolutely amazes me that we as a civilation, and we as one of the most powerfuly countries on Earth would not investigate this further. Someone in our government, perhaps the President himself should call the Ugandan Embassy authorities into the White House and ask them to explain. I agree, if Uganda had anything that we wanted we would be preventing this.

It just might take an African American President TO DO SOMETHING about this.......

Alas, the reason we cannot directly help these people is because other atrocities have occurred in other parts of the world, i.e., Iraq (300k+ iraqies killed by Sadam since gulf war I) and then we tormented those in charge for each soldier who is killed trying to prevent further atrocities. Same with korea, vietnam, kosovo, afganistan, etc.

Hence for all you bleeding hearts who are so upset about these images, they would be followed by killed US or collation soldiers, should we have the inclination to become involved – at which point, you or other people like you would start to ask and wail “why are we there?”

Note: this is exactly what happened with Afghanistan – there is no oil there and we are now seriously upset whereas if you would only press the rewind button and look at PBS from before the conflict and you would see that it was “going to be the worst humanitarian catastrophe ever and if only some world super power would get involved”…

So what do you want – tens or hundreds of thousands of dead little black kids and women you’ve never heard of and don’t know their names OR merely hundreds of dead little black kids and women you don’t know their names and a few hundred dead UN soldiers who you will know their names and entire life histories as well as get to see and hear the views expressed by their grieving families?

Its very simple, the more we know the more we can change.

This will continue to happen, until we as a nation, unite for justice..reason..sanity.

Im not holding my breath.

This is an atrocity - humanity at its worst. How do we help - by letting the world see what is going on. Why does the US have to be the only world force - what about the middle eastern countries, asia, europe - the UN. Like another writer, if we sent troops, the leftist media would make them look like killers. yes, the middle east conflict is about oil because if the bad-guys control the oil, that means $10/gallon gas prices (or higher) as well as higher cost of goods on petroleum based products, such as plastics. I pray for the people in Uganda and Darfur. I pray that the evil warmongers of Africa will be removed.

Thank you, Asa Eslocker and ABC News for being one of the major media outlets to bring this to the attention of the world. If you read Article 2 of The Convention on Genocide, it is no longer a debate whether you call what Museveni has done and continues to do in Northern Uganda a genocide. For those of us who have followed this since the beginning of Museveni's rule in Uganda, it's nothing, but genocide. There is a lot more that is still not yet known to the outside world. Museveni and his supporters in the west over the years have very carefully manipulated the media to his advantage. Thank you again ABC News. Continue to do the right thing.

I am embarrassed to be an American with all of these atrocities in the world. And all we see on television are stories about the troubles of celebrities, it's a shame that's really what most of the US cares about. All of our wasted efforts in Iraq, when we could be helping millions in Africa. Why, oh why? How about a new reality TV show where George W. gets to live for a month in one of these refugee camps?

Sudan currently produces about 520,000 barrels per day, and we import 5% of Uganda's oil.

Before you spout off about "war for oil" crap, please do some homework.

Just "educating" some of the commenters who posted here.

no, i don't care. these people are a waste of energy and resources. the less people to subjugate, the less genocide. There are too many problems here. We cannot start invading every country whose poitics we do not agree with. Saddam was a murderer and not a nice guy, but he kept those animals in iraq in their cages where they obviosly belonged.

Kudos to those who are telling the story, exposing the truth!Another truth is that the US and donor countries have donated millions of dollars to this regime that has failed to protect its citizens and allowed them to rot in these concentration camps. The money does not get to the people and there is nothing to show for it.US and donor governments have to also be held accountable to make sure that the money that is given to the Government of Uganda is used for the purpose. What can you do? Write to your government demanding to know what programs it supports. Then ask where the evidence is that the money is being used for the purpose it is given. Keep in mind that the US government considers this abominable government of Uganda to be an ally. It knows exactly what northerners in Uganda have had to go through in the past 11 years in these wretched camps. Also keep informed: Read All Africa.com/Uganda...also read what is NOT there. Your voice when added to others DOES count!
Carolyn

For those people looking for the US govt to take a role in this situation (or Darfur for that matter) I ask one question.

Why does the world look to the US to solve their problems? When they need us they love us - when they dont need us they hate us.

Shame on all of you haters out there that cant get past your fellings to seet this for what it is - bad people doing bad things. We can't stop that from happening on our own - what the heck is the UN doing? They do NOTHING at all ...NOTHING. And the libs and the media just love them anyway.

Libs - look to yourselves for the root of all of these awful events in Africa. If it werent for wanting "peace" (a completely undefined term) so many people wouldnt die at the hands of people that dont want "peace".

Thank you ABC for giving these brave filmmakers a platform.

"You can't solve a problem at the same level of awareness that created it." Albert E.

I am so glad to see the film makers diligently pursuing to share this. It is important that our media focus on important issues than political drama. These human beings need help. Between non profits and private parties, we have the resources to end this.

Everyone is asking what you can do to solve the problems when there are so many things that need attention throughout the world.

Maybe you can't give money, or go, but you can pray. Your prayers are a vital and essential part of a solution because God does care about these people and we have a responsibility if nothing else, to pray. Know that God does care about this ongoing geniside .

Good point Danny....

Yes, where is Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Spike Lee at? Why aren;t they on the news expressing their outrage about how their "brothers" are spilling blood of fellow blacks? Better yet, why don't they take the next flight out and visit the thousdands of families involved giving them money from their supporters?

God, they are such a fraud! There you have it people...anyone care to reply to that?

Funny how western governments use the term liberation in situations like that of Iraq, but completely disregard situations like Uganda and Darfur. Saddam Hussein was bad for America and had controlled an area rich with a commodity that Americans willingly pay$3 a gallon for. This should show the intelligent American the true nature and extent of corruption within our government and the portrayal of their actions throughout the world to the American people.
Synopsis: Iraqi liberation- American economical advantages
North Korea- We have enough rice and coal
African liberations- who cares......

President Clinton stated that "If we had only known" in reference to Rwanda. We do know that this is a problem, Uganda. We can do something about it. It is time, NOW!

Thanks to this photo report at least the true nature of the hidden genocide in Northern Uganda is being brought to the attention of the western world. Western Governments have for too long turned a blind eye to the suffering of the Acholi people. It is time the taxpayers in these countries began asking their governments why they spend their monet supporting the Uganda Government that in turn either misapproriate the funds or uses it for weapons against its own people.Why? Why? Why.

This tragedy has been known for the last twenty years. Unfortunately, in a situation where the big powers have vested interests, human lives don't count as long as it those of poor Africans in the so-called jungles. It's not the fault of the economic exploiters though, it's all the responsibility of the stooges, who allow their citizens to be massacred so that they self-interests and those of their masters are guaranteed!

Consider this. If the "Haves" of the world wish to prosper from the "Have Nots" of the world, receive a better return on investment when they don't have to deal with a stable governement that is concerned with the wellfare of the people. This short sighted view of payoffs and rewarding corruption assure that the country is available to have it's riches pillaged is what leads to a world of poverty and disenfranchised people willing to join extremist organizations.

Genny,
How will praying help? Don't you think God has a plan? And if this is part of God's plan, what makes you think that he wants you to criticize his plan. I mean, what's the good in being God and having a plan for everything in the universe if everytime you get something going, here comes Genny with her stupid suggestion to change the plan? It's like you think God is too stupid to run the universe without your constant oversite and guidance.

Don't pray for God to change the plan unless you think he's too stupid to figure it out on his own. Pray for the humility to suck it up and take whatever he dishes out.

He is a JUST God!

Please help Buganda and carry out the same kind of investigation so that we can expose what Museveni has done throughout the past 30 years and especially in the early 80's in Luweero, Buganda. It makes me so bitter that he has managed to lie to the whole world about his role in the genocide in the North of Uganda and in Congo, Sudan and back in Luweero. Sam K. L. Kasozi

Many many thanks for the endless efforts put in making this documentary, also thank you Asa Eslocker and ABC News for finally letting the rest of the world comes to light with this Genocide unfolding in Acoliland...at last those that supported the regime of Hilter of Africa, Yoweri Museveni will answer one day why they did go along with Museveni and yet the signs were written all over that Museveni is a murder. The Master Minds of the Genocide in Acoliland will have to account for their action sooner or later, now we have the evidences in print/still picture & motion picture

To Genny, I'm not playing the race card. I'm white. Racism exists in this country, it's alive and well where I live. If Africans were white we would be helping them. But they're just a bunch of black people so who cares? One little white girl in South America gets kidnapped and everyone in the world is looking for her yet little black kids by the hundreds lay dead in Africa with little or no effect.

To Tony, go complain to Al Sharpton then and see what he could do for you then since he's so eager to get involved with other racial issues.

Yeah, you're right though...America cares little for minorities. How about the latest bill they propose to put through granting citizenship to 12 million hispanics? America is so pro-white! I couldn't be more sarcastic...get the point?

African's are not capable of governing themselves.

Why should we care? WE SHOULD CARE when Museveni's govt gets about 53% of its annual budget from Donor Countries of which USA is the biggest contibutor. As a taxpayer, I wouldn't want even a cent of my hard earned money to contribute to such a genocide. I'll definitely get on the phone now and call my representative in the US congress and my senators to look into this, since they are the ones who appropriate the money

A glimpse of such atrocities. I'd like to see the full story and know more about the filmakers who obviously risked their own lives to bring this powerful information to light. ABC, thank you for providing this unknown information. For those of you who claim to have had insight to this and silently stood by, shame on you. This story is NOT about oil, American politics or race. It is a HUMAN RIGHTS issue. I have to ask, why does the United Nations ignore this? As usual, many people did not get the point from this short piece. Ms. Gravel and Mr. Eslocker, thank you for the eye opener. May we please know more of the story?

I'd also like like to ask Emily to explain her expertise about how the fire was started by a cooking accident.

This story needs to be on the news. The news media needs to get back to hard investigative reporting; Report only what is known to be fact, not speculation. This story is fact, a cold, hard, devistating fact. We were convinced that we needed to go into Iraq on false pretenses. We listened to those in power tell us what needed to be heard in order to push their own agendas. Oil. These poor people don't have that bargaining chip to get the world involved. The only way to make people care is to show them what is happening in the world. We need to come together as a nation and globally to stop poverty - in our country and others. Make the news news again, not entertainment. No more stories about poor Paris Hilton, please.

This man is a psychopath. Ask any average Ugandan and he will tell you how the man used to brag about murdering innocent Ugandans. Read his book and see how he talks so callously about "butchering people". See how he has on two occasions sent troops to overrun the Supreme Court while proceedings were ongoing. Recall that his most trusted commanders used to describe people in the north as "biological substances that should be eliminated". Remember that this was a man who praised Hitler as a visionary, and blamed black Americans for being stupid enough to bring slavery to themselves. And we are not even talking about the murders of villagers through out Acholi. The list is endless. The world, not just Acholi, will be better off without this maniacical despot!!!

The international community's conspiracy of silence around the horrors and the tragedy unfolding in Acholi, northern Ugand is heart wrenching and simply mind boggling. To think that fellow human beings have endured this kind of conditions for 21 years and yet the government of Uganda is being patted on the back for 'restoring peace and obseving human rights' in Uganda, is to say the least chilling and callulous. Thank you ABC for giving this story your due consideration, you have chosen to break that conspiracy and i commend you for a job well done.

Sandy, I am a photo journalist working in the region who has seen this myself. Unfortunately fires in camps are all too common, because of the cramped conditions.
What I'd like to know is why ABC has taken down my original post, which is full of facts gathered on the ground, and is more dispassionate than several of these remaining postings? Can ABC not handle accurate criticism of its reporting? That is certainly not ethical practice, let alone the supposed free speech encouraged here, and raises serious concerns about the webmaster's own biases. Read between the lines on the story: everything is attributed to the filmmakers, but there is no "there there." Sandy, as you rightly request, let's hear more of the stories, let's hear some specifics. Let's just not rest on "the filmmakers say" and "according to the filmmakers". Let's actually do some reporting here, folks.

The full horror of the ongoing genocide in Acholiland which was well planned by Yoweri Museveni BEFORE and DURING the Luwero war will only be known when the Culprit himself is out of power. The sooner the better. Other Ugandans will remember this regime (whose middle name should be NEPOTISM)as being the most corrupt and brutual in the whole of the African continent. Shame on those "democracies" who still prop up and act as apologists for this murderous dictator!

To Mike posted at 1:26 I couldn't have said it better. Not sure if you mentioned the 1,000's of Kurds who were gased or the villages that were burned to the ground because they disagreed with Saddam Insane. The dems want action but when the first American dies we will hear the anti-war cries again. Why do you think we are still in Iraq? It's not for the oil otherwise we would be swimming in it by now. It's to set up a stable government that is able to protect it's citizens.

While others in similar situation, but with humanitarian intention are loosing cameras in drove, Emily seems to have escaped that treatment? Is Emily aware of a security meeting which took place three months ago in Kitgum ostensibly to clamp down on anyone found taking pictures? The truth is, Emily will not be the last to benefit from one of those carefully crafted and government-led guided tours of sanitized concentration camps meant for foreign consumptions. Had she been to Agoro, Awere, Bolo, Lagile, Kitgum Matidi, Ligi Ligi, Abia, etc., she would be singing a different tune. Other major US news organizations were in Acoli long before ABC took the bull by the horn. Your guess is as good as mine why they chose to remain silent. The Northern Uganda genocide is the key phrase for those interested in learning more about this particular crime and how to help.

It is unfortunate that people like Emily consider the photo report as irresponsible journalism and ignore the biased reporting that has been going on for the last 20 years on the Northern Uganda conflict. Such people, whether deliberately or not do not clearly understand the origin of the conflict in Acholi and how this generated the LRA. They must undersand that the LRA is a product of the present Uganda Government’s military repression of the people of Northern Uganda, particularly the Acholi. Those of us who point this fact out are often stigmatised as Acoli LRA apologists by people like Emily. On taking power in 1986, Museveni and his National Resistance Army conducted a policy that targeted the Acholi as their enemy, arguing that this ethnic group formed a large part of the then Ugandan army that they were fighting. This targeted killing, inhuman and degrading treatment of the Acholi by the Uganda Government is genocide that the 'Emilys' of the western world choose to ignore. Emily, read how Museveni has boasted several times about how he 'massacred' 'these chaps'.

I think that we need to focus on whats going on instead of Paris Hiltn. I'm ashamed that nothing is being done, for these people they are being treated like dogs. I think that if it happens here then something would have been done!!!

Thanks ABC officials for exposing the truth that has been hurting mankind from that part of the world for so long. Let's rise and start doing something to bring this to an end. We all have to quetion our politicians to bring such to an end.

Our prayers are on.

The fact that the Ugandan government official tried to prevent the journalist from doing their job shows that they have a hidden agenda and something to hide. They want to prevent the world from knowing what is happening in government created and controlled concentration camps in Acholiland where over 1500 Acholi die each and every week. Over 90 % of the Acholi population are forced to live in these camps where they are denied their fundamental rights and frequently abused at will by the very government that is supposed to protect them.
We should not ignore genocide on our watch.

Funny how the world ignores this situation while focussing on Darfur. I hope there will be universal awareness of this dire situation and that the do-gooders of this world will unite in remedying the situation. More stories on ABC and all of the networks would contribute to larger understanding.

It might be late for many voiceless but they will be thankfull you did let the rest of the world knows what has bappened and continues to unfold in the Concentration Camps in Northern Uganda-Acoliland. Africa worst murderer(Hilter of the Great Lakes) has/had defraud the west and the rest of the world that he is the kind of leader that will bring prosperities to Sub-sahara Africa. Bravo to the people behind this earnest documentary, please, ABC show to America and let the other part of the world know too

There is so much information on this conflict out there, it's really sad and kinda scary. People in positions to do something about this already know about it. The camps were created by a Parliamentary Act in 1996; many people were herded into them before the official policy was announced.

WHO urged the complete dismantlement of the camps in 2005. It is now 2007 and people are still dying daily. The Ugandan Ministry of Health, UNICEF and others released this report below, which details conditions in the camps. The report is no longer on the Ministry of Health website.
http://www.who.int/hac/crises/uga/sitreps/Ugandamortsurvey.pdf

Thank you ABC...for once somebody is reporting the whole truth and nothing but the truth about the situation in northern uganda.There is GENOCIDE happening as we speak in northern uganda which has been planned and is being executed under the very eyes of the whole world and ALL THE NGOS IN NORTHERN UGANDA.Uganda has 2 sides...the north and the south.The south is what the world looks at and tells everybody this is how the whole of uganda is like.The Northern side, there is genocide happpening, 1000 a week die, hiv aids is rampant,concentration camps exists,killings continue by uganda government forces - UPDF. rICHARD

It is about time that we see some focus on the Government of Uganda itself for failing to protect its' people, allowing them to die in such dire conditions. The lack of provisions in the health clinics, etc.

There are so many unanswered questions about what happens to the donors money when they channel their funds to the government of uganda itself.

Of course there has been money for the military, the interventions in Sudan, DRC, etc. ''

So many people caught between a rock and a hard place, with no good choices. Women in fear of being raped, like so many of the stories in Darfur.
Soldiers have money...they also lie in wait when women have to go fetch firewood outside of the boundaries. When the women complain, maybe a soldier will be transferred to another place, camp.

Uganda's President Museveni suspended the Ugandan constitution in 2005 to allow for unlimited term limits. Sounds like a dictator to me! Are we so surprised to discover what's ocurring in the Pearl of Africa?

Other Tidbits:

Uganda has been fined by the International Court of Justice for War Crimes in the DRC.

Museveni is intent on giving away as much public property as possible, including national forests. A govt. spokesperson was quoted as saying "it's easier to replace a forest, than a factory." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6551905.stm

Museveni's policies are clear and spoken aloud; so who's allowing his charade to continue? Or rather, who's benefitting from it? Sending Ugandan troops to Somalia, "fighting terrorism" etc., etc.

In Museveni's words:

“What is the Geneva Convention on wars! I have never read it.”

“You see when you give them (civil population in the North and East) a good beating then those who are using them will no longer use them. Since the month of January (1987), we have given them much beating especially in Lira and Kitgum Districts. And in fact the week I left (for Yugoslavia) we had given them a good blow in Gulu District. So it is going to settle down.”

I'd like to see the full story.

It's so sad, thank you ABC for your revealing report. I hope to see the movie.

Dear ABC News, this is so much better than the drivel you all posted by Bobby Bailey of "non-profit" Invisible Children. I hope you provide real coverage of this conflict whether it makes $ or not.

To Jenny or someone who asked why Al Sharpston and Jessie Jackson are not out there advocating for their black brothers and sisters suffering at the hands of President Museveni. The truth of the matter is that if we simply look at the problem from a bigot's perspective, the issues get confused. We need to understand that even within Acholi itself, there are people who for their selfish reasons support the very government who is committing genocide against the group. In the states, they call them uncle Tom. They are used by the dictator so that he can say, "You see, I have Acholis in my government. Therefore, I cannot be committing genocide against the Acholi people." A deliberate disinformation.
I believe that many black Americans have been to Uganda. Unfortunately the first encounter many of them have is with high officials of the regime. They are wined and dined and are carefully steered away from the sore spots. Then they are fed the idea that the victims of this war are lazy, uncooth, primitive, violent, killers, etc, and therefore, basically unworthy of life. After all they are killing themselves. Easy proposition to accept by unsuspecting visitors. When talk alone does not work, the mighty dollar speaks. For example, Congressman Payne of New Jersy is believed to be a powerful lobbyist for Museveni. There is also a black American woman who is a powerful lobbyist for Museveni in Washington DC. She helped secure AGOA etc. So, you see, we cannot make sense out of the whole thing by simply looking at the color of the skin. The color of the skin is important but it only makes sense if it is considered in context, but not in the abstract. Sorry, I have so much to say that it got to be too long.

A number of people have argued that the USA is not involved in Uganda because it lacks oil or some other desirable commodities. I am afraid that I do not support that argument. First the USA is involved in Uganda up to its neck: militarily, diplomatically, financially, etc. The question, therefore is not whether it is involved. Rather it is about on whose side is it involved. In this case, the fact is that the USA and its closest ally, Britain, are standing firmly behind Museveni not because of ignorance of what Museveni is doing, but in spite of the full knowledge of what he has been doing for the last 21 years against northerners, against the oppositions, in shooting down the plane that killed the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi leading to the 1994 genocide, the invasion and plundering of the DRC and fomenting ethnic cleansing in the DRC for which his regime was found guilty by the International Court of Justice, and Uganda was fined about $10 billion, at The Hague, etc etc. It is also not true that Uganda does not have oil. The west has known for a long time that Uganda has oil. It is only recently that they have started to exploit it. Over all, the western countries consider Museveni a useful ally in Africa in their war on international terrorism. If this is not involvement, then I do not know what it is. Instead, we should say that the USA is involved on the side which is perpetuating the suffering of the people.
To somone who was arguing that the US cannot be involved in every crisis, the fact of the matter is that it is involved in most crisis because of its global interests. It is not the mere fact that it is involved that prompts people to condemn it. Rather, it is how it is involved which may be seen as protecting or helping to repress people. If it is good for the people, it will be appreciated a friend as it is the case with Israel in its war with the Arab countries and Britain during the Falkland war with Argentina to name a few, but if not, it will be condemned. Again, the action of the USA or any government has to be judged in context and not in the abstract.

What has been going on in northern uganda is very despicable. Civilized community around the world should advise the Queen of England Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II not set foot in Uganda in november for the CHOGM and Yoweri Museveni should be investigated for war crimes and crimes against humanity. He has now started grabbing people's land and swift action is needed

By letting the images of these murdered innocents be shown, it will send the powerfull message to those who can help.
No-one is suggesting an American invasion but global action.

Finally, we hope that the correct questions will be asked by the international community, especially the US government--which has blindly supported the government in Kampala. I salute the film makers who went, saw, and documented.

This is to shameful more especially to the then ruling party.Am so grateful to ABC for coming out with the truth which was hidden for more than twenty years.I also blame the donar countries who keep on donating money to Museveni,s government which is too greedy and doesnt give a damn to those people in the north not only them but there are too many Human rights abuses going on in every part of Uganda.Potection is entitled to the few and those fall in the Museveni linage but other people are almost useless.It,s high time Museveni steps down and we look for other fish from the sea who are capable of doing a more better job than he has done.

Thank you ABC for daring to tell the other side of the not so known story. I am an Acholi mother who wants all of the stories to come out. This is the beginning point for the long road to healing and reconciliation for the whole of Uganda. People have enough intelligence to sort out the truth in this information age.

Both the LRA and the government of Uganda bear huge responsibilities for the 21 years of armed conflict and the resulting deaths, abductions, social and economic break downs. Acholi leaders as well as all Ugandans and other people of goodwill do too becuase we are witnessess to the 21 years of a humanitarian crisis of the highest kind. Even as we send our comments things continue to fall apart because the social damage is so deep that not one gun needs to be fired anymore!

21 years of destroyed lives and potential tell its own series of stories for the world. Do you want more documented evidence of the impact of this war? Go and walk through the death trap camps:the giant bottles to contain my people in.

The coverage of Americans has focused on the LRA, it is time we saw the complete picture. Why don't more Americans know about the IDP camps, but they know about night commuters?

If Bush and his cronies have it their way, WE will all be living just like the people in this picture. If you like these types of people so much, GO LIVE THERE WITH THEM. These photos are to GET YOUR SYMPATHY and are probably not even real photos. They could have been taken years ago in another country. Do you actually BELIEVE everything you see on the news???? If you do, then I have a very large bridge in my backyard that I will sell to any one of you CHEAP!

The shame of the whole situation is that when we watch our TV's we are fed endless mind numbing drivel while thousands continue to die weekly in the forgotten camps of northern Uganda. Hats off to the people who put their lives on hold so that the truth can be told.

PLEASE ABC, LET'S GET COVERAGE OF THIS SITUATION INTO THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA.

I am always amazed at the people I talk to regarding Uganda and the universal shock and betrayal they feel at not being told what is going on. Uganda, the Great Lakes Region of Africa, and beyond could make for fascinating reporting and create an informed populace who could then lobby their government for reform.
Museveni, "President for Life" of Uganda,is such a useful ally to the United States (War on Terror, troops to Somalia, Co-alition of the Willing, potential agribusiness and other corporate exploitation,corridor for coltran, arms buyer, possible site for Africom, and yes, oh yes indeed .... OIL)that no-one dares shed light on the brutality of his regime. Safe houses (torture chambers), child soldiers - yes - in the Uganda People's Defense Force, creation of a genocide (hate speech, disinformation, herding of an entire population of approximately 2 million people into more than 200 concentration camps, denying those very people that which supports life and watching those people die, thousands, week by week, by week.For more than 10 years).

News matters. What is reported/not reported makes a difference in how we view the world and our place in it.
ABC News can and should step up, air the film, and show what life is for the people of northern Uganda. By shedding a brighter light on the realities of life in Uganda which stand in such sharp contrast to the government's promises and claims made throughout the past 20+ years, more accountability and assistance can be made available to the people who have endured too much for way too long. Policies and practices can be based on fact, not fiction.
In reading others' comments, it is apparent people do care. Airing the film will open more eyes, increase interest, and hopefully bring about more and better solutions.

Our government knows what is going on but refuses to act. I got on a State Dept. website and scrolled page after page of human rights abuses perpetrated by the government of Uganda.
Do most of you know the hu