I WANT TO BE IN THE WARM HOLD OF YOUR LOVING MIND

Wed, 18 Oct 2007 05:46:00 GMT

posted by ilovemylife

The conflict in northern Uganda has forced tens of thousands of children to travel to town centers each night to avoid violence and abduction.
Photo: Thatcher Cook for the International Rescue Committee

Sometimes, I just want someone to be a soft place to be. But when I don’t have that someone, I turn to writing or singing or dancing.

It’s a hard world in the best of places much of the time, so it is sobering to think how it must be for those who live in the worst of places. We, here, live as spoiled people who much of the time give no thought to those who have no place of comfort to lay their heads at night. And the children who have no one to love them, we pay no mind.

The nightwalkers
Every evening, in war-torn northern Uganda, 40,000 children leave home and trek to the safety of special night shelters. The article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uganda/Story/0,,1706873,00.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2arEUEAWck

Catch the Wind
by Donovan

In the chilly hours and minutes,
Of uncertainty, I want to be,
In the warm hold of your loving mind.

To feel you all around me,
And to take your hand, along the sand,
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind.

When sundown pales the sky,
I wanna hide a while, behind your smile,
And everywhere I'd look, your eyes I'd find.

For me to love you now,
Would be the sweetest thing, 'twould make me sing,
Ah, but I may as well, try and catch the wind.

When rain has hung the leaves with tears,
I want you near, to kill my fears

To help me to leave all my blues behind.

For standin' in your heart,
Is where I want to be, and I long to be,
Ah, but I may as well, try and catch the wind.

Forced to Flee: Uganda's Young "Night Commuters"

Read the article:
http://www.theirc.org/where/page-28828228.html

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Uganda Radio Clampdown Denounced CPJ’s

Mon, 18 Mar 2008 13:36:01 GMT

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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 | Categories: African-american news, Politics, Media - News, World News, History, TERRORISM, YAHOO NEWS, GOOGLE NEWS, MSN NEWS

Â Joel Simon for Black Star NewsÂ Special To The Black Star NewsÂ
Â â€œTime and again ruling party officials misuse the police to silence the press in Uganda,â€? said CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon

UGANDA, (RUSHPRNEWS) March 18, 2008 -Police in Uganda should respect a court ruling that lifts a ban on two live radio programs, the Committee to Protect Journalists said this week.
The court decision today allows two live political shows on Life FM in Fort Portal to resume broadcasting, but the station has since received a warning from police about its future programming.

On January 8, Regional Police Commander Martin Abil arrested the moderator and five panelists from Life FMâ€™s only two live political debate programs, â€œTweranehoâ€? (Letâ€™s Fight for Ourselves) and â€œEnsonga Ha Nsongaâ€? (Reason Upon Reason) and ordered both programs off the air, station manager Patrick Nyakahuma told CPJ. The moderator and panelists have been charged with defamation and incitement of violence.

In a packed courtroom filled with Life FM listeners, Fort Portal High Court Judge Lougabya Atwooki ruled that the police commanderâ€™s actions contravened the Ugandan constitution and media laws. The regional police ordered the station manager to end the broadcasts and made the arrests claiming that the program encouraged violence against Fort Portal MP Stephen Kaliba, according to defense lawyer Musana Johnson and local journalists.Â

Despite the court order, the regional police commander telephoned Nyakahuma today, warning him not to invite the same group of â€œcontentiousâ€? panelists back on the program, Nyakahuma said. Nyakahuma told the regional police commander to put his warning in a written statement and told CPJ that the two political debate programs will air regardless of the warning.Â

â€œTime and again ruling party officials misuse the police to silence the press in Uganda,â€? said CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon. â€œWhile CPJ welcomes the re-instatement of the two programs to Life FM, we call on the police to drop their case against moderator Gonza Williams and the five panelists immediately.â€?Â

Gonza Williams and the five panelistsâ€”Steven Rwagweri, Prosper Businge, Gerald Kankya, Joram Bintamanya, and David Rudomodoraâ€”were detained for two days after their January arrests. The arrested panelists are featured frequently on the political debate programs as prominent members in the Fort Portal community who are critical of the ruling party, the National Resistance Movement (NRM), according to local news reports. They were released on bond and charged with inciting violence and defamation, Nyakahuma said. On January 14, the six were charged in court but released on bail. Their trial is set to resume March 26, 2008.Â Â

NRM supporters Kenneth Bajenja and Bala Kahuma, who were also featured on the two programs, were neither questioned nor arrested, Nyakahuma and local news reports said.

One of the panelists, Steven Rwageri, has been accused by local officials of using the radio program to launch his own political platform, a district NRM official told CPJ. According to Ugandaâ€™s private daily The Monitor, Rwagweri contested and lost a district election to ruling party member Michael Mugisa and used the radio programs to criticize the government. The programs have also criticized the royal family in Tooro, who hold largely ceremonial powers in western Uganda, for living an affluent lifestyle, engaging in partisan politics and alleged irregular land sales, Nyakahuma said.

Ugandan authorities have previously harassed Life FM, one of only two radio stations in Fort Portal. Last October, two guards allegedly working for prominent royal family member Best Kemigisa, destroyed the stationâ€™s transmitter in Oruha Hill with acid in broad daylight, Life FMâ€™s owner Pastor K.L. Dickson reported. When the five panelists complained about the delay of the police probe into the acid attack, they were arrested by the regional police commander, The Monitor reported.

In January, five journalists and editors of The Monitor were charged with criminal defamation after writing articles critical of the police. The journalists are appealing the decision and have a court hearing scheduled for April.Â Â Â Â

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Welcome to our wikizine called "Uganda, Nightwalkers"

Mon, 30 Oct 2007 04:55:17 GMT

posted by ilovemylife
Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "Uganda, Nightwalkers". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article!

Uganda, Nightwalkers - Articles - Zimbio

I WANT TO BE IN THE WARM HOLD OF YOUR LOVING MIND

Forced to Flee: Uganda's Young "Night Commuters"

Uganda Radio Clampdown Denounced CPJ’s

Welcome to our wikizine called "Uganda, Nightwalkers"