Tag Archives: Community Mobilization

Introducing the JRP Community Voices Newsletter

13 Sep 2011Blogabduction, Acholi, Community Mobilization, Community Voices, gender, Lukodi, Newsletter, parents of the missing, West NileJRP

Norah's Son Nevil Washibra — Have you seen this boy? Nevil has been missing since September 2002.

This month, JRP is pleased to introduce a new quarterly newsletter, Community Voices. The newsletter aims to provide a series of brief and simple narratives from victims of conflict in northern Uganda and is compiled by our Community Mobilization department.

This first edition focuses on West Nile and profiles two women who were affected by ambushes on the highway en route to Arua. On September 19, 2002, the LRA attacked a Nile Coach bus travelling northwest from Karuma. Norah’s son, Nevil Washibra, was abducted by the LRA and has not been heard from since. Jane survived death during the same incident and now lives with a scar of bullet fragments, an amputated arm and loss of sight in her left eye. Norah and Jane’s stories are told in their own words. In addition to profiling Jane and Norah, this edition highlights community theatre in the Lukodi community in Gulu district.

We invite victims and survivors to send in their individual or group stories for publication in future editions of the newsletter. For more information, please email info@justiceandreconciliation with “Community Voices” in the subject line.

To view the first edition of Community Voices, please click here.

ICC Drama for International Justice Day, Gulu, Uganda

10 Aug 2011Videoaccountability, Community Mobilization, drama, ICC, Partners, video, youthJRP

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On July 17, JRP participated in Uganda’s celebrations for International Justice Day in Gulu, in collaboration with Advocats Sans Frontieres, the International Criminal Court, and the Uganda Coalition for the International Criminal Court. JRP’s Lino Owor Ogora made remarks on behalf of JRP. This video contains footage of an ICC outreach drama performed by area secondary school students.

Reparations ‘Te-Yat,’ Mega FM, 23 July 2011

27 Jul 2011In the NewsCommunity Mobilization, in the news, Media, newsroom, radio, reparationsJRP

Reparations ‘Te-Yat,’ Mega FM, 23 July 2011

Transcript is not available at this time.

International Justice Day, 17 July 2011

18 Jul 2011Photosaccountability, Community Mobilization, ICCJRP

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Community Launch of the Lukodi Massacre Report

26 May 2011BlogAcholi, Community Documentation, Community Mobilization, Event, In the Field, ReportJRP

Yesterday, JRP launched its latest report, The Lukodi Massacre: 19th May 2004, through a community outreach event in Lukodi Training Center. The event was attended by dozens of community members, JRP staff, women from Child Voice International, and the Rwot of Patiko. Details of a policy-level launch in Gulu Town are forthcoming.

On May 19, 2004, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) raided the village of Lukodi and carried out a massacre that led to the death of over sixty people. Lukodi, a village that is located 17 kilometers north of Gulu Town, is one of the many villages in northern Uganda that suffered from persistent LRA attacks. After the massacre, the community was displaced to Coope IDP camp for three years and only began returning home after the dissolution of the Juba peace talks in 2008.

This report reconstructs a narrative of the Lukodi massacre and the major events that unfolded on that day. The documentation centers on learning the experiences of the community prior to and during the massacre, the impact the massacre has had on the population, and the transitional justice (TJ) challenges they continue to face today.

To download the full report, click here.

Lukodi Massacre Report Launch, 25 May 2011

26 May 2011PhotosCommunity Documentation, Community Mobilization, Media, MemorializationJRP

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On Wednesday, 25^th May 2011, a week after the annual Lukodi massacre memorial day, JRP held a community launch at Lukodi Market, Lukodi village, Bungatira sub-county, Gulu district, for its latest report, The Lukodi Massacre: 19th May 2004.

The report reconstructs a narrative of the Lukodi massacre and the major events that unfolded on May 19, 2004. It came about as a response to community leaders in Lukodi asking for the documentation of their conflict experiences for purpose of acknowledgement and preserving memory. The report contains key recommendations to the Government of Uganda and other stakeholders, in line with the people of Lukodi — calling for reparations, the sharing of findings of the official investigation carried out after the massacre, and support for community initiatives, including a truth-telling process in which the community, the Government and LRA take part.

To read the full report, click here.

Memorial Services in Lukodi and Arua

18 May 2011BlogAcholi, Community Mobilization, Event, In the Field, Memorialization, West NileJRP

This week victims from conflict in northern Uganda will be remembering the past and honoring the dead through annual memorial services.

On Thursday, May 19, the community in Lukodi will host memorial prayers at the sub-county headquarters. On Friday, May 20, Arua will host the 1st Annual Memorial Service for victims of conflict in West Nile, organized by the West Nile Kony Rebel War Victims Association.

For more information on both events, contact Sylvia Opinia at +256 471 433008.

Update 21 May 2011: The memorial prayers in West Nile were cancelled by the office of the District Police Commander (DPC) in Arua for security reasons the night before the event, as it allegedly coincided with on-going countrywide demonstrations over rising costs of food and fuel (‘Walk-to-Work’). Another date for this event has yet to be decided and communicated by the district.

Launching the Mukura Massacre Report

12 May 2011BlogCommunity Documentation, Community Mobilization, Event, In the Field, Report, TesoJRP

This week JRP launched its latest report titled, The Mukura Massacre of 1989, on May 10 & 11 in Kumi town and Mukura trading centre, respectively. The launches were well attended by survivors, victims’ families, religious leaders, local leaders, the RDC and DISO of Kumi district, and the LCVs of both Kumi and Ngora.

On July 11, 1989, the 106th battalion of the National Resistance Army allegedly rounded up 300 men from Mukura, a small village in eastern Uganda, and incarcerated them in train wagon number C521083. By the time they were released, 69 of them had suffocated to death.

Twenty-two years later, our report reconstructs an account of what took place to bring the concerns of victims to the attention of the Government and other stakeholders.

To access the full report, click here.

Mukura Massacre Report Launch, May 2011

12 May 2011Photosaccountability, Community Documentation, Community Mobilization, MediaJRP

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From May 10-11, JRP launched its latest report, The Mukura Massacre of 1989, in Kumi town and Mukura trading centre, respectively.

On July 11, 1989, the 106th battalion of the National Resistance Army (NRA) allegedly rounded up 300 men from Mukura, a small village in eastern Uganda, and surrounding areas, and incarcerated some of them in train wagon number C521083. These men were suspected of being rebel collaborators against the NRA regime, but there is little evidence to suggest that most of them were anything other than innocent civilians. Trapped in the crowded train wagon, trying not to trample on one another, the men struggled to breathe, and by the time they were released, after more than four hours, sixty-nine of them had suffocated to death.

Twenty-two years later, JRP reconstructs an account of what took place using narratives from survivors, in order to bring the concerns of victims to the attention of the Government of Uganda and other stakeholders. This report aims to improve the implementation of future post-conflict transitional justice (TJ) initiatives in Uganda and elsewhere through analysis and recommendations for victims’ involvement in TJ processes.

To download the report, click here.

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