The war in the Congo is the worst since Adolf Hitler marched across Europe: it has killed more than 5 million people and counting. ... One favourite tactic is to gang-rape a woman and then shoot her in the vagina. For years these women were simply left to die in the bush. But one man – a soft-spoken Congolese gynaecologist with a gentle smile – decided to do something mad, something impossible. With scarcely any equipment and no funding, he set up a secret clinic for these women.
He was told he would be killed by the militias for undoing their "work". The threats said his own daughters would be murdered if he didn't stop. Everyone thought he was mad. But he knew it was the right thing to do. He became the Oscar Schindler of the Congolese mass rapes, saving the lives of tens of thousands of women. In the midst of a moral Chernobyl, he showed that the best human instincts can survive and, in time, prevail. It is rumoured he was number two in the Nobel Committee's list for the Peace Prize. He should have won.
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Kudos to him (and a shame he didn't win). I am embarassed to admit that I have never heard of him :(
Meanwhile the Government of Harper changed DFAIT language:
"..."Furthermore, the word 'humanitarian' is excised from every reference to 'international humanitarian law.' References to gender-based violence are removed. And in every phrase 'child soldiers' is replaced by 'children in armed conflict.'"..."
http://impolitical.blogspot.com/2009/07/conservative-political-staff-quietly.html
Kairos does some projects in the Congo; I don't know how they will be affected by the Government of Harper's funding cut.
http://www.kairoscanada.org/en/rights-and-trade/focus-countries/congo/
Any good reason for undermining Obama, or are you just channelling some tory agitprop...?
Why is it so vital that people who support the Liberals also unquestionably support Obama?
There were many more who were more qualified than Obama and this man definitely heads the list.
It's a crime that Obama got it for doing nothing, while this guy's efforts didn't get the deserved recognition.
Downes,
Maybe there is a subconscious undermining of Obama -- my thinking was rather this guy has risked everything and is an amazing role model -- I doubt I could be so brave -- and Obama has promise for the future. But fair enough, maybe it was too much to say he should have won.
james
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