I HAVE NOTHING
BECAUSE OF GUNS"
Jale from Northern Uganda gives a first hand account of how guns have destroyed his life.
"At midnight, about 50 armed Karamajong (tribespeople) came to avenge the deaths of two of their fighters. Fifty-eight people died that night, almost all of them women and children. All my family were killed in the attack, my wives and all my children. They were 15, 13, 8, 5 and 3 years old. The youngest was only six months. Before the attack I had everything, now I have nothing. Before the Karamajong had so many guns, there was no problem between us. They would come in the dry season with their animals and leave again when the rains came. They would exchange their livestock for our food. When they acquired guns that changed everything". - Jale
ON A BUILDING
NEAR YOU...
To highlight the Control Arms campaign Amnesty and Oxfam Ireland have been projecting some of the Irish faces around Dublin. Giant images have appeared on Central Bank, the Dáil, in Capel Street and as well as the dark recesses of Temple Bar. If you added your face to the campaign you may spy yourself one of these nights. Keep your eyes open. See more about the projections on the back page of this Campaigner.
OXFAM IRELAND MINI FILM FESTIVAL IN BELFAST
The Belfast office is organizing a mini film festival on the theme of Control Arms from 1pm on June 17th. Lord of War is the feature film and there will also be a selection of award winning films from Oxfam International's Control Arms festival. It is a free event although if you haven't added your face to the control arms million faces petition we would ask you to do so on the day. Contact dearbhla.mcgrath [at] oxfamireland.org to see if you can get a ticket.
YOUR FACE MAYWIN YOU AN IPOD
If you upload your own face on to www.controlarms.org by the June 26th you will be in the draw to win an ipod. Just let us know when you have added your image by emailing campaign_actions@amnesty.ie
GET YOUR SEAT AT THE WORLD CUP
Make sure you get a seat at this year's World Cup by visiting www.controlarms.org. This fun game will ensure you are "virtually" at the big event.
