London: Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Ashley Judd and Hayden Panettiere are among stars who have joined an internet campaign to bring the leader of a terrorist group in Uganda to justice.
A documentary called ‘Kony 2012’, about the ongoing conflict in the African country, has become a viral hit on the internet after being viewed nearly four million times in just two days, reported Contactmusic.
The film by humanitarian group Invisible Children is named after Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (Lra), which has allegedly recruited thousands of child soldiers to fight in battles.
The organisation aims to make him famous, “not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice”, and a number of high-profile stars have backed the issue on micro blogging site Twitter.
“Please go to Invisiblechildren.com. Even if it’s 10 minutes… Trust me, you Need to know about this!” La Toya Jackson tells fans, while Rihanna tweeted, “Please!… We must spread the news and Stop Kony by making Kony2012 famous. Let’s put an end to this!”. (PTI)
