*do people KNOW?*
i posted about togo awhile back, and right now with them on the world stage in germany, i have to get this off my chest: DOES ANYONE KNOW what is happening in togo?? i find it shockingly unbelievable that while the national football team is playing in the world cup, and their faces and names are broadcasted internationally with millions of people watching, that i still have not heard any popular media mention the atrocities that are happening (and have been happening for the last 40 years) in that small west african nation.
maybe it's because i'm in hong kong, a place notoriously oblivious to what's happening around the world if it doesn't have to do with our money, and especially blind to human rights issues. but could it be true? please, those of you who live in the free(r) world, tell me that someone has noticed?
if you don't know what's going on there, please go to www.amnesty.org and search "togo" for articles documenting the long history of violations against the human rights of those who desire democracy in that country. i guess i would be completely ignorant to what's happening too if it weren't for the 6 togolese asylum seekers who found their way to our church one day last december.
here is a video of my friends - joh, wolali, edem, hippo, and a few other friends - having an impromptu drum worship session at repulse bay after the baptisms. one of their friends, saidi, was baptised that day. these guys are amazing. you would think that as asylum seekers who basically have nothing, they would be the first in line for free pizza. instead, they wanted to worship our living God, while the rest of us devoured the pizzas. too bad my camera ran out of time. just after this video was taken, as they continued to sing, joh broke into dance, the african way. it was awesome. these guys are amazing. please pray that their applications for refugee status will be accepted by the unhcr.
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i guess the military regime has done a good job shutting everyone up, because it seems that the truth of what's happening in togo has yet to reach the world. maybe i should write angelina or bono a letter. then the world will notice.
i posted about togo awhile back, and right now with them on the world stage in germany, i have to get this off my chest: DOES ANYONE KNOW what is happening in togo?? i find it shockingly unbelievable that while the national football team is playing in the world cup, and their faces and names are broadcasted internationally with millions of people watching, that i still have not heard any popular media mention the atrocities that are happening (and have been happening for the last 40 years) in that small west african nation.
maybe it's because i'm in hong kong, a place notoriously oblivious to what's happening around the world if it doesn't have to do with our money, and especially blind to human rights issues. but could it be true? please, those of you who live in the free(r) world, tell me that someone has noticed?
if you don't know what's going on there, please go to www.amnesty.org and search "togo" for articles documenting the long history of violations against the human rights of those who desire democracy in that country. i guess i would be completely ignorant to what's happening too if it weren't for the 6 togolese asylum seekers who found their way to our church one day last december.
here is a video of my friends - joh, wolali, edem, hippo, and a few other friends - having an impromptu drum worship session at repulse bay after the baptisms. one of their friends, saidi, was baptised that day. these guys are amazing. you would think that as asylum seekers who basically have nothing, they would be the first in line for free pizza. instead, they wanted to worship our living God, while the rest of us devoured the pizzas. too bad my camera ran out of time. just after this video was taken, as they continued to sing, joh broke into dance, the african way. it was awesome. these guys are amazing. please pray that their applications for refugee status will be accepted by the unhcr.
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i guess the military regime has done a good job shutting everyone up, because it seems that the truth of what's happening in togo has yet to reach the world. maybe i should write angelina or bono a letter. then the world will notice.
posted by jana* at 11:56 PM
