Uganda rebels kidnap 350 people: Amnesty

KAMPALA-Congo, Sudan and Central African Republic must join forces to free more than 350 people kidnapped in recent weeks by Ugandan rebels, an international human rights group said on Tuesday.Peace talks between Uganda's government and Joseph Kony, the fugitive leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, collapsed earlier this month after Kony failed to appear at a planned meeting.Kony is wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Its chief prosecutor said the reported abductions in south Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and CAR underlined the urgent need to bring him to justice.Amnesty International said the kidnappings were typical of the LRA's brutal tactics during its 22-year insurgency."These people-including scores of women and children-are likely to be used as child combatants and sex slaves, and yet none of the governments in the region have done anything to try to secure their release," it said in a statement."The governments of Sudan, the CAR and the DRC-with the assistance of the U.N.-must join forces to secure the safety and release of those kidnapped immediately and bring those responsible to justice."
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