This filim documents the results of two decades of armed conflict between the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and the Ugandan government in the Northern Uganda, which has caused some nearly two million civilians to be displaced from their homes. While the LRA have been perpetrators of these crimes, the Ugandan People’s Defense Forces (UPDF), the national army, has also committed human rights violations against civilians that include extrajudicial killing and torture. Through the personal stories of torture survivors, Between Two Fires advocates for official acknowledgement of these abuses, redress for torture victims, as well as implementation of legislative measures to strengthen national mechanisms against the use of torture. 14 minutes.
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