#StopJungleJustice : Regina Van-Helvert Starts A Campaign Against Jungle Justice
Jungle Justice (JungJ), referred in other contexts as Mob Justice is a
form of public extrajudicial killings, where an ‘alleged criminal’ is
humiliated, beaten and in some cases ‘summarily executed’, by a crowd or
vigilante group.
This act has been in existence for soo many years and has claimed the
lives of many innocent individuals. It’s a menace that poses a threat to
this country and it seems to be an act that is spoken about during the
period of the event but is later swept under the carpet.
The culprits are in most cases not dealt with. Even though this society
overtly frowns on the act, it creeps up on us every now and then. Enough
of the ‘hypocrisy’! No one has the right to take the life of another,
in a democratic country, What happened to our rights to life and
protection by the state from such mishaps.
We simply cannot be reading horrifying stories of this act every now and
then; watching videos of such worrying acts, irresponsibly shared over
social media, without finding a common platform to effectively deal with
this.
Regina has decided to use the opportunity granted her by the media, and
the various social media platforms to not only campaign against the
practice, but find workable solutions with various stakeholders
including law enforcement personnels, government, development actors,
communities, and crucially the youth, to this canker.
Given that audiovisuals communicate credibly in this country, She has
shot a short film on JUNGLE JUSTICE to help spread the dangers and
threat, that mob-justice poses not only to human life but on the nation
as a whole.
She will be going around the country to show this short movie and
educate the youth on the implications of taking instant justice.
Together with some stakeholders, some selected ministries, Police force,
Media and some public figures, we will make sure this activity is
totally consumed and terminated.
So let us help her trend the Hashtag #StopJungleJustice on all social
media platforms this is the first step in the series of activities that
will be organised towards finding a workable solution to this menace.
She is doing her part, do yours by simply joining the campaign
#STOPJUNGLEJUSTICE #PROTECTLIVES #CIVICEDUCATION #OURRIGHTSMATTER
#OURLIVESMATTER
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