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JASON RUSSELL, THE creator of the Kony2012 video which has gone viral across the globe was hospitalised yesterday, suffering from exhaustion, dehydration and malnutrition, according to the Invisible Children organisation.
In a comment on the group’s Facebook page, CEO Ben Keesey said he is receiving medical care and is “focused on getting better.”
The 33-year-old co-founder of Invisible Children was detained by San Diego police for being drunk, vandalising cars and masturbating in public on Thursday.
NBC San Diego reports that he was detained in Pacific Beach while “possibly under the influence of something”.
“Due to the nature of the detention, he was not arrested,” said police. “During the evaluation we learned we probably needed to take him to a medical facility because of statements he was saying.”
He was reportedly wearing only underwear when taken into police custody.
Keesey claimed the past two weeks have taken a “severe emotional toll on all of us, Jason especially”.
“That toll manifested itself in an unfortunate incident yesterday,” he explained. “Jason’s passion and his work have done so much to help so many, and we are devastated to see him dealing with this personal health issue. We will always love and support Jason, and we ask that you give his entire family privacy during this difficult time.”
Police confirmed that no criminal charges are pending.
Russell’s viral video, which has been watched almost 80 million times on YouTube alone, urges people to make the alleged Ugandan war criminal Joseph Kony ‘famous’ in order to bring him to the International Criminal Court.
The campaign was criticised by others who have followed the crisis in the east African country for decades. They say it glosses over the complicated history of Uganda.
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Don’t mothers of adopted children get parental leave? I don’t see that this is much different. This woman should have the same rights as any other new mother.
Why should men get the same entitlements as women when it comes to maternity leave ?? Women naturally need time to physically recover after the birth !! Let them take holidays after the birth if they want to be around to help….we live in an age where everyone feels entitled to everything !!
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You’ve answered your own question the moment you said
“women naturally need time to physically recover after the birth!!”
PRECISELY why their partners should be entitled to equal paid leave so that they can give mum plenty of rest and recover time, take care of the new baby and keep the house in order.
There’s also many women who would prefer to go back to work pretty soon and why shouldn’t dad be able to take paid time out in that instance so that mum has that option?
Your arrogance and narrow mindedness is astonishing: “let them take holidays!”
The Marie Antoinette of equality, eh?
Wish my husband got a decent amount of leave after I had my son,had a section and found it very hard on my own. Definitely needed the rest. He took 2 weeks holiday last time and will be doing it this time as well. Think it’s pretty crap he couldn’t stay at home longer
She did not give birth to this child. Any parental leave should be the same as those extended to fathers, which is to say little or none. As usual, the ‘EQUALITY AUTHORITY’ is only interested in the equality of one gender. What a joke!
Indeed. In Sweden, they get 16 months per child which can be divided between both parents (PAID! – up to a limit).
In Ireland the father is entitled to ZERO paid days off. Some Equality please, eh?
It’s not about whether she gave birth to the child. An adoptive mother would be entitled to the same leave.
If men have a problem with parental leave, why on earth aren’t they contacting the Equality Authority themselves, like this woman did? If one woman can fight this battle alone, what’s stopping a group of men get together to fight for paternal leave? Commenting on the internet won’t get your cause anywhere, taking decisive action will.
There’s also the issue of physical recovery after giving birth. That takes at least six weeks.
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