Darfur

Have you heard of Nadia Plesner? She is running a near one-woman campaign to raise awareness and charitable contributions for the Darfur situation. She’s an art student, she’s 26, and she doesn’t have the legal clout that a worldwide fashion brand can afford. The point is Nadia is selling her t-shirts at no profit, all [...]

Artistic expression, social responsibility, and corporate property rights hardly ever (IF ever) mix. More often than not, the entity with the biggest money bag wins. A story has been slowly snowballing for the past couple weeks: Last October, Danish artist Nadia Plesner started an image-driven campaign called “Simple Living” to help raise public support for [...]

The Sudan government is seeking about $6 billion in aid from the world to help rebuild its devastated nation, particularly Darfur, where 200,000 have died and 2.5 million been displaced. Yesterday, a Sudan Antonov plane hovered over the village of Shegeg Karo for several minutes, surveyed the scene, and then dropped bombs on the [...]

This is a great idea they came up with, hopefully it will catch on everywhere else...if you like these performers you should support ;) Here's The article from Miami Herald: Reaching to Darfur: High... The place for miami downtowners to find whats going on in their area and at the same time support the downtown area grow

Louis Vuitton sued Nadia Plenser, a Danish student artist and designer, for her “Simple Living” campaign. Nadia is a fundraiser that supports the Divest for Darfur organization. She drew an image of a young Darfur child holding a chihuahua dog and sporting a designer bag that looked like the famous Louis Vuitton’s Murakami Multicolore canvas pattern. Louis Vuitton filed a lawsuit last April 15th and demands payment for their ‘intellectual property’.Meanwhile, last April 29 Juicy Couture filed a lawsuit against Victoria's Secret Pink. They accused VS for using similar ideas and icons, such as their trademark seat-of-the-pants Juicy logo and selling apparel wrapped in the shape of lollipops and ice cream cones, mimicking the packaging used in Juicy's Sweet Shoppe.The company is ask

Rather than attempts at embarrassment, sanctions, threats, or a serious military intervention that China would interpret as a challenge to its control of the oil fields, the focus should be on tying diplomatic and economic efforts together coherently, to enlist China constructively.This can be done – because it has been done, in dealing with North Korea's nuclear ambitions. In 2006 the US pushed to get expanded voting rights for China in the International Monetary Fund, to reflect its weight in the world economy. The quid pro quo Treasury Secretary Paulson promoted was a "hope," as he gently put it, that more power in the IMF would motivate China to allow its artificially low currency to float to a market exchange rate (helping US and EU exports).China's currency started to float. What w

Vedere la guerra, il dolore e la sofferenza attraverso gli occhi dei bambini. È stato questo uno dei principali temi affrontati nel corso del Global Day for Darfur svoltosi a Roma nel mese di Aprile. Organizzato da Italians for Darfur...

Make Fetch Happen reports the following story: Artist Nadia Plesner created this image to satirize the lack of media attention a genocide like Darfur gathers compared with the relative overexposure of say, skinny white women with little dogs and designer bags. Louis Vuitton (who one writer claims, had ties to the Nazi Party) has responded with a [...]

Louis Vuitton Sues Artist Who Wants to Save Darfur: Louis Vuitton is suing 26-year-old artist Nadia Plesner who is selling posters and t-shirts of a Darfur victim, holding a designer bag inspired by a Louis Vuitton design.The sale of the posters and T-Shirt is part of a campaign called "Simple Living" in which Nadia is promoting.[via Thread Trend]

Not being a fan of the overrated Louis Vuitton line of luxury handbags and luggage (and in general), this is another reason for me to take my dislike up a notch. Louis Vuitton is suing a design student (Nadia Plesner) working with a Darfur fundraiser because their recent campaign called, “Simple Living” shows a refugee with [...]

This picture was drawn by a young Chadian boy in a camp for displaced persons in Eastern Chad. His drawing describes the attack on his village by Janjaweed militias from Sudan. On the top left hand corner of the drawing is written ‘ataque village’ (French for ‘attack of the village’). The attackers, wearing military uniforms and on camels are shooting civilians with machine guns and burning their houses. Bullets are coming from all over. Next to each civilian that is shot is the word ‘Morts’ which is the plural of ‘dead’ in French.More posts on The Road about DarfurPicture courtesy wagingpeace.info

The Paris based fashion house Louis Vuitton has filed charges against Nadia Plesner, a Dutch 26 year old student artist for selling posters and t-shirts of a Darfur victim, holding a designer bag inspired by a Louis Vuitton design. All of the profits were going to charity.Nadia said: “I started this campaign because of the distorted way the media prioritizes between big and small world news. How can Paris Hilton make more front covers than the genocide in Darfur? So, I “pimped” a victim, to see if it worked. And it did!”Louis Vuitton now demands $7,500 (5,000 Euro) for each day she continues to sell Simple Life products, $7,500 for each day their letter is published on the website and $7,500 a day for using the name “Louis Vuitton” on her website. In addition they want her to p

DARFUR NOW COLLEGE TOUR ANNOUNCES THE FIRST 9 CAMPUSES STAND and the Genocide Intervention Network are proud to partner with Participant Media in the college tour of the acclaimed documentary, Darfur Now... and performances by musical acts Cool Kids, Goapele, Zion 1, Janelle Monae, Anthony David, Wale, Asheru, DJ Drama and more.....

This photo by Kevin Carter won the “Pulitzer Prize” in 1994 and became a symbol of the Sudan famine at the time. The picture depicts stricken girl crawling towards an United Nations camp, located a kilometer away. The vulture is waiting for the child to die so that it can eat her.This picture shocked the whole world. No one -including the photographer- knows what happened to the child.Here is the story behind the picture: In 1993 Carter headed north of the border with [his colleague] Silva to photograph the rebel movement in famine-stricken Sudan. To make the trip, Carter had taken a leave from the Weekly Mail and borrowed money for the air fare. Immediately after their plane ) touched down in the village of Ayod, Carter began snapping photos of famine victims. Seeking relief from the

Thousands protested around the world yesterday to mark the five year anniversary of the crisis in Darfur in which at least 200,000 people have been killed and millions have been displaced. According to Amnesty International, there are UN troops in the region, but the Sudanese government is blocking them from helping. There is a call...

On April 9th, gunmen have attacked a UNAMID (UN African Mission in Darfur) police patrol, two kilometres (one mile) from the Zam Zam camp for internally displaced persons.The officers were ordered out of their vehicles and the four gunmen stole their personal belongings and official identity cards. One officer was repeatedly hit in the neck by the back of an AK-47 when he hesitated in obeying instructions to get back into the vehicle."UNAMID police do not carry weapons and Wednesday's patrol was operating without protection", according to Noureddine Mezni, the UN African Mission spokesman. He added that "this was for confidence-building purposes and for easier contact with the civilians they aim to protect". (Full)Picture courtesy Reuters

"My son was clinging to my dress. An Arab looking man, in a uniform with military insignia, stopped his car next to me. He grabbed my son from me and threw him into a fire."- Kalima, resident of the village of Kidinyir, DarfurIt's been 5 years. And what has the world done?"Since the genocide began five years ago, more than 1 million children have been tortured, raped, wounded, displaced, and/or traumatized," stated a press release from STAND Canada (Students Taking Action Now: Darfur), which organized the Toronto rally."UNICEF reported in their Child Alert Report that 'The children of Darfur have little prospect of a decent, independent future for themselves ... (as the majority of them) live beyond the reach of current international relief efforts, leaving them exposed to malnutrition, il

Originally posted Saturday April 12, 2008 09:30 AM EDTMatt Damon and Thandie Newton have lent their famous faces for a London photo shoot – but these were no glamour shots. The stars (along with Joely Richardson and other celebs) were photographed destroying toys – meant to symbolize the destruction of childhood in Darfur. We got a sneak peek at two of the pics.April 13, named "Global Day for Darfur," marks the fifth anniversary of genocide in the Sudan region – so some children who live there have known nothing but killings for as long as they've lived. "If it had been my childhood that was under attack I would have expected help," Newton, 35, who was depicted blow-torching a Barbie doll, said in a statement. "Five years is five years too long."Damon, 37, destroyed a dollhouse with

George Clooney e' stato vittima di un assalto condotto da un gruppo di bambini soldato armati di fucili Ak-47 durante un viaggio in Darfur dove si trovava tempo fa in qualita' di ambasciatore dell'Onu. La star hollywoodiana alla rivista britannica "Zoo Weekly" ha raccontato: "Hanno controllato la macchina e hanno portato via tutto quello che potevano pero' siamo riusciti a nascondere le pellicole - ha raccontato l'attore - Ci hanno puntanto addosso i fucili. Cose del genere succedono spesso". Clooney ha spiegato che i bambini non avevano la minima idea di chi lui fosse e non sapevano che stavano rapinando una star del cinema. "Non hanno una televisione molto buona li", ha scherzato l'attore che ha girato e prodotto il documentario "Un viaggio in Darfur", realizzato nel 2007 insieme al padr

Time -- Ambassador Richard Williamson, the U.S. special envoy to Sudan, told Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in the letter that additional troops are the best hope of increasing security in the Sudanese region.A joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force took over in January from a beleaguered AU force to try to stem the violence. But it only has about 9,000 troops and police on the ground, out of a total of 26,000 that have been authorized.

Darfur. Una regione grande circa due volte l’Italia, situata nell’ovest del Sudan, nel deserto del Sahara, delimitata da Ciad, Egitto, Etiopia, Libia, Repubblica Democratica del Congo, Uganda, Repubblica Centroafricana e Kenia. Pochi hanno sentito dire questo nome, pochi immaginano cosa stia accadendo in Darfur. Era un triste giorno del Febbraio 2003 quando un gruppo di miliziani [...]

Igual que pasó con Timor Oriental y el régimen islámico indonesio de Suharto, cuya brutalidad se dirigió también contra los comunistas, la ONU (uff, por fin ha hecho algo útil... aunque digamos que un poco tarde) ha reconocido que el gobierno sudanés está directamente implicado en las violaciones colectivas en Darfur. Y quien lo ha dicho ha sido la impresentable de la Alto Comisionado de la ONU para los Derechos Humanos, Louise Arbour, que se ha mostrado muy reacia a hablar en contra de los múltiples abusos cometidos por los países musulmanes en relación a los Derechos Humanos, pero en llevar una cuenta muy detallada de los que comete Israel. Hace poco apoyó la Carta de Derechos Humanos de los países islámicos, esa que dice que se respetarán siempre que no vayan en contra d

Este grupo de chicos no sólo son grandes estrellas para la pantalla, sino que también brillan y ponen todo el poder hacia causas muy meritorias. Son co-fundadores de Not On Our Watch (NOOW),que, sin ánimo de lucro se centra en la atención mundial y los recursos para detener y prevenir atrocidades en masa, que recientemente dieron 500.000 dólares a las Naciones Unidas Programa Mundial de Alimentos (PMA). En un esfuerzo para ayudar a detener el hambre, el PMA utiliza helicópteros para prestar apoyo en mano de obra y alimentos al Sudán. Estos chicos también donaron 1 millón de dólares al PMA en 2007. Ellos hacen lucir bien la filantropía, realmente muy bueno.

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If you needed final confirmation on connections between the Janjaweed militias in Darfur and the Sudanese government in Khartoum, here it is: For the first time, the commander of one of the biggest and most important Janjaweed groups has gone on the record claiming his men received direct orders and heavy weaponry from the government. Extraordinary footage to be broadcast on Britain’s Channel 4 on March 14 shows an interview with Mohammed Hamdan, leader of 20,000 Janjaweed who control most of southern Darfur. It’s the closest thing yet to hard evidence that Khartoum has used Janjaweed as proxy forces to crush rebel groups and sow misery in Darfur. Hamdan claims he met Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir twice - once at Bashir’s home - to receive orders to carry out campaign

    George Clooney and his pals have proven adept at putting their money where their mouths are. The organization the actor started along with Ocean’s Eleven costars Matt Damon, Brad Pitt and Don Cheadle and producer Jerry Weintraub to raise awareness and aid the humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s Darfur region has donated $500,000 to the United Nations [...]

charity co-founded by George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Don Cheadle has donated $500,000 to the United Nations World Food Program. The money, handed over by the stars’ Not On Our Watch organization, is earmarked for the U.N.’s food aid agency to prevent hunger in the troubled Darfur region of Sudan. In a statement, [...]

The legacy of George Bush continues haunting efforts to bring stabiliy to many areas of the world. His lies, incompetence, and bravado have transformed the United States into among the most distrusted nations in the world. Sudan officials claim their nation does not believe any statements made by American leaders. Former Foreign Minister Suliman Aba [...]

Darfur enters and slips out of the news with frequency. It appears the organized process of death and destruction on the part of the Sudan government has been renewed with ever increasing fury as janjaweed and Sudanese military resume their scorched earth policy of driving out the people of Darfur. The same old tactics are [...]

Healthy lifestyles are not even on the horizon for millions around the earth, and nowhere is this situation worse than in Darur, Sudan, Africa. And now the world has witnessed a rare shaming of a nation as Steven Spielberg has just inflicted on China. This nation that has begun to lecture other nations has found [...]

The people of Darfur have been confronted with ongoing harassment and brutality on the part of the Sudan government and its janjaweed mercenaries, but a new impediment has arisen in the form of gangs of bandits who steal food being sent to the area. The World Food Program(WFP) has been forced to halve food deliveries [...]

You should be really angry after reading this story. The EU just came out recently blaming many of the conflicts around the world, including Darfur, on Global Warming. Yes, apparently the liberal elites around the world believe that the religious and tribal genocide, where women and children are murdered senselessly, is due to half of a degree increase in temperature. There are so many... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.

A Sudanese senior official, on a trip to Japan, claimed critics had completely exaggerated the situation in Darfur and that only a fraction of those claimed to have been killed really got killed. Sudanese presidential adviser, Nafie Ali Nafie, said “Our estimate is not more than 10,000… quite a difference number from 200,000. I dare [...]

The Save Darfur Coalition, www.SaveDarfur.org, an alliance of 181 human rights, faith-based, and civil society organizations working to raise public awareness and mobilize an effective response to the genocide in Darfur, seeks a Government Relations Associate to play a central role in Save Darfur’s efforts to expand our U.S. congressional, administration, and coalition member outreach. [...]

Una vez que los jihadis han conquistado Chad y de facto, han quedado a la ONU sin poder defender a los habitantes de Darfur, el ataque no se ha hecho esperar.BBC NEWS | Africa | Sudan 'renews Darfur air strikes'The Sudanese military is said to have renewed its aerial bombing campaign in the west of the Darfur region. The joint United Nations African Union mission in Sudan, Unamid, said it had received reports of aerial bombings in the Jebel Moun area of the region. A Unamid spokesman said there was grave concern for the safety of thousands of civilians in the area. The reports came as China's envoy for Darfur, Liu Guijin, began a five-day visit to the country to push for peace. China has come under increasing pressure to use its influence with Sudan to end the fighting.En cuanto al pap

How many more movies and documentaries are to be shown before the world has the courage to change anything about the situation in Darfur? This video shows why we should care!For updated humanitarian news, check out The Other World News

Today Darfur rebels threatened to attack West Darfur's state capital El-Geneina and told aid workers to stay in their compounds and away from government military bases. (Full Post)Picture courtesy REUTERS/Mohamed NureldinFor updated humanitarian news, check out The Other World News

UN envoy: New Darfur fighting bad sign(AP) AP - Signs of renewed fighting in Darfur are a worrying omen for peace talks, a U.N. special envoy said Friday as he toured the troubled region in an attempt to draw reluctant rebels into negotiations with Sudan's government. African school succeeds against the odds(AP) AP - Here at the Chiseka school on the rural outskirts of town, many children attend class outside, sitting among weeds in the shade of a towering blue gum tree. There are 1,531 students, six classrooms, no running water and no light bulbs. Germany puts Zimbabwe in spotlight over rights abuses(Reuters) Reuters - German Chancellor Angela Merkelchallenged European and African leaders on Saturday to confronthuman rights abuses in Zimbabwe, putting the country'spresident Robert Mugabe in the spotlight at an EU-Africasummit. Liberia's ex-president arrested(AP)AP - A former president of Liberia was arrested Friday for violating the conditions of his bail while on tr

GENOCIDE IN MALAYSIA ? NO! NOT HERE! Darfur, is where it is.That's where genocide and ethnic cleansing existed.That's where Muslims killed Muslims.That's where government appointed militia raped and killed black African Muslims. In Malaysia ? No.It's only a figment of imagination of the devil incarnate, P.Uthayakumar, a member of the law fraternity ,treacherous,deceitful and unpatriotic.A

To the surprise of no one, the Muslim Brotherhood-dominated government of Sudan is making it impossible to deploy the promised peacekeeping mission in Darfur, the a senior UN official says. Jean-Marie Guehenno told the United Nations Security Council that excessive demands from Khartoum "would make it impossible for the mission to operate". Among other demands, Sudan wants advance notice of troop movements and to be able to shut down communications. That is handy, to be able to shut down communications...(read more)

In lieu of a strong American military presence in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, it seems Indian "combat camels" will be sent to assist the joint United Nations/African Union peacekeeping force. No, I'm not kidding- from the AP;India plans to send combat-trained camels to solve the transport headache facing a fledgling UN-African Union peacekeeping force in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region, officers here say.India's Border Security Force (BSF) said it received a request last week from the United Nations to send the specially schooled animals to the troubled African region."In principle the BSF has agreed to the request and will wait for the UN to approach it through the ministry of home affairs," said the chief of India's elite 200,000-member frontier force, A. K. Mitra.Last week the head of the UN department of peacekeeping operations, said they may fail to protect civilians in Darfur without the required air mobility and firepower.American forces continue to police a civil wa

Pretty Hammer just released a new t-shirt for charity. There's not a lot to be said here; the t-shirt is called "Save Darfur" and 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Save Darfur organization. The t-shirt has the typical esoteric and sensitive characteristics of all Pretty Hammer designs, and costs $25.

First off, the Seminal is Protesting in Professional Attire today in cities around the nation. Come and join us! A UN representative has called the global overemphasis on biofuels a “crime against humanity,” saying it seriously threatens global food supplies and prices. Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson has decided to retire amid denunciations for his comments about the intelligence of black people. Peace talks scheduled to begin today in Libya between rival factions in Darfur are delayed because two main rebel groups decided not to show. “The US army says as many as 20% of its soldiers and marines have suffered ‘mild traumatic brain injury’ (mTBI) from blows to the head or shockwaves caused by explosions. The condition…has been designated as one of four ’signature injuries’ of the Iraq conflict by the US department of defence.” — The Guardian From the Blogosphere… David Horowitz is feeling a little unwelcome, a

Chicago Bull Luol Deng knows the stakes in the Sudan all too well: he was born there, and he and his family ended up fleeing the African nation for their lives. The refugee turned NBA star drew on that personal history Sunday to appeal for help to stop the bloodshed in Sudan's Darfur region, where civil strife has left more than 200,000 people dead. The Save Darfur Coalition. "We all need to

Ever since Waxploitation's Genocide in Sudan release in '03, we've really appreciated their efforts in activism. It's an underlying fact that within success, it is completely crucial to use that power to cause change (or create it). I can't stress enough how important it is to continue to educate yourself on current situations in places where we are not. I truly believe people who live in "relative" peace are called to help and serve those who do not or cannot. However a lot of us do not have time (amongst other things), but I'm telling you right now there are many ways to get involved even while sitting at your computer. On November 1st, you can download the new Waxploitation Causes 1: Darfur off of iTunes. But be sure to not wait as it will only be up there for 90 days. Why such a short time? It shows symbolism for the urgency of it's purpose, for the cause. You can also get the hardcopy if you sign-up on the site. 100% of the proceeds go to Doctors Without Borders, Save Darfu

Living Darfur by Mattafix, Music Video and Lyrics Great song and video ! It’s very important to the people who live in Darfur the world learns about how life goes on there, because as long as silence will reign down there, they will be alone and never manage to stop the killing. Mattafix will release their second [...]

Illusionierte und Hoffnungsträgerinnen! Es ist noch nicht aller Tage Abend. Wenn man sich umtut, finden sich auch viele Bemühungen, die Hoffnung machen. Das auch Popmusik etwas zur Klimaverbesserung beitragen kann zeigen Mattafix. Eine schöne Nummer und dazu ein schönes Video. Eine angenehme Art für die Menschen in einer Krisenregion Aufmerksamkeit zu sensibilisieren. Dazu auch eine Webseite mit Aktion und Engagement - Living Darfur. “Seit 2003 herrscht in der Region der Darfur-Konflikt, der bis zu 400.000 Menschen das Leben gekostet und 2,5 Mio. in die Flucht getrieben hat.” Quelle: Wikipedia (mehr…)

Vi ho già parlato di "Living Darfur", nuovo singolo dei Mattafix che anticipa l'uscita del loro prossimo album. Adesso vi propongo il testo della canzone con relativa traduzione:See the nation through the people's eyes, See tears that flow like rivers from the skies. Where it seems there are only borderlines Where others turn and sigh, You shall rise (x2) There's disaster in your past Boundaries in your path What do you desire when lift you higher? You don't have to be extraordinary, just forgiving Those who never heard your cries, You shall rise (x2) And look toward the skies. Where others fail, you prevail in time. You shall rise. (You may never know, If you lay low, lay low) (x4) You shall rise (x3) Sooner or later we must try... Living (You may never know, If you lay low, lay low) (x4) See the nation through the people's eyes, See tears that flow like rivers from the skies. Where it seems there are only borderlines Where others turn and sigh, You shall rise (x4) (You may neve

Everyone, including myself, who has complained about our governments needs to be introduced to Darfur. So how bad can a region be in modern times… pretty freaking horrid. What we all should be complaining about is how can something like this be going on. How can hundreds of thousands of people get killed for being born. Everyone on this planet has now seen or heard about the craziness in Darfur… but here it is again! Below is a very, very graphic video of the things that have happened and may still be happening around the planet… this is Dafur, where they have been fighting for sometime. The sickl thing here is that its not a war where its one military against another, this is more of a tribal war that puts the government and militia against civilians. here is the Darfur Video of a man getting his limbs cut-off for more on the Darfur humanitarian crisis and genocide check this out. From WikipediaThe campaign of mass killing and torture began when Darfurians, fear

Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade pushed for an immediate investigation into the deaths of 12 African Union(AU) troops who were killed in a raid on a peacekeeping base in the Darfur region of Sudan. He stated that he would remove Senegalese troops from the AU force if the investigation found the pacificators were unequipped to defend themselves.In what was called "...the heaviest loss of life and biggest attack on the African Mission," by AU spokesperson Noureddine Mezni, 30 vehicles and a force of 1,000 armed rebels raided the AU base in the town of Haskanita just after sunset on Saturday. The base was completely destroyed. One of the soldiers killed in the attack was Senegalese, while the majority were Nigerian. One Malian soldier, and one soldier from Botswana were also killed in the raid, according to AU spokesman Assane Ba."If they died because they didn't have the arms to defend themselves, I will withdraw all the Senegalese ... I am not going to send people to be slaughtered,

"Living Darfur" è il primo singolo estratto dal nuovo album dei Mattafix, "Rhythm & Hymns", che uscirà il 12 novembre. Il video della canzone è stato girato nell'est del Ciad al confine col Darfur, e con esso i Mattafix sperano di sensibilizzare maggiormente l'opinione pubblica verso il tragico conflitto che sta avvenendo in quella regione dell'Africa. Tutte le royalties percepite grazie a questo brano (già in vendita su iTunes e tutti i più importanti negozi di musica digitale) saranno devolute a organizzazioni umanitarie come Oxfam, Crisis Action e Save Darfur Coalition.Per saperne di più sul conflitto del Darfur potete andare su:http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflitto_del_Darfurwww.livingdarfur.com http://www.myspace.com/mattafix

The single, ‘Living Darfur' by Mattafix was filmed in the refugee camps on the Chad/Darfur border where over 200,000 people have been killed over the last four years.The project is backed by a host of international names. Desmond Tutu, Matt Damon, Elle MacPherson, the Black Eyed Peas and many others have supported the project by appearing in the video holding slogans demanding action on Darfur. The project was funded by Mick Jagger.All artist royalties from this single will be donated to Oxfam, Crisis Action, and the Save Darfur Coalition to support their work on the Darfur crisis but the main purpose of the single is to raise awareness of the crisis. (Read more...)Thanks to E. for the link

A recent ad campaign is about to be released by SaveDarfur.org which tells the stories of people who are still suffering and dying in the genocide in Darfur. According to SaveDarfur.org over 100,000 people called President Bush to live up to his promise to address the General Assembly about Darfur while at the United Nations this week. President Bush told the UNGA, ‘”The United Nations must answer this challenge to conscience -and live up to its promise to promptly deploy peacekeeping forces to Darfur.” The United Nations recently approved a joint peace keeping force of United Nations forces and African Union forces to put a stop to the violence perpetrated on non-Arab Sudanese people. Peace talks are also set to be held in October. The United States would of course need to contribute their share of the bill for the peacekeeping forces and supply their share of the equipment as well. If there is no follow through from those that have promised their support to the

Graeme MacKay, «The Hamilton Spectator»Desde 2003, o conflito no Darfur arrasta-se, provocando uma das piores humanitárias que o mundo já assistiu. Esta guerra já afectou 3,6 milhões de pessoas, tendo morrido mais de 400.000 mil. A comunidade internacional vai assistindo ao massacre.

(MOVIE POSTER) IN THEATRES Nov. 2, 2007(Limited) Interesting right no Jay-z , no Russell Simmions no red carpet, only Brad & Angelina anyway, This powerful documentary about the genocide in Darfur doesn't just attempt to expose the horrors in the African nation. Instead DARFUR NOW shows how six people, including Oscar nominee Don Cheadle, are working to change the situation in Sudan thousand of people are displaced below is a graphic video that highlights the conditions of Darfur. more info about the movie (read on) ****************************************************************************** HOUSE OF GLITZ: (SAVE DARFUR OFFICIAL WEBSITE CLICK NOW)

Sr. Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir Presidente de la República de Sudán Sr. Presidente: Cientos de miles de personas han muerto en Darfur a causa del conflicto, y más de dos millones se han visto obligadas a abandonar sus hogares. La población de Darfur vive inmersa en una crisis humanitaria y de derechos humanos de enormes proporciones. No puede [...]

Sudan will accept Palestinian refugees from Iraq, the BBC reports: The offer came after Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir received a letter from the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas. The UN refugee agency has expressed concern over the deteriorating conditions for the hundreds of Palestinians in camps on the borders. They have tried to leave Iraq, but have been refused entry by Jordan and Syria…The UNHCR estimates about 34,000 Palestinians currently live in Iraq. Between 200 and 300 have been killed since the US-led invasion in 2003. Sudan’s actions are perhaps commendable on the surface. But in light of the refugee crises within Sudan involving actual Sudanese people, the government’s actions appear both strange and hypocritical. Is the Sudanese government only willing to help fellow Arabs? Are they attempting to curry favor in the Middle East? Whatever their motivation, it seems that even gestures such as these will do little to boost their image in the eyes of the

In an earlier post, I wrote about a leaked UN report accusing the Government of Sudan transporting weaponry into Darfur, disregarding UN security resolutions.New pictures released last week, showed once again Antonov military planes and Russian-supplied Mi-24 military helicopters at an airport in Geneina, a town in Sudan's Darfur region... I wonder how the Government of Sudan will deny this, yet again.Picture courtesy Washington Post

El video Green Day, Working Class Hero forma parte de la campaña de Amnistía Internacional sobre el conflicto de Darfur en Sudan. Los cortos testimonios que se ven en el video resultan verdaderamente escalofriantes sobre una realidad a la cual el mundo no puede dar la espalda.   “El conflicto de Darfur es un conflicto militar en curso en la región de Darfur, en el oeste de Sudán, principalmente entre los Yanyauid, un grupo de milicianos formados por miembros de las tribus de los Abbala (criadores de camellos de etnia árabe) y los pueblos no Baggara, principalmente agricultores. El gobierno sudanés, aunque públicamente ha negado su apoyo a los Yanyauid, les ha proporcionado armas y asistencia, y ha participado junto con ellos en varios ataques contra los pueblos Fur, Zaghawa y Masalit. El inicio del conflicto suele situarse en febrero de 2003. A diferencia de lo que ocurrió en la Segunda Guerra Civil Sudanesa, no se trata de un conflicto entre musulmanes y no musulmanes. La m

The fifth batch of materials for humanitarian aid provided by the Chinese government for Sudan was shipped on Friday at north China’s port of Tianjin.    The 40 million yuan (5.2 million U.S. dollars) worth materials include cross-country vehicles, ambulances, medical instruments, and mobile houses. A container is loaded to a ship at the Tianjin Port in Tianjin Municipality, north China, Aug. 24, 2007. The fifth batch of aid materials worth 40 million RMB yuan (5.2 million US dollars) provided by the Chinese government for Sudan’s Darfur region were shipped to Sudan from Tianjin Port on Aug. 24. The humanitarian aid included SUVs, ambulances, sphygmomanometers and temporary houses. (Xinhua/Zhang Zewei) Photo Gallery>>>     China had sent four batches of materials to help residents in the Darfur region improve their living conditions.     In 2004 the Chinese government pledged five batches of humanitarian aid to Darfur to ease the humanitarian problems

When I first saw the link to this free Darfur Olympic Dreams temporary tattoo, I laughed. I’m sorry, but I just assumed from the name that this was a tattoo that was requesting for Darfur to be allowed into the Olympics or something. And then I though, yes, the #1 priority for every living person in Darfur must be to see their area represented in the 2008 Summer Olympics. It’s right there at the top of their priorities list, ahead of peace, a permanent home, and food. Then I actually clicked the link and saw it was a serious effort to help get peace, shelter, and food to Darfur. Through China. Or the Olympics. I’m not sure, all I know is that I might be headed downward after I die for laughing at the people of Darfur. [via the forums]Technorati Tags: Darfur, 2008 Summer Olympics, China, tattoo Share This

As I wrote in relation to a post by my friend Reno:It is not simply that the US has spent her moral capital (this is true, of course, and the pictures of our torturing of prisoners have come to symbolize that), but she has also spent her military and political capital on the war in Iraq, which basically ties our hands as there is no way that we're going to use military force against another country that is consider by many a Muslim country. Therefore, our threats are impotent.Any political fervor that is mustered against the atrocities in Darfur is simply placated by promises from Khartoum. Once the pressure subsides or is ameliorated by their promised actions, there is no way of keeping Khartoum accountable. And, yes, they know this. Part of the problem is there has not been a movement to say that not following the CPA = policies as usual = genocide.I really don't think the CPA will be implemented by a government who came to power through a coup to prevent a peace process between

De verdad tienen que comprar este album y ayudar a Amnistia Internacional en su esfuerzo por detener la crisis en Darfur. Contiene covers de las "mejores" canciones de John Lennon incluye a artistas como U2, Green Day, The Postal Service, Snow Patrol y The Flaming Lips. Corre la voz!Descargar

President Bush’s top aid, Karl Rove, is resigning. The peacekeeping force that will go to Darfur will be strictly African Union, a decision that has some worried. The Economist explains what happened in the financial markets last week. “New studies have found that people tidy up more thoroughly when there’s a faint tang of cleaning liquid in the air; they become more competitive if there’s a briefcase in sight, or more cooperative if they glimpse words like ‘dependable’ and ’support’ - all without being aware of the change, or what prompted it.” Interesting piece on the secret life of the sub-conscious brain. From the Blogs: Bradblog maintains its coverage of touch-screen voting failure in America. “And then we will have to be Muslims and ‘our women’ will be forced into burkas and there will be no more music or gay bars or churches or blogs.” Glenn Greenwald’s amusing musings on American fears of t

Displaced women sit inside a temporary home in a camp in North Darfur. Photo by REUTERS/Michael Kamber. At the beginning of George W. Bush’s presidency he read a report on the Rwandan genocide. In the margins of that report he wrote the words, “Not on my watch”. It has been over three years since the beginning of the genocide in Darfur and nothing has been done. President Bush is, of course, not the only one responsible for not acting in the Darfur region to stop the genocide there. After the Holocaust we said, “never again”. After Rwanda in 1994 we said, “never again”. Why is it taking so long for Americans and the rest of the world to demand that their leaders do something about the atrocities that are occurring there? So far since the conflict began in 2003, over 400,000 people have died and more than 2.5 million civilians have been forced to flee their homes. These refugees now live in displaced camps in Sudan or in refugee camps in the neighb

US Congressional Committee Passes Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act that will now be up for voting in the general congress. Help stop the genocide in Darfur, Darfur: An Unforgivable Hell on Earth needs your help and cooperation this Monday, 30th of July, 2007 to call your US representatives to urge them to vote for the passage of H.R. 180. The Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act. H.R.

As many of you probably know, there has been an ongoing genocide occuring in Darfur. It is as complex as it is horrific - though with one thing for certain: it must be stopped. The above film was put together by an advocacy group Stop Genocide Now, who are also documenting the journey of humanitarian workers as they navigate the people and region. I highly recommend checking out their website and joining the movement. As well, Amnesty International has a dedicated campign for Darfur with further information and action guidelines. Coincidentally, the question “How do we get beyond empty promises for Darfur?” was asked at the recent Youtube debates to the upcoming presidential candidates. Here’s what they said: Why do you think the Darfur conflict has been largely ignored by the West? What do you think is the best course of action to stop the genocide?

E' successo di nuovo. Ancora una volta (dopo aver dato la disponibilità nei mesi scorsi) il governo di Khartoum ha ritirato la possibilità di far presenziare una forza ibrida di peacekeeper formata da Unione Africana (Ua), ed Onu (neanche 1000 caschi blu) e che avrebbero, tra l'altro, solo dovuto operare a livello logistico. La scusa portata dal governo islamico sudanese e che queste forze

  According to the New Hampshire Union Leader: Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware said he would send 2,500 U.S. troops to Darfur to try to end the civil war there. “They think we can save them,” he said, “Guess what? We can.”   Senator Joe Biden says we should send troops into Darfur to fight in a civil war, yet we are told we need to leave Iraq because our soldiers are caught in a civil war. What is the difference between the civil wars? President Bush has not sent troops to Darfur and we have troops in Iraq. The Democrats whole policy is based on opposing Bush, that is the only difference between the supposed two civil wars. If America was in Dafur the Democrats would be calling for withdrawal. Ater all some people cannot handle being free. Isn’t that what the Democrats have been telling us?

The discovery of a vast underground lake is offering the best hope yet for an end to the war in Darfur. At 30,750 km2 it is the size of Lake Erie and will provide much needed influx of water, and an... Earth-centred news for the health of air, water, habitat and the fight against global warming

This sheds an even uglier light on things.From The Independent:Arabs pile into Darfur to take land 'cleansed' by janjaweedBy Steve Bloomfield, Africa Correspondent Arabs

An international conference on the peace process in Darfur opened yesterday in Tripoli, Libya. Representatives from the UN, the EU, the US, Sudan, its neighbors, and donor countries are present. Various rebel groups have representation “on the sidelines” as well, most prominently a recently-formed alliance of five groups that has been attracting major attention in the international media. The conference is attempting to streamline multiple peace proposals. One major step forward has already occurred: the agreement of the Sudanese government to meet “soon” with rebel groups. Many conference participants are hopeful. Jan Eliasson, the UN’s Sudan envoy, has said that the “moment of truth” is approaching for Darfur. Two questions, among many, are: What does China think? And what does Libya want? Some insight into both is provided by this briefing from April, wherein Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte answers questions after a trip that inclu

Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur is a compilation album of various artists covering songs of John Lennon to benefit Amnesty International's campaign to alleviate the crisis in Darfur.Proceeds from CD and digital sales will support Amnesty International and its campaign to focus attention and mobilize activism around the urgent catastrophe in Darfur, and other human rights crises.DISC ONE1"Instant Karma"U22"#9 Dream"R.E.M.3"Mother"Christina Aguilera (featuring Bigelf)4"Give Peace a Chance"Aerosmith featuring Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars5"Cold Turkey"Lenny Kravitz6"Whatever Gets You Through the Night"Los Lonely Boys7"I'm Losing You"Corinne Bailey Rae8"Gimme Some Truth"Jakob Dylan featuring Dhani Harrison9"Oh, My Love"Jackson Browne10"Imagine"Avril Lavigne11"Nobody Told Me"Big & Rich12"Jealous Guy"Youssou N'DourDISC TWO"Working Class Hero"Green Day2"Power to the People"Black Eyed Peas3"Imagine"Jack Johnson4"Beautiful Boy"Ben Harper5"Isolation"Sn

Proseguono le attività di Italian Blogs 4 Darfur per riportare un po' di pace e un futuro sostenibile in una delle aree più martoriate del nostro pianeta.Grazie all'impegno di tanti, siamo riusciti a compiere un'impresa che solo qualche mese fa sembrava impossibile, sensibilizzando l'opionione pubblica e celebrando per la prima volta in Italia il Global Day for Darfur lo scorso Aprile.Il governo sudanese ha finalmente accettato la possibilità di un intervento dell'ONU - sotto l'egida dell'Unione Africana - nella regione del Darfur, ma questa apertura di Khartoum desta la preoccupazione di molti osservatori internazionali. Il timore è che ancora una volta il governo sudanese cerchi di guadagnare tempo, spaventato dalla possibilità di rigide sanzioni commerciali da parte di molti paesi occidentali. Italian Blogs 4 Darfur (IB4D) continua quindi la sua opera di sensibilizzazione e azione per portare un poco di sollievo a milioni di sfollati, che ormai da tre anni attendono u

By Arshad MohammedReutersSunday, June 24, 2007; 8:30 AM PARIS (Reuters) - Sudan must stop trying to "scale back" a hybrid international force for Darfur, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said as she flew to Paris for talks on the humanitarian crisis in the western Sudanese region.The aim of the force is to stop the violence in Darfur, where international experts estimate 200,000 people have died and 2.5 million have been expelled from their homes in more than four years of strife. Sudan says 9,000 people have died.Sudan on June 12 agreed to a combined United Nations and African Union peacekeeping force of more than 20,000 troops and police but many diplomats doubt Khartoum will keep its word. moreTo stay up to date on the crisis in Darfur please visit The Blog Coalition for Darfur

Sono decine le associazioni volontarie che, nel completo silenzio dei media, si occupano dell'immane tragedia umanitaria che da oltre tre anni insanguina i territori del Darfur.Alcune associazioni si battono con tutte le loro forze per riaccendere i riflettori su quell'angolo di Africa troppo spesso ignorato e dimenticato, altre ancora scelgono la difficilissima e rischiosa via della cooperazione sul territorio, offrendo assistenza e sostegno in quel mare magnum di 2 milioni di sfollati che ormai da anni affollano i campi profughi. Refugees International ha coraggiosamente scelto la via dell'assistenza sul territorio, portando soccorso e raccogliendo testimonianze dai molti campi profughi che costellano il confine con il Ciad. Con tenacia e determinazione, alcuni membri di questa associazione hanno creato un breve documentario per testimoniare le storie che puoi "sentire sotto ogni albero del Darfur", raccontate dalle tante vittime del genocidio, colpevoli solamente di essere nat

From breitbart.com: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that the slaughter in Darfur was triggered by global climate change and that more such conflicts may be on the horizon, in an article published Saturday. “The Darfur conflict began as an ecological crisis, arising at least in part from climate change,” Ban said in a Washington Post opinion column.UN statistics showed that rainfall declined some 40 percent over the past two decades, he said, as a rise in Indian Ocean temperatures disrupted monsoons. “This suggests that the drying of sub-Saharan Africa derives, to some degree, from man-made global warming,” the South Korean diplomat wrote. “It is no accident that the violence in Darfur erupted during the drought,” Ban said in the Washington daily. When Darfur’s land was rich, he said, black farmers welcomed Arab herders and shared their water, he said. With the drought, however, farmers fenced in their land to prevent overgrazing. “F

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From the BBC:Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has agreed unconditionally to a joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force for Darfur, diplomats have said. South Africa's ambassador at the UN, Dumisani Kumalo, said Mr Bashir backed the move after a meeting with Security Council envoys in Khartoum. Sudan agreed to allow the 19,000-strong force earlier in the week but ultimate control has been a sticking-point. Violence in Darfur has killed more than 200,000 people and made 2.5m refugees. An existing AU force of 7,000 troops has struggled to contain the conflict. Much of the violence has been linked to clashes between government-sponsored Janjaweed militias and Darfur's rebel groups. moreI'm not at all inclined to believe he'll keep his word given the history. So pardon me for not rejoicing. Hopefully this time will be different but I doubt it.

Immagini satellitari ad alta risoluzione forniscono prove inconfutabili delle atrocità commesse nel Darfur nel progetto Eyes on Darfur di Amnesty International per mettere in grado i cittadini, le forze di peacekeeping e le corti internazionali di intraprendere le azioni necessarie a fermare l'orrore. Eyes on Darfur per la prima volta monitorerà, attraverso le foto dal satellite, aree a rischio di violazione dei diritti umani dando la possibilità al mondo intero di "sorvegliare" cosa accade in dodici villaggi ancora intatti, ma vulnerabili agli attacchi, usando immagini satellitari.

ReutersTuesday, June 5, 2007; 8:56 PM WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives urged China on Tuesday to use its influence and economic leverage to stop what President George W. Bush has called the genocide in Sudan's Darfur region.The lawmakers charged that China, which buys much of Sudan's oil, has stood in the way of halting bloodshed in the western Sudanese region, but stopped short of joining calls to boycott the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing made by some politicians, activists and celebrities."China should act consistently with the Olympic standard of preserving human dignity in Darfur, Sudan and around the world," said the resolution passed by the House on a vote of 410-0.The resolution urged China to stop selling Sudan arms and suspend economic cooperation with Sudan until Sudan "stops its attacks on civilians" in Darfur and engages in negotiations with Darfur rebels to achieve a peace deal. moreTo stay up to date on the crisis in Darfur please visit Sudan Wat

Earlier this week, the Bush Administration spoke in favor of tougher economic sanctions for Sudan as a strategy for halting the genocide in Darfur. Skeptics of the proposal argue the economic sanctions will be ineffective without a.) UN Security Council support b.) support from the Chinese (who do big business with Sudan) or c.) because we are dependent upon Sudan’s oil exports. Yet again, it appears as if economic threats will fail in the face of business interests, lack of support from the International Community and an unnerving dependency on oil. Big business trumps diplomacy; oil trumps big business. John Ukec Lueth Ukec, Sudanese ambassador to the U.S. But, in an act of defiance, responding to the President’s threats, the Sudanese ambassador to the United States raised the stakes a bit higher: He threatened to cut off America’s supply of Coca-Cola. Holding a bottle of the brown bubbly beverage in the air and calling the Sudanese “agents of peace”

DownloadThis is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.What exactly is genocide? The word was invented by Raphael Lemkin, a Jewish lawyer who fled Poland at the start of World War Two and came to the United States. He lost almost every member of his family to the Holocaust carried out by Nazi Germany.Sudanese women in a refugee camp in Chad in July 2004 protesting the violence in DarfurIn a nineteen forty-four book, Raphael Lemkin wrote that by "genocide" he meant the destruction of a nation or an ethnic group. But not necessarily the immediate destruction. It can also describe a plan of actions taken against groups with the aim, in the end, to destroy the groups themselves.His efforts led in nineteen forty-eight to a United Nations treaty against the crime of genocide. It took effect in nineteen fifty-one. It defines genocide as actions taken with the goal to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group.The acts listed include killing or causing serious phys

"Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has...