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| Genocide: Darfur |
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The genocide in Darfur has left more than
200,000 black people dead, a thousand
villages burned, 3 million refugees. Everyday
while the international community waits more
of Darfur's women are being raped, more men
are being murdered, more childfren are being
killed, more of Darfur's black people are
becoming refugees. China is underwriting the
genocide in Darfur by supplying Sudan's
dictator Omar Hassan al-Bashir with weapons
and by protecting him at the United Nations.
China imports 80% of Sudan oil. If the
Chinese communist government in Beijing
wanted to end the genocide in Darfur they
could do it easily. The don't care that black
people are being butchered. Boycott the
Beijing Olympics.
Tags : Darfur Sudan genocide China Human Rights Beijing Olympics murder rape crimes against humanity |
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| Darfur Awareness Week Video |
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This is a video for the AHS Darfur Awareness
Week. The world is once again faced with a
horrific genocide, and people continue to
give empty promises. NOW is the time to
act...do something to stop genocide once and
for all.
To learn more about the Darfur conflict:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_conflict
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zViGbEtRSg
Here's a very brief history of Darfur, if you
don't want to read/watch the above:
The Darfur province of Sudan is mainly
comprised of Arab Muslims and African
Muslims. The Sudanese government is
primarily made up of Arab Muslims, and
therefore they favor the Arabs in Darfur.
For years the ethnic Africans had been given
significantly less rights and resources, and
finally in July 2003, a group of rebel
Africans formed the Sudanese Liberation
Movement (SLM) and attacked key governmental
locations in Darfur. An Arab militia called
the Janjaweed militia then emerged to counter
the SLM, and began persecuting all ethnic
Africans in Darfur. The Janjaweed is known
for its notorious methods of suppression
which include, but are not limited to, rape,
torture, and murder. And it is evident that
the Sudanese government is assisting the
Janjaweed militia despite their continuous
claims of innocence.
So basically the African Muslims are being
killed or Driven out of Darfur at the hands
of the Janjaweed (and the Sudanese
government). UN military support to the
region is minimal. Displaced Africans
usually end up in refugee camps, many of
which are located in the neighboring country
of Chad. However, disease is rife in these
camps and attacks by the Janjaweed are always
possible, as the Chad/Darfur border is
largely unguarded. Our donations will
greatly help to improve the harsh conditions
for the 2.5 million people in these refugee
camps, providing vital resources such as
medication, basic clothing, and food.
Video adapted from anti-genocide movement:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dchqJ7bhCBA
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Durée : 144 s |
| WOMEN OF DARFUR |
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The IRC's Emily Holland recently traveled to
Darfur to document the lives of displaced
Sudanese. In this video, she takes us inside
several camps for displaced persons and
describes how the IRC is helping women—from
providing water and shelter to offering
skills trainings and the chance to make a
living.
Learn more about the IRC in Darfur and how
you can help: http://www.theIRC.org/darfur
Learn more about how the IRC helps women:
http://www.theirc.org/help/how-the-irc-helps-
women.html
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Durée : 82 s |
| Darfur Genocide Video - Personal Account An American Witness |
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Darfur Region - Sudan Genocide on border of
Chad and the doorway to the Arab worlds. The
Darfur conflict is a complex crisis in the
Darfur region of western Sudan. One side of
the armed conflict is composed mainly of the
Sudanese military and the Janjaweed, a
militia group recruited mostly from the
tribes of the northern Rizeigat,
camel-herding nomads. The other side
comprises a variety of rebel groups, notably
the Sudan Liberation Movement and the Justice
and Equality Movement, recruited primarily
from the land-tilling Fur, Zaghawa, and
Massaleit ethnic groups. The Sudanese
government, while publicly denying that it
supports the Janjaweed, has provided money
and assistance to the militia and has
participated in joint attacks targeting the
tribes from which the rebels draw support.The
conflict began in February 2003. Unlike in
the Second Sudanese Civil War, which was
fought between the primarily Muslim north and
Christian and Animist south, almost all of
the combatants and victims in Darfur are
Muslim. The government and Janjaweed attacks
upon the non-Baggara civilian populace have
resulted in a major humanitarian crisis.
There are many casualty estimates, most
concurring on a range within the hundreds of
thousands. The United Nations (UN) estimates
that the conflict has left as many as 450,000
dead from violence and disease. Most NGOs
(non-governmental organizations) use 200,000
to over 400,000, a figure from the Coalition
for International Justice that has since been
cited by the UN. Sudan's government claims
that over 9,000 people have been killed,
although this figure is seen as
counterfactual. As many as 2.5 million are
thought to have been displaced as of October
2006. Creative Commons license:
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike.
Tags : Darfur genocide Sudan Arab Arabs Chad Sudanese Janjaweed Rizeigat Liberation Movement Fur Zaghawa Massaleit Muslim NGOs |
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Durée : 391 s |
| Darfur in 10 Minutes: An Overview of the Conflict in Sudan |
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A brief overview of the Darfur conflict from
a friend of mine who has spent a considerable
amount of time "on the ground" there.
The overview describes three of the
significant "drivers" that explain what is
going on in Darfur, but also show why
decreasing the misery is so difficult.
The three "drivers" are 1) ethnicity, 2) oil
(mostly China, in the ongoing "scramble for
Africa"), and 3) desertification/climate
change.
I hope this overview is helpful. Any
informative comments are greatly appreciated.
As a personal note, with the Darfur hell so
centred around oil, I can't help but think of
the Iraq hell, that also began in 2003, and
has likely resulted in the deaths of hundreds
of thousands of civilians—basically folks
like you and me.
Don't you just dream of a time when enough
people actually say, "No"—and it has
meaning? Maybe that time is closer than we
know.
Pete
www.petemccormack.com
Credits: Some of the stills are from the
gifted photographer Ton Koene.
www.tonkoene.com
The music is from Dennis Burke, composer on
both Uganda Rising and See Grace Fly.
www.dennisburkemusic.com
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