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The Following Sites Provide Useful Information on the Darfur Crisis

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Africa Action - US-based organisation working for political, economic and social justice in Africa

Darfur Centre for Human Rights and Development - London based group monitoring the situation in Darfur

Darfur Genocide - Resources and practical ways to take action

Day for Darfur -  The global day for Darfur on 17th September 2006

Enough Project - The project to end genocide and crimes against humanity

Genocide Alert - German NGO for the protection of human rights

Genocide Intervention Network - An empowerment network to protect civilians from genocidal violence

Human Rights Watch - HRW are engaged in political lobbying over human rights abuses in Darfur

International Criminal Court -  Independent, permanent court that tries persons accused of the most serious crimes of international concern, namely genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

International Crisis Group - Crisis Group is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation, working to prevent and resolve deadly conflict.

Jubilee Campaign - Fighting persecution of religious minorities

Sleepless in Sudan - Diary of an aid worker in Sudan

Save Darfur - Organisers of the 'Hotel Darfur' campaign

SOAT - Sudanese human rights organisation

Sudan Campaign - US group campaigning against the genocide

Sudan Social Development Organisation - Sudanese human rights group

Sudan Tribune - Updates on the peace process, and in depth analysis of Sudanese issues


HISTORIC LINKS

 

Sudan365 Countdown Clock

Beats for Peace

Sudan 365

WP in the News

1 June 2010, letter in the Guardian, 'African Democracy and Human Rights'

 

'African Democracy and Human Rights'

Letter to the Guardian

Tuesday 1 June 2010, Louise Roland-Gosselin

 

The snubbing of the inauguration of Omar al-Bashir by Britain and the US, (World leaders stay away as Bashir sworn in for new term in Sudan, 28 May) demonstrates the hypocritical stance world leaders continue to take to the Sudanese president. In April, the international community accepted the results of Sudan's deeply flawed elections, despite evidence of ballot-box stuffing, political intimidation and violence at polling stations, in the hope of keeping cordial relations with Bashir. His indictment by the international criminal court for war crimes and crimes against humanity has been almost completely sidelined and it is believed that the US is preparing to lift trade sanctions on Sudan. Better relations with Bashir, it is thought, will bring peace to Sudan – yet talks on Darfur are at a standstill and the government continues to bomb Darfur's Jebel Marra with impunity.

For over five years the world has pandered to Sudan behind closed doors, publicly issuing empty threats, which have resulted in conditions for the people of Sudan only becoming more desperate. It is time that Cameron and Obama took seriously the threat of a man who has killed over 2 million of his own civilians.