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There are many ways in which you can contribute to Waging Peace’s work, including making a donation and taking action.

Inform yourself

You can download and read our reports, briefings and letters on the situation in Darfur, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia.  Learning about ongoing human rights violations and genocide in these countries enables you to become more politically active and to raise awareness amongst others.

Write to your local MP

Ask them to raise the following issues about Darfur with Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Foreign Secretary David Miliband, or write to them directly:

  1. Raise the issue of UK and international action in Darfur, calling on the British Government to:
    • Implement a no-fly zone over Darfur which will prevent the Sudanese government from using helicopters and planes to bomb towns and villages in Darfur
    • Support the immediate and full-scale deployment of the UNAMID peacekeeping force in Darfur, with the inclusion of experienced Western resources and forces if needed
    • Demonstrate to the Sudanese Government that there will be serious repercussions should they continue to obstruct the deployment of UNAMID and bomb civilian villages by setting a timetable for the improvement of the situation in Darfur and confirming a set of punitive measures to be imposed in case of delay.
    • Immediately impose and implement targeted sanctions on individuals impeding the peace process and committing violations of international law.
    • Actively support peace talks on Darfur and the wider region
  2. Raise the issue of UK Asylum Policy, by calling on the British Government to:
    • Ensure that their policies and that the asylum system in general is consistent with International Law and refugee law.
    • Grant refugee status in the UK to those Darfuris at risk of persecution.
    • Review immediately its country guidance on Sudan and put and end to the deportation of Darfuri asylum seekers to Sudan.
  3. To find out the contact details of your local MP visit: http://www.theyworkforyou.com and type in your postcode.
  4. To email PM Gordon Brown go to http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/page821.asp or write to him at 10 Downing Street, London SW1 2AA.
  5. Email Foreign Secretary David Miliband on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or write to him at House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Write to member of the UN Security Council

Express your deepest concern at Sudan's continued defiance of international law and call for the United Nations Security Council to:

  1. visit Khartoum to put pressure on the Sudanese Government to hand over the two men Ahmad Harun and Ali Kushayb indicted by the International Criminal Court
  2. impose targeted sanctions (asset freezes and travel bans) on all individuals protecting these two men. Click here to write to the UN Security council member.
  3. Commit the necessary economic and military resources and fully trained staff to the UNAMID peacekeeping force to ensure its effective deployment.
  4. Ensure that all UN Security Council resolutions relating to the situation in Sudan be implemented immediately and robustly, including the arms embargo over Darfur, the disarmament of the Janjaweed, the no fly zone, the full scale deployment of UNAMID.

Locally exhibit the Darfuri children’s drawings

Encourage your local school, faith group, community centre, art gallery or museum to exhibit the Darfuri children’s drawings to raise awareness of how children have suffered during the conflict in Darfur.

Forge a direct link with Darfuri children in refugee camps in Chad

Contact your local school or faith group and encourag them to take part in our Drawing Inspiration project which brings together children from refugee camps in Darfur and children from the rest of the world through drawings and letters expressing messages of support and sympathy. Click here to download a copy of our school’s pack.

Volunteer

Become a research intern with Waging Peace.  Our exciting and rewarding internship opportunities allow you to research topics including, but not limited to Darfur, Chad, Central African Republic, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Click here to learn more about the benefits of interning with Waging Peace and to download a copy of the application form.

Support the Darfuri Women’s Network

Set up with the support of Waging Peace, by volunteering to mentor Darfuri women in the UK, helping them develop their ITC skills and English or to provide their children with educational support.  To volunteer, please contact Olivia on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 020 7243 0300

Have a Fundraiser for Waging Peace

A fundraiser is a fun and uplifting way of supporting the human rights cause. For instance, you could organise a charity bike ride. We rely solely on donations to continue our work campaigning against atrocities and human rights abuses in Central and Horn of Africa.

 

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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.