Please Remember that the Children of Darfur are the Victims.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_jjTJ19WgE This is a Link to Our Google Search on the “Day of Protest for Darfur” Stars destroy children’s toys in Darfur demonstration http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYbDj83DLOI April 13, 2008 By Fariha Karim   Joely Richardson Stars Wreck Toys In Darfur Demo ACTRESS Joely Richardson shares the pain of millions of warzone refugee children as she tears apart a teddy bear. Hollywood tough guy Matt Damon smashes a doll’s house with a baseball bat. And Mission: Impossible star Thandie Newton blowtorches a doll while socialite Jemima Khan burns a child’s drawing. The stars’ wrecking spree highlights the plight of suffering children in the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan. They are backing a global protest today to mark five years since the start of the war. Damon said: “After the genocide in Rwanda we all shook our heads and said never again. “Today, as killings mount in Darfur, we need to make never again a reality and demand protection for the most vulnerable.” War has ravaged the western region of the country since 2003, killing up to 400,000 people. A further three million Darfur civilians have been forced to flee their homes due to the fighting. The armed conflict is between the Sudanese military, backed by the Janjaweed militia group, against rebel groups led mainly by the Sudan Liberation Movement. Now campaigners - including human rights groups, writers and politicians - are determined to raise the profile of the conflict by holding events in 30 countries in a Global Day for Darfur. Harry Potter writer JK Rowling has released a letter, signed by 13 other children’s authors, asking the world to help bring childhood back to Darfur. Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney said: “If we all raise our voices, the international community will have to listen and respond.” UK politicians have joined the day of action, backed by the Government. Lib-Dem leader Nick Clegg will today join protesters outside the Sudanese Embassy in London. International development Minister Shahid Malik said he and Gordon Brown were working to bring peace to Darfur. Speaking after he had met Darfuri schoolchildren, Malik said: “The current situation is completely unacceptable. “The painfully slow deployment of the peacekeeping force UNAMID has led to acts of violence against civilians at the hands of both the rebels and the government of Sudan. “Humanitarian workers are being attacked and consequently unable to access and help all those people in need.” Georgette Gagnon, Africa director at Human Rights Watch, said: “World leaders have let Sudan - and some rebels - get away with murder. “Millions of Darfuris struggle to survive on aid handouts under the daily threat of being raped, beaten or killed.” Tawanda Hondora of Amnesty International added: “We are determined to ensure that Darfur is not added to the list of conflicts that the world forgot.” SUNDAY EMAIL reporters@sundaymail.co.uk   UK Government slams ‘unacceptable’ war The Government has condemned the “completely unacceptable” war in Darfur, adding its voice to calls from celebrities and writers for the killing to stop. International Development Minister Shahid Malik said the “man-made misery” in the troubled region in western Sudan could not continue. Sunday has been designated a global day of protest against the five-year conflict in Darfur, with events planned in 30 countries around the world. Harry Potter author JK Rowling and 13 other children’s authors signed an open letter demanding the world “wake up” to the suffering of Darfur’s children. Celebrities including Matt Damon and Joely Richardson showed their opposition to the war in a series of powerful images. They were pictured destroying children’s toys as a symbol of youngsters’ suffering in the region. Damon, who was photographed smashing a doll’s house with a baseball bat, said: “After the genocide in Rwanda we all shook our heads and said never again. Today, as killings mount in Darfur we need to make never again a reality and demand protection for the most vulnerable.” Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney met Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday to raise his concerns about the situation in Darfur. He said: “Days like this matter because they keep what is happening in the eyes of the international community. If we all raise our voices the international community will have to listen and respond. We need sustained international engagement if we’re to see real progress on the ground.” Mr Malik said the Government and Mr Brown were committed to working to bring peace to Darfur. He said children in the region deserved the same as youngsters in the UK - safety, a loving family environment and an education system that allows them to realise their potential. The Minister said: “The current situation is completely unacceptable. The painfully slow deployment of the peacekeeping force, Unamid, has led to acts of violence against civilians at the hands of both the rebels and the government of Sudan. Humanitarian workers are being needlessly attacked and consequently unable to access and help all those people in need. This man-made misery cannot continue.” BBC News - Thousands protest on Darfur day http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIjxbDVCuho The global action day was organised by human rights groups More than 3,000 protesters gathered outside the Sudanese Embassy in London as part of a global day of action to end the conflict in Darfur. A rally to mark the fifth anniversary of the civil war was addressed by faith leaders, politicians and journalists. British officials have been in contact with the Sudanese government and rebel groups to propose London hosts Darfur peace talks. The government said the offer was to assist a speedy end to the conflict. So far 200,000 have died in Darfur and millions more have been displaced. The international community needs to wake up - where is their consciousness, where are their hearts?   Roa Hassan Child survivor As part of Global Day for Darfur, a group of child survivors from the war-torn province visited Downing Street and met international development minister Shahid Malik. The children presented the minister with pictures they had drawn of their hopes for Darfur’s future. Speaking outside No 10, one of the children, Roa Hassan, said her picture was of “children being educated”. “I think every child in Darfur deserves to be educated as we are. We have the privilege of being really safe.” She added: “The international community needs to wake up - where is their consciousness, where are their hearts? They need to wake up and help.” Mr Malik rejected suggestions that Britain wasn’t doing enough to help. He said: “But ultimately it’s the rebel groups and the government of Sudan who must really abide by their agreements, come to the negotiating table, work with the African Union and the UN if they want a serious peace.” Organised by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Save Darfur Coalition, speakers at the protest outside the Sudanese Embassy also included Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg. He said: “I would not want to denigrate the rhetorical efforts of Gordon Brown, but I am afraid people want to see action rather than more rhetoric.” ‘International will’ Mr Brown has welcomed the start made at deploying a joint United Nations and African Union peacekeeping force but said faster progress was urgently required - especially given the recent intensification in violence. I feel frustrated by this appalling situation and the slow progress, but I am determined that we will not fail   Gordon Brown Rowling in call for Darfur action Plan for peace talks in UK He pledged to push for faster peacekeeper deployment in talks in the US with President George Bush and senior UN figures this week. And he added: “Like the thousands of people taking part in events across the world today I feel frustrated by this appalling situation and the slow progress, but I am determined that we will not fail. “I am committed to working for a more coherent diplomatic approach to this crisis that does not allow any of the parties to the conflict to flout the will of the international community with impunity in the future. “Five years is more than enough for anyone to have to live with the sort of suffering that the people of Darfur have had to endure.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DqIr9k61VA J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series are the world’s fastest-selling books Harry Potter author JK Rowling has joined fellow children’s writers in calling for greater protection for children living in war-torn Darfur. An open letter signed by 14 authors, including best-selling US writer Judy Blume and Michael Morpugo, declares: “It is time to change the narrative.” “The world needs to wake up. For too long it has let these children suffer. Our politicians need to act on Darfur.” The conflict in Darfur, a region of Sudan, is now in its fifth year. More than 200,000 people have died in Darfur since rebels took up arms in 2003, according to the UN. Two million have fled their homes. ‘Caught in crossfire’ Sunday marks Global Day for Darfur, with protesters around the world calling on the international community to take further action to end the crisis. “The children of Darfur didn’t ask for this war, but are living their days caught in the crossfire of reverberating bullets,” the open letter continues. “They must be allowed to be children again. Despite the daily terror they face, they still have hopes and dreams. “The world needs to act now to give the children of Darfur a future.” Darfuri children have drawn powerful images of the war around them Germany’s Cornelia Funke and RL Stine, the American author of the Goosebumps series, are among the writers taking part. Their plea includes calls for an immediate ceasefire and the full deployment of a UN peacekeeping force. Human rights groups estimate that more than a million Sudanese children have been caught up in the bloodshed, displacement and killing in the region. Hollywood stars Matt Damon, Thandie Newton and George Clooney are also taking part in Sunday’s global protest. “Days like this matter because they keep what is happening in the eyes of the international community,” said Clooney, a UN “messenger of peace”.   “If we all raise our voices the international community will have to listen and respond.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6ZMXaWayxc This is a Link to Our Google Search on the “Day of Protest for Darfur” This is the San Francisco Bloody Torch Relay, as you can see, it had to be extinguished; put on a bus and driven to it’s departure point. why bring the bloody thing anyway ? why does the US allow the symbol of China’s Non Support of Human Rights to parade on the streets of American towns ? why we ask indeed.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urKOYd3cfdU Call 1-800- genocide (1 800 - 436-0243) add your voice to the cry to Free Darfur NOW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq_5AjjBe8s Barack Has Added His Voice. Add Yours Today Please http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEd583-fA8M Ask George Bush to Stop the Genocide - NOW, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU_wuy9HAGk 16 Arrested at the White House - Protesting Darfur From Megan Zingarelli -CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) — A group of student protesters were arrested Sunday after they called on President Bush to end the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan, and refused to leave the front gates of the White House.     Sierra Briant calls for an end to the crisis in Darfur, Sudan, outside the White House on Sunday. The protesters shouted, “Hey Bush, you can’t hide! Help us end this genocide!” and “President Bush! No more excuses!” Federal police arrested 18 of them after they marched to the White House. Sunday’s protest was one of many scheduled around the world for “Global Day for Darfur” to mark five years of ethnic cleansing in Sudan. The conflict has killed more than 200,000 people, and it has made refugees of more than 2 million others. In London 3,000 protesters gathered at the Sudanese Embassy. Also, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for Darfur peace talks. Watch a report from the protest in London » In the U.S., Scott Warren, national student director of the Student Anti-Genocide Coalition, said the students were bringing specific demands to the president, including bolstering the United Nations peacekeeping force in Sudan and stepping up pressure on China, Sudan’s trading partner. “In your last seven months, you can make peace in Sudan, and this is how you can do it,” he said. Don’t Miss Truckers delivering U.N. aid being killed in Sudan U.N. report: Darfur attacks broke human rights law Warren said the students knew the president wasn’t home, but still hoped their message was heard. Bush was on his way back to Washington from his ranch in Crawford, Texas. “It’s not something we take lightly, and we do understand the implications of it. But we also understand that genocide is not just a casual issue,” said student activist Ashley Kroetsch, who was among the 18 arrested. “It is one of the worst crimes against humanity, and it requires a very severe response to end it.” The Bush administration supports economic sanctions and implementation of existing agreements for peace and security in Darfur. Bush traveled recently to Africa, and spoke about genocide on several stops. “We’re trying to help them, but the truth of the matter is there are obstacles to peace in Darfur,” he said at a stop in Tanzania. “And that is one of the reasons we’ve imposed tough sanctions — real, meaningful sanctions against those who are stopping progress toward alleviating the human suffering in Darfur.” Clashes in Darfur, protests mark five years of war   There has reportedly been another big battle in the Darfur region of Sudan, with rebels attacking a military base close to the border with Chad. The reported clash happened just hours before the start of a day of international protest to mark five years of the conflict in Darfur. Rebels from the Justice and Equality Movement say they killed a large number of Sudanese soldiers when they attacked a military base 45 kilometres north of El-Geneina, the capital of West Dafur state. A spokesman for the group said that rebel fighters attacked the compound on Saturday afternoon. He said they shot down one army helicopter and hit another during the raid. An army spokesman denied that any of their helicopters had been damaged, and said that the rebels had come from Chad. Officials in Khartoum say that the group is armed and supported by the Chadian Government, an allegation the rebels deny. - BBC This is a Link to Our Google Search on the “Day of Protest for Darfur” UN’s Ban, U.S. push to add Darfur peacekeepers – and soon The secretary-general says the situation in Sudan’s violence-torn province ‘remains grim.’ By Howard LaFranchi | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor from the April 9, 2008 edition Washington - Eight months after the United Nations Security Council authorized sending a peacekeeping force to Darfur, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon is warning that security and humanitarian conditions in the violence-torn western province of Sudan are going from bad to worse. Urgent efforts are needed to further safeguard the population, improve access to emergency food supplies, and increase the airborne mobility of peacekeepers and humanitarian workers, say some Africa and aid experts. Without them, they warn, a new disaster could occur this summer when annual rains arrive. Worldwide protest campaigns aim to pressure the international community to take action on Darfur, But they have yielded mixed results, at best, in two key objectives: building the UN peacekeeping force and enlisting China to strong-arm Sudan, with which it has close commercial ties, to cooperate more fully on Darfur. Noting that it has been four years since the Security Council took up Darfur, Secretary-General Ban said in a recent statement that “the situation remains grim today, as then, if not worse.” According to Ban, some 15,000 humanitarian workers in the province are “keeping widespread mortality in Darfur below emergency thresholds.” His spokeswoman on Darfur, Marie Okabe, says those workers are “having a really, really hard time” and face the same deteriorating conditions as the population. Placing the number of internally displaced people in Darfur at 2.45 million and growing “at a rate of 1,000 per day,” Ban said there is “no accountability, or end, in sight” for violence that targets women and girls in particular. The peacekeeping mission approved last summer is to be a hybrid force of as many as 26,000 UN and African Union military personnel and civilian police. So far, 9,000 troops have been deployed to Darfur. The Sudanese government of President Omar al-Bashir has resisted plans for some of the peacekeepers to come from outside Africa, but Ban says the government has given the green light to troops from Nepal and Thailand. The US government – spurred by President Bush’s characterization of violence in Darfur that has killed more than 200,000 people as “genocide” – is calling on the UN to accelerate deployment of peacekeepers and to add at least 3,600 troops by June. The US is not offering troops or helicopters – which the Khartoum government would probably not accept anyway – but pledges $500 million to help train, house, and supply the mission. While it’s important to get more authorized military and police personnel into Darfur, say peacekeeping experts, it’s more crucial to train and prepare the troops going in and to ensure they’ll have the supplies and the mobility to do their jobs. “For sure we need to have more troops on the ground, but it’s not as easy as simply snapping your fingers,” says one peacekeeping expert at the UN in New York who is not authorized to comment publicly on deployments. “At least as important as the numbers are questions like, how prepared are they for the mission? Are they trained? Is the air power going to be there to get them around?” Mobility is key for peacekeepers and humanitarian workers. With the June rains come impassable roads and stranded, displaced populations. Those conditions might lead to an even bigger humanitarian challenge this summer, what Eric Reeves, a Darfur expert at Smith College, warns could be a “genocide by attrition.” So far, no UN member has stepped forward to offer any of the two dozen tactical and transport helicopters authorized for the mission by the Security Council resolution, the advocacy group Africa Action noted recently. Africa Action and other groups are calling on the US in particular to provide “international leadership” by pressing all parties involved in the Darfur crisis to accept and join a peace process, noting that the real answer lies in implementing a political accord among the government and rebel fighters. Grass-roots efforts for more action from the international community, especially in getting consistent cooperation from the Bashir government, explain the mounting pressure on China. Activists are playing on Beijing’s sensitivity to its image as it prepares to host the Olympic Games this summer. Chinese officials counter that the pro-Darfur activists are exaggerating Beijing’s influence over Khartoum Global protests over worsening Darfur situation The conflict began in February 2003 and has displaced 2 500 000 and nearly 400 000 reported dead April 14, 2008, 07:15 By Manelisi Dubase Peace activists around the world gathered in capital cities around the world such as London, Brussels and Washington to highlight the plight of the people of Darfur. In Washington activists vowed that they will continue to disrupt the Olympic torch relays and protest against companies and governments that continue to work with the government of Sudan. Peace activists and the Darfurians continue to put pressure on the UN, the African Union and the governments of the US and China to end the Darfur conflict. The war in Darfur is a military conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan with current lines of conflict seen to be ethnic and tribal, rather than religious. One side of the armed conflict is composed mainly of the Sudanese military and the Janjaweed, a militia group recruited mostly from the Arab Baggara 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 non-Arab Fur, Zaghawa, and Massaleit ethnic groups. Save innocent people The conflict began in February of 2003. The US congress recently passed legislation that prevents US companies from doing business with the government of Sudan but activists and Darfurians says more can still be done to save innocent people. Scott Baron, from the Save Darfur Coalition, says: “Since December 31, when the UN mandate started and the peacekeepers actually put on the blue helmets, since then 100 000 people have been displaced from their homes. That is not the definition of protection. We have to make sure that we take this all the way, we have to make sure that protection is provided.” Mahomed Yaya, a Darfurian national, says: “We are capable to make a change, since our leaders are not capable of making change. We are capable to stop the genocide in Darfur since our United Nations is reluctant. They turned a blind eye and they turned a deaf ear.” This week Save Darfur Coalition and Amnesty International reported that the Janjaweed miliatias are now attacking refugees inside the UN camps. This past weekend alone, another 12 000 people were displaced when their village was attacked by the Janjaweed. Peace activists have expressed concerns that since the war started in Darfur seven years ago, the international community has done very little to protect the people in that region. Some refers to it as another forgotten war. RELATED STORIES UN calls for Sudan-Chad diplomacy (April 10, 2008, 07:15) China presses Sudan over Darfur peacekeepers (February 25, 2008, 06:15) RELATED LINKS Save Darfur Foundation home page War in Darfur info page Copyright © 2008 BadGalsRadio ~ I-riginal 100%GalBassed RooticalTruth . This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact legal@badgals-radio.com so we can take legal action immediately. Plugin by Taragana Less

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