Sep25
Commentary, News and Policy Analyses
A lot of misleading information is causing confusion about the situation in Darfur and Sudan.
The Government of Sudan (GoS) is stepping up the suppression of free speach and the media, making it ever harder to find out what is really happening. It hopes that if we don’t know the truth, we will stop urging our leaders to help the Sudanese people.
But, you can help. Disseminate the truth about the current situation in Darfur and Sudan. Today and in the next few days, please tell at least three others that in the last week:
- The GoS has resumed aerial bombing of Darfur villages and towns, including in the Korma area. A father of eight young children reported that his family has run out of food and has little water, the Janjaweed are occuping all of the wells, they can see Antonov planes dropping bombs on villages, and he lost ten relatives in just this last round of violence.
- The Janjaweed is again burning and looting villages, including Gefafil in North Darfur, raping women, and causing survivors to flee to already overburdened camps and to the mountains.
- The GoS security agents are targeting teachers, asking for “Mudarressein” (teachers), and shooting them on sight. Darfuris report this is part of the GoS plan to keep uneducated Darfuris illiterate.
- AND, the number of conflicts in South Sudan grow with increasing numbers of deaths. Please visit http://tinyurl.com/ybmttqa for a September 23 report.
For more details, please visit www.whilewewaitsudan.org and www.radiodabanga.org.
Don’t let the statement of outgoing UNAMID Commander Agwai that the war in Darfur is over fool anyone – help set the record straight.
Please tell your friends to tell a friend.
Sep19
Events
| October 5, 2009 |
| 5:30 pm | to | 7:30 pm |
Darfuri speaks on his human rights abuse experiences.
The consequence of creating the human rights organization, Sudan Social Development Organization (SUDO) in 2001, has caused Adeeb Yousif to be detained twice by the Sudanese Government and suffer torture while in detention for 11 months.
Adeeb will speak about his experiences as a human rights activist in Sudan and in the U.S., the current situation in Darfur and Sudan, and his hopes for peace in his native country. His presentation will be followed by a panel discussion and question and answer session.
Light refreshments will be served
Location:
Jewish Community Federation
121 Steuart Street, 2nd floor, San Francisco
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Sep15
Events
| November 6, 2009 8:00 am | to | November 9, 2009 5:00 pm |
More than 1,000 leaders of the worldwide movement to end genocide will convene in Washington, D.C.
The GI-NET student-led division, STAND, will bring together a powerful network of 1,000 students, community leaders, and activists from across the country to Capitol Hill for Pledge2Protect: a conference designed to educate, empower, and highlight the work of activists who are driving the movement to prevent and stop genocide and mass atrocities. Pledge2Protect seeks to create a forum of rigorous dialogue and exchange that cover broad yet carefully selected topics. More
Sep11
Events
| September 15, 2009 |
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Visit the Hosfelt Gallery where Art Works Project (AWP) is featuring images from its exhibitions “Congo/Women“, “DARFUR/DARFUR”“ and its most recent production “AT WHAT COST_Human Trafficking/Forced Labor/Child Labor.” http://www.artworksprojects.org/upcoming-events/
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
6 – 8pm
Hosfelt Gallery in San Francisco
430 Clementina (between Howard and Folsom and 5th and 6th Streets) Map
View the Projects and join the conversation. AWP will touch on some of the most major human rights abuses of our time and discuss ways to defend human rights through prevention, education, and policy.
Projections of photographs will be featured alongside presentations from Mark Brecke, Photojournalist and Director, They Turned Our Desert Into Fire and Tu Dang, Foreign Affairs Officer, U.S. Department of State, Office of International Labor and Corporate Responsibility.
Launched in 2008, AWP uses art and design to bring attention to human rights crises and environmental issues around the world.
Resources
www.artworksprojects.org
www.congowomen.org
www.darfurdarfur.org
www.at-what-cost.org
Sep09
Events
It began with Mia Farrow’s 12-day hunger strike.
It continues with others, water-only fasting — a personal expression of outrage — a global community standing in solidarity with innocent civilians in extreme danger. http://fastdarfur.org
Sep09
Advocacy, Events
| September 12, 2009 |
| 5:30 am |
On September 12, 2009, Survivors International hosts the 2009 San Francisco conference “Gender Based Violence: Our Duty to Protect and Heal”. It’s time for San Francisco to reflect on the intersection of immigration and gender based violence and to continue to enhance its platform for positive change. Join us this Fall at the Alumni Reception Hall at the University of California, Hastings in San Francisco for “Gender Based Violence: Our Duty to Protect and Heal” on September 12, 2009! http://genderconference.eventbrite.com
Sep02
Commentary
Commentary: Were Darfur promises for real? – CNN.com
“We have been part of an extraordinary social phenomenon over the past four years surrounding Darfur: the development of a genuine anti-genocide people’s movement. It’s succeeded in cultivating a number…” Read More
