Amnesty International is asking for people to sign e-mails to United States Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and The United States Mission to the UN ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, asking them to pressure the Sudanese government to arrest Ahmad Harun and Ali Kushayb, both of whom have warrants out against them from the International Criminal Court. Ahmad Harun is the former Minister of the Interior and current Minister of Humanitarian Affairs(!) and Ali Kushayb is the head of the Janjaweed militia, which is the force committing the mass murder and rape on the ground in Darfur. They are both charged with crimes against humanity and war crimes.
It is impossible to quantify the amount of suffering that these two men have caused. Releasing them to the ICC could be the first step to ending this genocide, and encouraging their release would take very little on the part of the United States government. Please take a few seconds to urge the United States government to help.
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In April 2008, STAND groups around Massachusetts held an Olympic Corporate Sponsor Rally on the Boston Common; this is one of the banners.
This is the blog from the Save Darfur Campaign of UMass Amherst's MassPIRG chapter. The blog will feature background information about Darfur, the Congo, Burma and the genocides that are occurring around the world. It will also feature actions that can be taken to help stop the suffering, and during the schoolyear, it will feature information about events and campaigns that the group is working on on the UMass Amherst campus.
In April 2008, STAND groups around Massachusetts held an Olympic Corporate Sponsor Rally on the Boston Common; this is one of the banners.
About Me
- UMass Save Darfur
- Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
- The Darfur Campaign of MassPIRG at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is an activist group working to end the genocide in Darfur, Sudan, which has killed over 400,000 people since 2003.
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