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May 27, 2004

Sudan blog

The Passion of the Present is out to raise awareness of the Sudan:

In Darfur, a region in southern Sudan approximately the size of Texas, over a million people are threatened with torture and death at the hands of marauding militia and a complicit government. Imagine a militia that forces parents to choose whether their children will be burned alive or shot to death. Imagine that in the very same month the world remembers the genocides of Cambodia and Rwanda, the unfolding news of another in Sudan is barely heard and largely ignored.

It includes a useful list of background info on the Sudan.

Posted by D. Weinberger at May 27, 2004 10:31 AM


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http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/war36.html

"OOh - if you do that, will you look up the entry for "Ignore?" want to know if it still has that picture of Sudan."

Posted by: Hanan Cohen | May 28, 2004 11:05 AM


I wrote an article about the genocide and impact of the gutting of the Sudan Peace Act by the Bush Administration in 2002. No one seems to talk about putting pressure on Sudan where it will hurt the most since Bush killed a very effective method of embargo in that bill. It seems that the oil companies involved in development and exploration in Sudan have effectively buried the strongest tool we have to stop the killing.

http://dean4az.blogspot.com/2004/07/powells-sudanese-farce_01.html

Posted by: Michael | July 20, 2004 04:22 PM


www.GenocideInterventionFund.org
Please visit this site.
Thank you.

Posted by: Andrew Lim | January 29, 2005 02:19 PM


Waxploitation is about to write the final donation checks to UNICEF and the UN Refugee Agency for Sudan Relief. Our goal is $10,000 and we raised $8,356. CLOSE!

We've lowered the price of the Genocide in Sudan CD (featuring System of a Down, Yoko Ono, Gorillaz, Jurassic 5, Thievery Corporation and more) to $8.99 to make it affordable for all.

We need to sell just 182 more CDs to meet our goal, which should be easy!

Please go to http://store.yahoo.com/waxploitation/geinsucd.html and grab one or two (give 'em to a friend).

OR IF YOU'D PREFER, e-mail media@waxploitation.com we'll show you how to donate money directly to UNICEF/UNHCR online towards Sudan relief...it's quite simple.

The money we are raising is going directly towards relief in Sudan, where an estimated 300,000 people have been killed and 2 million people displaced in one of the worst genocides since Rwanda in 1994.

Thanks!

Waxploitation

Posted by: waxploitation | March 31, 2005 07:05 PM


FIRST OF ALL, CORRECTION: DARFUR IS NOT A REGION IN SOUTHERN SUDAN, IT LIES ON WESTERN SUDAN. THAT IMPLIED GENOCIDE DOESN'T EXIST, SIMPLY BECAUSE JANJAWEED BARBARIAN MILITA EXISTED EVER SINCE AND THE SUDANESE GOV'T IS NOT ABLE TO CONTROL IT. JUST ANOTHER TIPICAL MEDIA FABRICATIONS AS THE IMPLIED SLAVERY IN SOUTHERN SUDAN HAD BEEN EXEMPLIFIED ON CBS, POOR PEOPLE GET PAID TO ACT.

Posted by: Sudani Dude | November 25, 2005 08:18 PM


Heres an interesting documentary on the crisis:

http://obscuredtv.com/neveragain.php

Posted by: Chris | February 26, 2006 05:55 PM


All of that is media sabotage to Sudan gov't. Darfur has a lot of oil, recent discovered uranium in large quantities.

IRAQ rings a bell?

UN on the other hand labelled it "World biggest crisis" based on mass murder collected data. History of the region, 2 tribes had disputes over land distribution and other things had been happening for decades. Nothing racial, I emphisize. Matter of fact, they are all Black.

Posted by: Fluent-Sudani | October 16, 2006 12:44 PM


You all should check out this story about a benefits concert for awareness in Sudan on January 20!
Go to: http://voice.paly.net/view_story.php?id=4956

Posted by: Voice Reporter | January 17, 2007 02:35 PM


“The Global Peace Film Festival was established to utilize the power of the motion picture to further the goal of peace on earth. With a mission to expand the definition of peace beyond anti-war, ideology, activism or specific causes, the Global Peace Film Festival films and events suggest a more personal message as reflected in the daily lives of individuals and communities the world over” (http://www.peacefilmfest.org). The Global Peace Film Festival is showing numerous films from around the world that express various concerns and standpoints concerning peace on the international scale. Awareness about the crisis in Sudan is rising and we hear more remarkable stories about the perseverance of the people of Sudan. Persecuted for many years, the people of Sudan are still facing a civil war. This has raised much media attention in literature (“God Grew Tired of Us”) and film (“The Lost Children of Sudan”). The Global Peace Film Festival will be presenting a showing of Facing Sudan at 5pm in the Bush Auditorium at Rollins College, on Sunday September 30th. If you are interested in finding out more about the genocide facing the Sudanese, this is a great opportunity. The movie is very interesting as it depicts the great triumphs that people can succeed, even in the worst of situations. To learn more visit the Global Peace Film Festival at http://www.peacefilmfest.org. Additionally, you can find out more about the crisis in Sudan at http://www.savedarfur.org. Again, come support the Global Peace Film Festival and broaden your intellectual horizons with a showing of Facing Sudan at 5pm in the Bush Auditorium at Rollins College, on Sunday September 30th.

Additional information:

Facing Sudan
USA, 2006, 90mins
Director: Bruce Janu

Rollins College is located at 1000 Holt Avenue, Winter Park, FL, 32789.
http://www.peacefilmfest.org

Posted by: Till Hemmerich | August 28, 2007 02:30 PM


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