D a r f u r
Take A Stand
When most people think of genocide they think of the Holocaust, but few think of Darfur. Many don't even know where Darfur is, or what is happening. This is because there is little media coverage on this matter. This space is dedicated to spread the awareness of the genocide in Darfur.
Darfur has been in a deadly conflict for over three years. Over 400,000 have been killed, 2.5 million displaced from their homes and living in refugee camps; and more than 3.5 million men, women, and children are completely reliant on international aid for survival. Not since Rwanda has the world seen so much displacement, starvation, rape, and mass slaughter.
Since early 2003, Sudanese armed forces and Sudanese government-backed militia known as “Janjaweed†have been fighting two rebel groups in Darfur, the Sudanese Liberation Army/Movement (SLA/SLM) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). The stated political aim of the rebels has been to compel the government of Sudan to address underdevelopment and the political marginalization of the region. In response, the Sudanese government’s regular armed forces and the Janjaweed – largely composed of fighters of Arab nomadic background – have targeted civilian populations and ethnic group from which the rebels primarily draw their support – the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa.
For more information visit:
http://www.savedarfur.org
This website is also currently sending online postcards to the President of the United States, George W. Bush asking him to take action in Darfur. To send your own postcard simply go on the link above and follow the instructions.
This website is an online petition to encourage anyone with the power to do so to help the lives of the people living in Darfur.
http://new.petitiononline.com/Relief/petition.html
