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"Omar al Bashir told us that we should kill all the Nubas. There is no place here for the Negroes any more"
Words of a Janjawid fighter, according to a refugee from Kenyu, interviewed by Amnesty International
This one year old girl was shot by a Sudanese government helicopter.
Her mother was killed.
As you read this, over 3 million people in Darfur, Sudan are crammed together in concentration camps, dying of disease and hunger, while government sponsored troops slaughter civilians, use rape to destroy group unity, and shoot children for sport. 400,000 men, women, and children are already dead. Entire races have been exterminated by the Sudanese government's campaign of ethnic cleansing.
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Where is Darfur? Darfur is a region in western Sudan, an eastern African country half the size of the United States
Why are people being killed? Ethnic African rebel groups in Darfur launched a war for independence, sighting a lack of life saving government funds in the region. President Omar Al-Bashir responded with a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing against civilians. He has used proxy militia groups to torch whole cities, rape and kill thousands of women and children. The violence continues today.
Omar Al-Bashir has used the Janjaweed militia to murder thousands of men, women, and children while enjoying a luxurious lifestyle. Parade magazine's David Wallechinsky ranked al-Bashir at the very top of his list of the worlds ten worst dictators. Most recently he has severely restricted press access to Darfur, an ominous sign of what's to come.
When Omar Al-Bashir rose to power in 1989 he dissolved parliament and banned political parties. Ignoring countless U.N. resolutions to disarm the Janajaweed militia and end the violence in Darfur, Bashir has made a mockery of international law and the ideals on which the United Nations was founded. He seems to believe the international community will allow him to get a way with the wholesale murder of entire ethnic groups, and so far he has been right.
Children in Auschwitz concentration Camp, January 1945
After the Holocaust the world said it would "never again" allow the wholesale slaughter of ethnic groups by any government, even if it meant standing up to a major world power such as Nazi Germany.
Omar Al-Bashir is making a mockery of this pledge by committing genocide on a budget less than that of most U.S. states.
If the world is unwilling to intervene in a genocide committed by a relatively minor world player, how can we possibly hope to stand up to the next Nazi Germany?
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"When we tried to escape they shot more children. They raped women; I saw many cases of Janjawid raping women and girls. They are happy when they rape. They sing when they rape and they tell that we are just slaves and that they can do with us how they wish."
-Man from Mukjar, as reported by Amnesty International.
"There was also another rape on a young single girl aged 17: M. was raped by six men in front of her house in front of her mother. Ms brother, S., was then tied up and thrown into fire."
a 35-year-old Fur man from Mukjar, as quoted by Amnesty International
This girl was raped by members of Janjaweed
Rape is used systematically in Darfur, in order to destroy group unity. Rape turns women into social outcasts, shames and demoralizes their husbands. It is also used as an incentive for soldiers, along the with the plunder from the cities they sack.
U.S Gold Medalist Joey Cheek Donates his $25,000 Prize to Help Darfur. After winning the Gold medal for the men's 500m, U.S. speed skater Joey Cheek donated his $25,000 to help children in Darfur, and followed it up with a donation of his $15,000 silver medal prize.
Thousands Rally on Washington for Darfur Justice
Thousands of people gathered near the capital in Washington on April 30th, 2006 to raise support for an international peacekeeping force in Darfur.
The demonstration was hugely successful in raising political will and media exposure about the genocide in Darfur.
1- Humanitarian funding - The international community has fallen short of the donations they have promised to help provide basic necessities for men, women, and children in Darfur. The United States has been a leader in providing life saving assistance and should continue to lead our allies in providing basic necessities for children in Darfur.
2- The International Criminal Court - The United States should use every diplomatic means available, including the International Criminal Court. Full U.S. cooperation with the ICC in Darfur will send a strong message to Omar Al-Bashir and other war criminals.
3- Multi-national peacekeeping force - The African Union mission in Darfur has proved horribly inadequate at maintaining peace. Humanitarian operations have been curtailed due to the violence. The U.S. should play a logistical role in supporting a multi-national peacekeeping force in the region and work with our allies to fund an adequate multi-national force in Darfur.
"If every member of the House and Senate had received 100 letters from people back home saying we have to do something about Rwanda, when the crisis was first developing, then I think the response would have been different.''
-Senator Paul Simon
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The true essence of being is determined by your life purpose. Struggles, stress, trials, and tribulations all stem from the human instinct to be unique and to be valued. We all strive to attain validation, appreciation, and the sense of worth which is derived from sharing warmth positivity, motivation, compassion, and reciprocity from others. Once we realize that the best form of contol is to realize that we don't really control very much, we can relax in the knowledge that if we operate with a sense of doing the right thing, we will truly experience goodness in life. Straying from our true paths is obvious from the negative experiences we endure because of our stubborn natures. Sometimes we are striving to please others, gain approval, or live up to some unspoken, unwritten societal standard of what success is. As soon as we can learn to live for ourselves according to our true instincts, we can be happy. Money, fame, popularity, material possessions, what do they all mean if we can't sit alone and confidently sigh to ourselves with the self-approval and knowledge that we are on our destined path, fulfilling our purpose, and living according to our own true standards of success.
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UN report uncovers global child abuse
By David Usborne in New York
Published: 12 October 2006
A shocking picture of physical abuse and mistreatment of children in countries in every corner of the world, ranging from corporal punishment in schools to forced prostitution, rape and mutilation, was revealed in a survey by the United Nations last night.The report, requested by secretary general Kofi Annan four years ago, says international conventions on human rights for children have flatly failed to guarantee protections for the most vulnerable members of society. While abuse may be at its worst in the developing world, no country is guiltless, it says.Violence can be perpetrated by governments, by criminals but also by the family, the report notes. It recalls the words of a girl interviewed in an unnamed east Asian country. "With these two hands my mother holds me, cares for me, this I love... With these two hands, my mother hits me, this I hate.""The core message," concludes Paolo Sergio Pinheiro, the study's author, "is that no violence against children is justifiable; all violence against children is preventable. There should be no more excuses". He recommends urgent action to hold governments accountable for ensuring children are treated as "full citizens, not as mini-human beings or property of their families".While Mr Pinheiro was helped by many international organisations as well as by testimony from children in several countries, he says many of the offences are hidden in the shadows.He nonetheless offers a range of grim statistics, including a finding that 53,000 children were victims of murder in 2002. His report stops short of naming countries with the worst records on protecting children's rights.Louise Arbour, the UN's High Commissioner on Human Rights, said the survey takes the lid off a global scandal. "A veil of silence covers violence against children, yet abuses are so pervasive that no country can ignore them, and no society can claim to be immune from them," she said.The British-based charity Save the Children, which, with its chapters worldwide, collaborated closely with the compiling of the report, also noted yesterday that more than one million children are imprisoned worldwide, of which 90 per cent were found guilty of only minor offences.Violence in prisons and other, often state-run, institutions, including hospitals and orphanages, many holding children in squalid conditions, is highlighted in the survey. As one child, who had suffered imprisonment, told researchers: "Sometimes one day in prison felt like a year. But after 10 days you get used to it and you don't cry as much."Some of the violence is perpetrated in the guise of medical treatment, the report says, noting that "in some cases children as young as nine are subjected to electro-convulsive treatment" without any anaesthesia or relaxants".Also explored is violence, sometimes sexual, within families and at schools as well as the plight of children caught in trafficking, bonded labour and the child-sex industry. Every year sees another million children driven into the pornography and prostitution industries, the report says, adding, "many are coerced, kidnapped, sold and deceived into these activities, or are victims of trafficking".Citing figures from the World Health Organisation, it asserts that 150 million girls and 73 million boys under 18, "experienced forced sexual intercourse and other forms of sexual violence involving physical contact", in 2002.The murder rate among minors was twice as high in low-income countries than in the developed world, the report found. But sexual abuse in the home is a blight shared by all nations. In 21 countries, most of them industrialised, as many as 36 per cent of women and 29 per cent of men said they had been the victims of sexual abuse during childhood. "Most of the abuse occurred within the family circle," the report said.As many as 77 countries sanction violent punishment of children found guilty of crimes great or small, ranging from execution to corporal retribution including caning, flogging, stoning or even, in some countries, amputation.How children are exploited* According to the World Health Organisation, up to 53,000 children are murdered worldwide each year.* Between 80 and 93 per cent of children suffer some form of physical punishment in their homes; a third are punished using implements.* In 2002, the WHO estimated that 150 million girls and 73 million boys under 18 experienced some form of forced sexual intercourse or violence.* 218 million children worldwide are labourers, 126 million of whom work in hazardous environments.* 1.8 million are involved in prostitution or pornography and 1.2 million have been trafficked.* Up to 275 million witness domestic abuse annually.* Eight million worldwide are in residential care.* There are 250,000 child soldiers in the world.* According to Amnesty International, 40 per cent of soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are children. 11,000 have still yet to be disarmed.* One billion children live in countries where it is legal to beat pupils.* Save the Children says a million children worldwide have been imprisoned.SOURCES: WHO, UN, AI and Save The ChildrenThe following is from KnowTheRedFlags.comHelping the 75 percent of Texans ages 16-24 who say they've experienced dating violence or know someone who has.Letting EVERYONE know that it may be time to raise a red flag if one person in a relationship:
Has gotten the other to the point where they’re “not quite themselves†anymore
Makes the other person constantly question their actions or personality
Calls or text messages the other person excessively
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Is always showing up unannounced at the person’s home, work or hangouts
Tells the other what to do, what to wear or how to act
Embarrasses the other in public or private through insults or degrading comments
Acts jealous a lot and frequently accuses the other person of things (cheating, flirting, etc.)
Keeps the other person from doing the things they enjoy in life Doesn’t ever want the other person to spend any free time with family and friends
Controls how the other spends money
Uses money as a tool to keep the other person from doing things – or to make them do things
Shows or hints at an explosive temper
Physically harms the other person, or threatens to
Forces the other person to do something sexual, even if it’s something the couple has done before
Threatens to harm themselves if the other person leaves the relationship
Do you think you or a friend might be in an abusive relationship? Do you want to talk with someone about teen dating violence? Live chat at loveisrespect.org or call the National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline toll-free at 1-866.331.9474 or TTY 866.331.8453
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