GayandRight (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
More proof of the evil being directed from Tehran... Two Iranian businessmen working at a Dubai-based firm were linked to video surveillance devices sold to Sudan and used in unmanned drones in Darfur in violation of a U.N. arms embargo, a U.N. report said. The 94-page report by the so-called U.N. "Panel of Experts," published on Friday, details arms violations by all parties in the Darfur...
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
A total of 200 troops of the Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) yesterday returned in the country after a one-year peacekeeping stint under the AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID).
One Lazy Liberal (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
From Save Darfur Coalition : In a live webcast event on Tuesday, November 10th Save Darfur Coalition President Jerry Fowler and STAND Student Director Layla Amjadi will sit down with Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration and NSC Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs Samantha Power to discuss the administration's plan for Sudan and ask them your questions. Submit your question for Scott Gration and...
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Great news from UNICEF (KHARTOUM/JUBA) 06 November 2009: The Dutch Government has given $23.5 million to UNICEF in Sudan which will be used to provide safe water and improved sanitation for hundreds of thousands of people across the country. “This very generous contribution by the Dutch Government will have a real impact on saving lives,” said Hilde Johnson UNICEF’s Deputy Executive...
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Human Rights First urges the Obama Administration to take immediate and firm action in response to a new investigative report issued by experts monitoring the United Nations arms embargo on Sudan. The report, released late yesterday, reveals ongoing and systematic abuses against civilians in Darfur and provides detailed evidence of violations of the embargo and related Security Council resolutions...
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
A report released on November 5, 2009 by the United Nations Panel of Experts on Sudan reveals continuing human rights violations in Darfur and underscores the urgent need to reform Sudan's repressive national security law, Human Rights Watch said today.
Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
A report released on November 5, 2009 by the United Nations Panel of Experts on Sudan reveals continuing human rights violations in Darfur and underscores the urgent need to reform Sudan's repressive national security law, Human Rights Watch said today. read more
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
From Sudan Radio Service , 03 November 2009: LRA rebels surrender in Yei (Yei) - More than forty Ugandan rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army surrendered to authorities in Yei county, Central Equatoria state last week. The Commissioner of Yei county, David Lokonga confirmed that pockets of LRA rebels have been handing themselves in since September this year. [David lokonga 1 -Eng/Arabic]: “Starting...
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Report from Sudan Tribune by Richard Ruati Friday 6 November 2009: Leading LRA rebel commander surrenders to Ugandan army November 5, 2009 (KAMPALA) — Lt Col Charles Arop, a leading Ugandan LRA rebels (the Army of the Lord’s Resistance), has decided to surrender himself to the Ugandan army. Arop is responsible for a bloodbath perpetrated on Christmas Day last year in Faradje in the DRC...
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
* Bashir, Ahmadinejad to attend OIC meeting * ICC arrest warrant, nuclear row could overshadow gathering * Host Turkey's foreign policy fuels Western worries From Reuters Friday 6 November 2009: PREVIEW-Turkey to host Sudan, Iran leaders at summit By Thomas Grove (ISTANBUL) - A summit of Islamic countries in Istanbul next week will boost Turkey's quest to deepen ties with the Muslim world, but some...
Nasir Khan blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy In Focus , November 4, 2009 In a stunning blow against international law and human rights, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a resolution on Tuesday attacking the report of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s fact-finding mission on the Gaza conflict. The report was authored by the well-respected South African jurist Richard Goldstone...
Miami Student (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
While most Miami University students are at least somewhat aware of the struggle for peace in Darfur, alumnus Mohamed B. Yonis is now leading the charge as a key representative for the United Nations.
Health - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Three quarters of people in South Sudan have no access to medical care, and 10 percent of children there and in Darfur die before their first birthday....
feminist blogs (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
For those interested in global women's rights, the Pledge2Protect conference in Washington, DC should be on your agenda this weekend. From November 6 - 9, Genocide Intervention Network's (GI-NET) student-led division, STAND , is bringing together a powerful network of 1,000 students and community leaders and activists from across the country to Capitol Hill for Pledge2Protect: a conference designed...
France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Millions of people in South Sudan and Darfur face dire and worsening health conditions and a severe shortage of care, the World Health Organisation warned Thursday. WHO funding for health care in Darfur is also set to run out within weeks, with no sign that donors struck by the financial crisis will renew their contributions in 2010, a senior official said. "We know that at the end of the year,...
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highman | 10/17/2008
By courtesy An estimated 1.5 million Armenians were killed in Turkey during what's called the first genocide of the 20th century. By Barbara Taormina/salem@cnc.com About four minutes into Apo Torosyan’s new film, “The Morgenthau Story,” New York County D.A. Robert Morgenthau calmly offers a bone-chilling comment. “ If the world had reacted to the genocide of the Armenians, Hitler would have been reluctant
petercasier | 09/28/2008
Is this perceived drop of influence from the West caused by the human rights issues being based too much on traditional 'West values'? The fact the UN fails to rally sufficient support to take appropriate action in Darfur, is one thing, but the article also quotes the drop of support for the independence in Kosovo, failure to condemn the Russian reaction in Georgia, the build-up of Iran's nuclear power...
highman | 07/05/2008
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