Darfur: What Is Happening, What Can We Do

Darfur>> What is happening What can we do Photo: Jerry Fowler, Committee on Conscience

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Up to 90% of Non-Arab Darfurian Villages D estroyed Photo: Anthony Njguna for Reuters

Over 2.8 million displaced Photo: Jerry Fowler, Committee on Conscience

Hundreds of thousands remain at risk of disease and malnutrition Photo: Jerry Fowler

Setting the Scene Maps: Public Broadcasting Service Darfur, meaning land of the Fur, is the size of Texas It is bordered by Chad, Libya and the Central African Republic North - sandy desert, South - bush forest

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President Omer al-Bashir ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Khartoum Ascendant Khartoum is booming.

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www.edcnews.se Early 2000s: The GoS began to arm and support Arab militias. They became known as the Janjaweed.

Spring, 2003: The two main rebel groups, the SLA and JEM, attack gov’t outposts in northern Darfur Instead of negotiating, army Janjaweed counter with a scorched-earth response.

Government Response: Attacks on Villages

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Bomb crater left by GoS Aircraft Crater left by bomb dropped by Government military aircraft

Documenting Destruction of Livelihoods ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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PHR Used Article 2c of Genocide Convention to determine that Genocide is occurring in Darfur: ,[object Object],[object Object]

Conditions Which May Constitute Genocide Under Art. II(c) (Int’l Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Life in Refugee Camps in Chad and IDP Camps in Sudan Photo: Jerry Fowler

Photo: National Geographic Farmers are now dependent upon international food aid

Thousands of women have been raped while leaving camps to collect firewood

Victims Require Compensation: International Law Recognizes Five Forms ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Educate Yourself Actions: www.physiciansforhumanrights.org www.genocideintervention.net, www.standnow.org News: www.reliefweb.int, www.sudantribune.com www.sudanreeves.org Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times Charles Bakst, The Providence Journal Books: Prunier, Gerald: “Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide” Flint, J. and de Waal, A.: “A Short History of a Long War” Divestment: www.sudandivestment.org, www.fidelityoutofsudan.org

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