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Dafur Human Rights Violations Continue to be Ignored
News obsession with the catastrophic Indian Ocean tsunami, and the easy headlining of an impending peace-signing ceremony in Nairobi between Khartoum and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), have led to significantly diminished attention to the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. This is so despite the vast, genocidal nature of human destruction in Darfur, where present mortality far exceeds that caused by the tsunami. Almost 400,000 civilians have been killed because of actions by the Khartoum regime and its deadly Janjaweed militia allies. This is approximately half the total of the Rwandan genocide, and the human destruction shows no sign of slowing .
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Posted by tim at January 5, 2005 6:21 AM
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Comments
the peace pact agreed in Nairobi is of monumental significance and any event that may tend to belittle it should not be entertained such as the imposition of any kind of sanctions. indeed it is a major step towards achievement of of ultimate peace in Sudan in general.
Posted by: lagat at February 1, 2005 8:44 AM
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