Showing posts with label genocide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label genocide. Show all posts

Thursday, August 4, 2011

GI-NET/SDC Welcomes Presidential Directive on Mass Atrocities

GI-NET/SDC Welcomes Presidential Directive on Mass Atrocities

(Washington, DC) – Tom Andrews, President of Genocide Intervention Network/Save Darfur Coalition issued the following statement welcoming today’s release of the Presidential Directive on Mass Atrocities:

“President Obama is exactly right – preventing mass atrocities is very much a core moral responsibility of our nation while also being in our national interest. We welcome the release of the Presidential Directive on Mass Atrocities and steps outlined by the administration to strengthen our nation’s capacity to prevent mass atrocities and genocide. These include ensuring that vital early-warning information about a possible mass atrocity or genocide is able to get from the ground to the highest levels of government decision making.”

“Strong action to stop mass atrocities is needed now more than ever. President Bashir of Sudan, wanted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court, is now attacking the people of Sudan’s South Kordofan region. Swift action by the United States and its allies is literally a matter of life and death for civilians who are being attacked because of their identity. In Syria, more and more lives are being lost at the hands of government forces. It is imperative that the United States act expeditiously to build and leverage a whole of government response to the world’s worst crimes. Presidential leadership, interagency coordination and high-level prioritization are welcome steps forward.”
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The Save Darfur Coalition and Genocide Intervention Network merged to create a more powerful voice dedicated to preventing and stopping large-scale, deliberate atrocities against civilians. The organization remains committed to its work to end the crisis in Darfur and bring peace to all of Sudan as well as to end violence in other areas of mass atrocities such as Congo and Burma. The merger creates the world’s largest anti-genocide organization, with a membership base of hundreds of thousands of committed activists globally, an unparalleled nationwide student movement, more than 190 faith-based, advocacy and human rights partner organizations, and a network of institutional investors collectively representing more than $2 trillion in assets under management.


CONTACT:
Ann Brown, abrown@annbrowncommunications.com, 301-633-4193


Releases displayed in Africa/Lagos time
3 Aug 2011
20:50 Sudan Commits to the Original Mandate of the UNAMID, Rejects any Amendments
14:37 Sudan: seed and tools for half a million people in Darfur
11:47 Japanese envoy pays courtesy call on EAC Secretary General
11:09 UN Secretary-General saddened by death of peacekeepers in Sudan
2 Aug 2011
08:14 Bangladeshi Workers Who Fled Libya Receive Reintegration Grants
06:45 Message from UNAMID Joint Special Representative to people of Darfur on occasion of Ramadan
1 Aug 2011
22:20 The Perils of Global Intolerance: the United Nations & "Durban III"
11:40 The African Union High Level Implementation Panel Welcomes the Border Security Agreement between the Sudan and South Sudan
08:03 US Assistant Secretary Michael Posner Travels to Sudan and South Sudan
07:56 UN Secretary-General appoints Haile Menkerios of South Africa Special Envoy for Sudan, South Sudan





Friday, June 17, 2011

China must arrest Sudanese President


Chinese President Hu Jintao and Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir

17 Jun 2011 12:42 Africa/Lagos


China must arrest Sudanese President

LONDON, June 17, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Chinese government should immediately withdraw its invitation to Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, and arrest him if he travels to Beijing, Amnesty International said today.

Omar Al-Bashir is due to meet Chinese President Hu Jintao and other high-ranking officials as part of a visit from 27-30 June

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued two arrest warrants for Omar Al-Bashir for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur. The warrants, issued in 2009 and 2010, charge him with criminal responsibility on 10 counts, including murder, extermination, forcible transfer of population, torture and rape.

“If China welcomes Omar Al-Bashir it will become a safe haven for alleged perpetrators of genocide”, said Catherine Baber, Deputy Asia Pacific Director at Amnesty International. “China should not allow Omar Al-Bashir to enter its territory, and must arrest him if he turns up.”

Although China is not a party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, it is a permanent member of the UN Security Council, which decided in 2005 to refer the situation in Darfur – since 1 July 2002 – to the ICC Prosecutor.

The resulting resolution –which China had the power to veto but did not – urges all states to cooperate fully with the ICC.

All states have a shared responsibility to ensure that persons suspected of genocide and crimes against humanity are investigated. Where there is sufficient admissible evidence, suspects must be prosecuted in fair trials without recourse to the death penalty.

“If China provides a safe haven for Al-Bashir thousands of victims in Africa will perceive China as an accomplice to crimes under international law”, Catherine Baber said.

Read More

Malaysia: Arrest Sudanese President wanted for war crimes (Public statement, 13 June 2011)

Djibouti refuses to arrest Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir (Public statement, 9 May 2011)

Central African Republic must arrest Omar al-Bashir during visit (Public statement, 1 December 2010)

Kenya refuses to arrest Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir (Public statement, 27 August 2010)


Source: Amnesty International

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Another Way To Stop The Genocide in Darfur

sacredly breathing said...
What the Darfurians need is for activists and awake citizens of the united states to boycott all Chinese made goods until china stops all trades and oil development in Sudan. We have to demand change through denial of the dollar. We don't have time to continue to speak to the wind. The denial of income is the only way short of military intervention to stop this genocide. so I ask for all my brothers and sisters who believe in the sacredness of life and who believe that we are all gods children to push for a citizen, activist, alternative media, message to not spend your money on any thing chinese manufactured.We must act Now!