Recent Updates

Coverage of the 3/18/09 Emergency Rally
In response to President Bashir's recent expulsion of 16 humanitarian organizations from Sudan, a large crowd of Boston area activitists and STAND members came together to draw attention to the millions of Darfuris now at risk of starvation and disease.


David Kamerman/Globe Staff		 On Behalf of Darfur - As part of a nationwide week of action aimed at urging the US State Department to restore humanitarian aid to Darfur, protestors gathered yesterday at City Hall Plaza in Boston. Katryna and Margo Balboni, sisters, were part of a four-minute die in organized by the Massachusetts Coalition to Save Darfur. Following a March 4 expulsion of at least 10 international humanitarian groups from Sudan, activists want people to text Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who responds to frequently asked questions on the State Department Website. Boston police reported there were no arrests.

Read more in BU's Daily Free Press.

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Watch Darfur Destroyed: Sudan's perpetrators break silence.' This powerful, 21 minute online video from Aegis Trust features testimony from Janjaweed.

 

Strategy, policy and updates on Darfur from ENOUGH

  • Visit EnoughProject.org for strategy and briefing papers on Darfur, here.
  • Click here for "The Answer for Darfur" - the seminal strategy paper from ENOUGH for a comprehensive view of what to do for Darfur, including history, obstacles, lessons on what has worked and not worked, a critique of the movement to save Darfur, how to make it more effective, specific recommendations for policy.
  • Click here to listen to "What to do about Darfur?" debate between John Prendergast and Alex de Waal at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum on May 30. Audio stream should begin automatically. MP3 download available from this site, as well.

Local Darfur efforts in the news

  • Mass. teens Nick Anderson and Ana Slavin named ABC people of the week. Nick Anderson and Ana Slavin launched Dollars for Darfur and have raised over $300,000 as the initiative has garnered support from schools around the country. Read the story and watch the video at ABC news. Read the story about Nick Anderson visiting Darfur with Oxfam. Watch the interview on NECN.
  • Massachusetts' entire delegation to the House of Representatives signed on as early co-sponsors to HR106, the long overdue recognition of the Armenian genocide. Click here for the press release from the Massachusetts Coalition and here for the text of HR 106
  • Eric Cohen interview, Broadcast by WBCN radio 104.1 FM in Boston on February 25, 2007.

    Boston Sunday Review host Mat Schaffer interviewed Eric Cohen on the genocide in Darfur, the oil industry funding the genocide, and Fidelity divestment for 30 minutes. The Fidelity segment begins at 21:20. Click player below to stream audio. To skip ahead, start streaming audio, then drag the handle to the desired time location.
  • Or Rose op-ed in JTA News, February 14, Targeted Divestment in the Fight Against Darfur Genocide

  • Watch Fox 25 TV News, broadcast January 29, on Fidelity's investments in oil company's operating in Sudan and helping to fund the genocide, available online at Fidelity Funding the Genocide?

  • Read the Boston Globe story of Satuday, January 27, on Many Believers Focus on DarfurCrisis

Helpful links

Please use the links below to inform yourself of the current situation in Darfur, its history and the current efforts to stop the genocide (note that the links will open in a new window).

Event recordings

2006-12-22 NPR interviewed the Sudanese Envoy in Washington and then interviewed Andrew Natsios, the Special Presidential Envoy to Sudan, showing a dramatic contrast but some rays of hope. Click here to get to the story at NPR, then click on the red "Listen" bubble near the top of the window to hear the interviews.
2006-11-20 The Brookings Institute hosted a panel with Andrew Natsios, the Special Presidential Envoy, and Jean-Marie Guehenno, the UN Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping. Click here for a transcript on Natsios' remarks, from the Brookings Institute website.
Click here for online video of the event, from C-SPAN.
2006-11-13 "Judgement on Genocide The International Citizens Tribunal for Sudan" took place at the UN Church Center in New York City on November 13. Though the trial did not carry legal authority, it was an opportunity to speak out for those who have been victimized and those who have been eyewitnesses to the crimes against humanity and genocide that have taken place in Sudan for more than twenty years.
  • Visit www.JudgementOnGenocide.com for information on the defendants, participants, indictments, testimony, and judgements.
  • Click here to read about the defendants -Omar al-Bashir, Ali Osman Taha, Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein, Musa Hilal, Salah Abdala Gosh
  • Click here to read about the participants, including Chief Judge Wole Soyinka, Gloria White-Hammond, Ken Sweder and others.
  • Click here to see video of the testimonies and evidence.
  • Click here to see video of some of the proceedings, including the opening statement by the chieft judge, testimonies from Mohamed Elgadi, Susannah Sirkin, Jarelnabi Abbass Abusikin, and a concurring statement from Gloria White-Hammond.
  • Click here to read the judgements, opening statements, and closing statements.
2006-11-03 Click herefor NPR's "Morning Edition" segment on "Darfur Violence Pits Sudan Against the UN."
2006-10-23 Click here for NPR's "Talk of the Nation" program on "Will the International Community Act in Darfur?" featuring Susan Rice
2006-10-22 "60 Minutes" airs "Searching for Jacob," a story on the genocide in Darfur. Clickhere for online video. Clickhere for transcript. Jacob's name was on school books found in the ashes of his home. He had fled his village in Darfur to escape mass murder, leaving his family and schoolbooks behind. Scott Pelley of "60 Minutes" puts a face on the horrible genocide in Darfur when he tracks down Jacob to return his books.
2006-10-03 "Advocating for Darfur," a panel discussion with Joey Cheek, Eric Reeves, Rev. Gloria White-Hammond, and Rebecca Hamilton at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Clickhere for Windows Media Player video. Click here for .mp4 video. Click here for .mp3 audio.