President Obama pledged to impose severe consequences against Sudan's genocidal government. In the face of ongoing impunity, what are he and his administration waiting for? Help us turn words into action.
President Obama pledged to impose severe consequences against Sudan's genocidal government. In the face of ongoing impunity, what are he and his administration waiting for? Help us turn words into action.
Sunday, March 7th, 2010 by Nikki Serapio -Comments
“March 4, 2010 — One year ago Thursday, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Sudan’s president, Omar al-Bashir, on charges of crimes against humanity. Now, on the first anniversary of the arrest warrant, fighting is raging in Darfur – the war-torn Sudanese province that is the source of much of the case against Mr. Bashir.”
“…On Wednesday, the US State Department issued a statement saying it is “extremely concerned” about reports of new government offensives against rebels in Darfur. According to United Nations officials, the result has been a new spike in civilian deaths.”
Thursday, March 4th, 2010 by Elissa Test -Comments
Reading the below, we wonder: Well, what is the U.S. going to do in the face of these violations?
Reuters, March 4, 2010 — “We know that weapons continue to flow into Darfur, acts of sexual and gender-based violence continue unabated and with impunity, military over-flights and offensive actions continue,” U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice told reporters after a closed-door meeting of the U.N. Security Council.”
“A 2005 U.N. embargo bans the transfer of military hardware to Darfur, a remote region in western Sudan about the size of France. Khartoum can import arms, but not for use in Darfur.”
“The blatant disregard of the will of the council is undermining stability rather than fostering it, which was the aim of the [sanctions] regime in the first place,” Rice said.”
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 by Nikki Serapio -Comments
Astonishing. Somehow we missed this, but at last month’s UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, Sudan negotiator Lumumba Di-Aping compared a proposed climate change agreement to the Holocaust.
His words:
“It is asking Africa to sign a suicide pact, an incineration pact in order to maintain the economic dependence of a few countries…It is a solution based on values that funneled six million people in Europe into furnaces.”
This coming from an official whose government is responsible for perpetrating genocide against its own citizens.
