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The Darfuri Civil Society living in the Diaspora (US). Organize rally on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at front of the United Nations in New York ( 47^th St and First Ave. ) to support and express our appreciation for the Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno- Ocampo’s formal request for an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the President of The Sudan Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir. Mr. Moreno- Ocampo’s unwavering commitment to seeking justice for the people of Darfur led him to this historic decision and we sincerely thank the UN Security Council for referring the case of Darfur to the ICC and providing Mr. Moreno-Moreno-Ocampo with the mandate to carry out his assigned mission.

Our people have cried out for justice for the last five years only to see the humanitarian and political crisis worsen in Darfur. Mr. Moreno-Ocampo’s request to examine the culpability of President Al Bashir for the genocide committed against our friends and families brings us some hope that the international community may finally match its rhetoric with actions that lead to real results in The Sudan. It is for this reason that we give our unequivocal support to Mr. Moreno-Ocampo’s decision which aims to provide much delayed accountability for those responsible for the destruction of the lives and livelihoods of Darfuris.

Despite the immense magnitude of suffering and unimaginable pain of our people, we have witnessed many governments and international experts condemn Mr. Moreno- Ocampo’s decision with some of the same justifications and rationales as President Al Bashir and the Government of Sudan. These criticisms ignore the Darfuri voices that uniformly approve of the ICC’s efforts and view the ICC as the only available outlet to secure justice and accountability for the crimes committed in Darfur since 2003. Therefore, we implore the UN Security Council to take no actions that would impede the work of Mr. Moreno-Ocampo and the ICC.

We further ask the UN Security Council to provide global leadership to ensure that the campaigns for “peace and justice” in Sudan move forward together. Such an effort begins with sending a message to the Government of Sudan that the international community will not tolerate any reprisals against the people of Darfur on account of the proceedings at the ICC. Equally important, we believe that no one should ask the people of Darfur to relinquish their rights to hold their perpetrators accountable in exchange for unreliable promises regarding the establishment of peace and security in Darfur. Our people have witnessed too many peace initiatives fail and too many delays in the deployment of an effective peacekeeping mission to put all of our hope in only these two domains. We understand the difficulty at hand in dealing with an authoritarian and genocidal government such as the one led by President Al Bashir. However, there are no moral or legal grounds to strip our people – who are the undisputed victims – of their legitimate rights for justice. We have full confidence that with coordinated diplomacy and pressure from the members of the UN Security Council peace, protection, and justice can all be achieved for the long-suffering people of Darfur.

We believe that Mr. Moreno-Ocampo has greatly contributed to this effort, as he was requested to do so by the UN Security Council. It is our sincere hope that the member states of the Security Council will continue to support his efforts to reveal the truth about the genocide committed in Darfur as the proceedings of the ICC will help end the culture of impunity in Darfur and Sudan and assist all Darfuris and Sudanese in their efforts to end the Darfur catastrophe and build sustainable peace.

رابطة طلاب وادي هور بالجامعات والمعاهد العليا

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الي جماهير شعبنا الصامدة:
قد درج المؤتمر الوطني علي شق الصف وزرع الفتنة بين كل شخصين أو حزبين أو قبيلتين متماسكتين وذلك عن طريق المبايعة الصورية التي تهدف الي الكسب الاعلامي في ظاهره وشق التآلف في باطنه.
جماهير شعبنا الأوفياء:
وقد سعي البعض من بني جلدتنا بحثا عن أقرب الطرق الي الثراء فوقعوا ضحايا في أحضان المؤتمر الوطني فتبنوا له برنامج بيعة أبناء الزغاوة ، وقد جمع بين الطرفين مصالح البيع والشراء دون وضع أدني أعتبار للأوضاع الصعبة التي يقاسيها أهلنا النازحين واللاجئين بالشقيقة تشاد والمشردين في أنحاء العالم المختلفة ناسين بذلك الأرواح الطاهرة التي أزهقت والعروض التي هتكت والأطفال الأيتام الذين شردوا، فباعوهم بثمن بخس حفنة دراهم .
وعليه نأكد لهذه المجموعة التي لا تمثل ألا نفسها ، وليس لها أتجاه أو وزن سوي البحث عن المال بأي شكل حتي لو علي حساب جماجم الأبرياء.
ونحن أذ نأكد لهذه المجموعة وأذيالها الرديئة البائسة بأن هذا التصرف لا يمر مرور الكرام. فنحن ضد هذا السلوك البشع الذي لا يشبه صفات أبناء شعب الزغاوة، ونتوعد الباحثين عن الثراء علي حساب دماء شهداؤنا الطاهرة وأموالنا المنهوبة وقرانا التي حرقت بيد أوليائهم من مرتزقة وانتهازيي المؤتمر الوطني وجنجويدها ، نتوعدهم بيوم شديد البأس وحينها لا ينفعهم مالهم الذي أكتسبوه بالباطل ولا حزبهم الذي جعل لهم وزناً وسيعرفون الي أي منقلب سينقلبون عندما نضربهم بيد من حديد .
جماهير شعبنا الشرفاء:
أن هؤلاء المارقين ليسو منا فاليبحثوا عن شعب يأويهم غير الزغاوة ولا مكان لهم بيننا بعد اليوم.
وبذات القدر ندين سلوك الذين سرقوا أسم رابطة طلاب وادي هور بالجامعات والمعاهد العليا رغم سلامة نواياهم وسعيهم للوقوف ضد الفئة الباغية ألا أننا ندعوهم الي المؤسسية وأحترام الكيان لا الزج بالاسباب التي تخلق الصراعات .
قف .
- أرفعوا أياديكم عن شعب الزغاوة فلا تدنسوا شرف هذا الشعب العظيم .
قف .
- أيها المؤتمر الوطني أن هؤلاء لا يمثلون ألا أنفسهم . فما أبخس العرض وما أغلي الثمن ...
ودمتم زخراً لحماية شرف شعبكم الأبي الزغاوة .
ضرار ادم ضرار

NEW YORK METROPOLITAIN DARFUR ACTIVIST GROUPS CALL UPON CHINA TO DO MORE. ALSO ASK WORLD COMMUNITY TO SANCTION TOP SUDAN OFFICIALS IN WAKE OF RECENT VIOLENCE

In the wake of a renewed Sudanese government bombing campaign on civilian targets in recent days, Sudanese supported incursions into Chad and attacks on civilians there, deteriorating conditions in Darfur, and reports of tens of thousands of refugees from Darfur fleeing into Chad, DarfurMetro, a consortium of groups including coalitions of smaller grassroots organizations based in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Westchester, New Jersey, Queens, Bronx, Long Island and Connecticut, called for significant engagement by the Chinese government to press for peace and security in Darfur. Representatives of these groups, including New York City Coalition for Darfur, Brooklyn for Peace, Westchester Darfur Coalition, Long Island SaveDarfur, Bronx Committee on Darfur, STAND-St John's University, New Jersey Coalition for Darfur and Connecticut SaveDarfur yesterday joined Mia Farrow, Jill Savitt of Dream for Darfur and members of the local Darfuri community in front of the Chinese Mission to the UN on 35 St and 1st Avenue to ask China to do much more to resolve the Darfur crisis, which has worsened in recent weeks. They attempted to deliver a letter yesterday, signed by 100 members of Congress, calling for increased Chinese pressure on the Sudanese regime but were met by locked doors.

A spokesman for the consortium, Sharon Silber, Ph.D. of New York City Coalition for Darfur , said today that there needs to be much more pressure placed on the Sudanese regime to reengage in significant peace talks, to halt attacks on civilians and to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid in the region. This pressure should include significant sanctions placed on the Sudanese government officials most directly responsible for the targeting of civilians and the policy of massive human rights violations pursued as a strategy of counter-insurgency for the regime. These officials include the following: Omar Al-Bashir, President of Sudan, Deputy Vice-President Ali Taha, head of the Sudanese Security Council, Salah Gosh, head of the National security apparatus which trains Janjiweed in methods of torture, Nafi Ali Nafi, General Secretary and the originator of the so-called "Ghost Houses" where individuals are tortured at night in buildings that stand empty by day, Abdulrahim Mohamed Hussein, Defense Minister who armed and directed Janjiweed militias, Al Zubir Taha, Minister of the Interior and head of state police, Awad Aljaz, Energy and Oil Minister who provides cash to Janjiweed militias and purchases weapons and Bakir Hasan Salih, Assistant to Al-Bashir on Security and formerly Minister of Defense, who devised the strategy of targeting civilian population as method of maintaining control through terrorizing the local population. She asked that the Chinese government stop shielding Sudan from sanctions in the Security Council, call upon the Sudanese to stop their policy of attacks on civilians and press the Sudanese regime to re-enter peace talks with the rebel groups.

Dr. Silber said that because of the deteriorating security situation, there are reports of imminent insufficiency of water and food supplies for internally displaced persons in the region. Soon it may be necessary to fly in massive quantities of these supplies to break the blockade created by the policies of the ruling military regime.

Dr. Silber indicated that because of their provision of weapons and funds to the Sudanese regime, as well as their protection of Sudan in the UN Security Council, the Chinese government is responsible for the atrocities which the Sudanese government continues to commit with impunity.

She also called upon the US government to pursue more vigorously the implementation of multilateral sanctions and to commit significant staff and resources to the reinvigoration of peace talks in the region.

She asked that European governments display a real willingness to pursue sanctions which they have to the present time avoided, and to support UNAMID deployment to give security to the people of Darfur .

Representatives of grass-roots organizations joined in this call for greater action on Darfur . It is up to all of us, said Fran Minichello, of Brooklyn for Peace, to help the people of Darfur .

Are you aware that, in the Kensington neighborhood of Brooklyn, more than 300 refugees from Darfur, Sudan are making a home … and are trying to protect their family, friends and others left behind in Internally-Displaced Person (IDP) camps

To do so, they created the Darfur People’s Association of New York (DPANY).

2 ½ million native Africans already have been displaced from their Darfur homes,

with family members often separated when fleeing. To prevent Darfuris from ever returning to their homes, 85% of towns have been burned and many water-wells poisoned. To prevent reconstruction of displaced families, almost 100% Muslim,

1) women and female children are targeted for rape and disfigurement & expectable community rejection and 2) the 450,000 Darfuris murdered thus far primarily are men and male children. Many men who survive must flee Sudan alone: DPANY includes only 18 women and 27 children, & members strive to locate family and friends “lost” in Darfur and to re-unite their families there.

More than 250,000 Darfuris have lived for up to 4 years in Chad camps with no schools. To help establish classrooms, DPANY collected supplies that would not melt or dry-up during months of hot transport: pencils, notebooks, pads, blackboard chalk & erasers, backpacks. Refugees have little clothing & little water for washing. To address this need, DPA collected used & new, light-weight, clean clothing especially for women, children and babies, women’s flat shoes, children’s shoes, unisex T-shirts & caps. DPA also collected 500 large laundry bags for sorting and storage, and shipping. In 2006-2007, DPANY collected school supplies and clothing to fill three 40-sq. foot shipping carriers &, for each, collected $20,000 for sea & overland transport through Camaroon & Chad, & for a member to escort the trucked bags and distribute their contents in camps. On 11/19/07, DPANY shipped a 4th carrier, from Newark to Libya, from where the contents will be trucked through Libya & Chad. A Libyan NGO (non-government organization) may pay for overland shipping to one United Nations-designated camp; but the $8000 debt remaining for transport must be paid before 1/01/08 if bags are to be released by the shipper from the Libyan port for delivery to the camp. DPANY needs your help now. Please donate funds, or help to raise funds. Donations formally are tax-deductible if you write checks and money orders to Brooklyn for Peace, DPANY’s non-profit 501©(3) fiscal sponsor ( DPANY is a NYS not-for-profit corporation but does not yet have Federal status ). In the check Memo section, write “DPANY Refugee Camp Drive”. If formal tax-deductibility is not needed, write checks to Darfur People’s Association of New York and include the same language in the check Memo section.

For further information, contact DPANY President Motasim Adam(347-683-8017),

Volunteer clerks, web master, and home-based English tutors for women are needed.

Fax: 0041 22 747 00 38 E-mail: info@darfurcentre.ch Webpage http://www.darfurcentre.ch

attacked and destroyed vast area in West Darfur State. The attack was carried out on Friday 8th February

region into neighbouring Chad. On 12th February 2008 about 6,000 individuals were localized in Korok

spare their attacks. On 19th December 2006 the Janjaweed killed 19 persons from Abo Soroug area thus

another country. On Monday, 11th February 2008, Chad Prime Minister Nouradin Koumakoye was quoted

saying that: "We demand that the international community transfer the population (of Sudanese refugees)

from Chad to Sudan" adding that: "We want the international community to look for another country so