tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-130521542024-03-13T18:46:05.870-05:00W. Mass. Darfur Coalition-WMDCBlog Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14541156178420974454noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13052154.post-3252365380592802452011-09-21T12:53:00.005-05:002011-09-21T12:53:51.321-05:00SDO and GINet: United to End Genocide<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We received this good news from Save darfur and Genocide Intervention Net today<br />
mohamed elgadi<br />
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Dear Friends,<br />
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<br />As you know, <strong><span style="color: red;">Save Darfur Coalition</span></strong> and <strong><span style="color: red;">Genocide Intervention</span></strong> merged several months ago to create a more powerful organization dedicated to preventing and ending genocide and mass atrocities worldwide. Today, we have a new name to reflect our expanded mission: we are now United to End Genocide. <br />
We’ve created a short video to help tell our story – please take a look!<br />
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The <strong><span style="color: lime;">Save Darfur Coalition and Genocide Intervention Network</span></strong> were at the forefront of the historic movement to demand an end to genocide in Darfur. For the first time, elected leaders took action to stop genocide — because millions of people took a stand and spoke out in one voice, demanding action.<br />
We have become United to End Genocide because the power of our shared voice and action is needed now more than ever. Too many people in Darfur – and now in Abyei, South Kordofan and Blue Nile State – are still suffering at the hands of Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's president and architect of the Darfur genocide. And too many people everywhere — in Libya and Syria, in the Cote d’Ivoire and Burma — need to know that the United States and other nations will act to stop atrocities and prevent genocide.<br />
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In the next decade, our challenge is to create a permanent voice – a sustainable movement – of grassroots leaders and activists, students and genocide survivors, faith leaders and policy experts that can change the way our country and others prioritize and act on our responsibility to protect anyone, anywhere, who is threatened by genocide or mass atrocities. <br />
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This is an exciting moment in our evolution. Thank you for your ongoing interest and support of our mission to end genocide and to protect civilians anywhere mass atrocities take place.<br />
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Best regards,<br />
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Tom Andrews<br />President, United to End Genocide<br />
<a href="http://www.endgenocide.org/">http://www.endgenocide.org/</a> <br />
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P.S. I hope to see many of you October 22-23 at our Summit in Washington, D.C. <br />
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Blog Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14541156178420974454noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13052154.post-76512341136854516332011-06-22T21:46:00.003-05:002011-06-22T21:53:12.952-05:00Obama on the fight in AbyeiTHE WHITE HOUSE<br />Office of the Press Secretary<br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br /><br />June 22, 2011<br /><br />Statement from the President on Sudan<br /><br /><br /><br />On Monday, the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) signed an agreement in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to reduce tensions in Abyei and allow UN peacekeepers from Ethiopia into the region. I commend the parties for taking this step forward toward peace, and I urge them now to build on that progress and agree to an immediate cease fire in Southern Kordofan. Under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, both parties committed to resolve their differences peacefully, and both parties have a responsibility to end the current violence and allow immediate humanitarian access to desperate people who have been driven from their homes and are now cut off from outside help.<br /><br />The situation in Southern Kordofan is dire, with deeply disturbing reports of attacks based on ethnicity. The United States condemns all acts of violence, in particular the Sudanese Armed Forces aerial bombardment of civilians and harassment and intimidation of UN peacekeepers. With a ceasefire in Southern Kordofan, alongside the agreement to deploy peacekeepers to Abyei, we can get the peace process back on track. But without these actions, the roadmap for better relations with the Government of Sudan cannot be carried forward, which will only deepen Sudan’s isolation in the international community. Without a cease-fire and political negotiations, the people of Southern Kordofan cannot enjoy the right to have their political grievances addressed. The negotiations now under way in Addis Ababa demand the urgent commitment from both sides to peace and to the agreement for immediate help to those civilians caught up in this conflict.Blog Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14541156178420974454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13052154.post-58672509053013574172011-04-17T16:20:00.004-05:002011-04-17T16:43:13.328-05:00New Book on Darfur<a href="http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/jacket/hassan.darfur.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 152px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/jacket/hassan.darfur.gif" /></a> <br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1em; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Source: <strong><a href="http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=5595">Cornell Press </a></strong><br /><div style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" color="#045989"><i></i></div><br /><div style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; PADDING-TOP: 0pxfont-size:11px;color:#045989;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">DARFUR AND THE CRISIS OF GOVERNANCE IN SUDAN A Critical Reader </span></div><br /><div style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; PADDING-TOP: 0pxfont-size:11px;color:#045989;" >Salah M. Hassan (Editor); Carina E. Ray (Editor); Andreas Eshete (Foreword) </div><br /><div style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; PADDING-TOP: 0px" color="#045989" size="11px"></div><br /><div style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; PADDING-TOP: 0px" color="#045989" size="11px"></div><br /><div style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; PADDING-TOP: 0px" color="#045989" size="11px"><span style="font-size:85%;">Published in collaboration with the Prince Claus Fund Library $39.95s paper 2009, 524 pages, 6.75 x 8.625, 38 color illustrations, 2 maps </span></div><br /><div style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; COLOR: #045989; FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; PADDING-TOP: 0px"></div><br /><div style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; COLOR: #045989; FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; PADDING-TOP: 0px"></div></div>The ongoing conflict in the western Sudanese region of Darfur has received unprecedented attention from the international media and human rights organizations, and it has captured the attention of millions of people around the world. Those seeking to learn about the conflict, as well as those who have reported on it, often rely on information produced by the various organizations that are addressing the humanitarian crises spawned by the conflict. In turn, most coverage of the Darfur crisis provides only a cursory understanding of the historical, economic, political, sociological, and environmental factors that contribute to the conflict. Moreover, the perspectives of the people of Darfur and the Sudan have not been adequately heard. As a result, Sudanese civil society's active engagement in resolving the country's problems goes unrecognized. Darfur and the Crisis of Governance in Sudan remedies this situation by bringing together a diverse group of contributors from Sudan and beyond—scholars, activists, NGO and aid workers, members of government and the Darfurian rebel movements, and artists—who share a deep knowledge of the situation in Darfur and Sudan. Together, they provide the most comprehensive, balanced, and nuanced account yet published of the conflict's roots and the contemporary realities that shape the experiences of those living in the region. The cross-disciplinary dialogue fostered by Salah M. Hassan and Carina E. Ray yields a comprehensive understanding of the causes, manifestations, and implications of the ongoing conflict. Many of the contributors emphasize that despite the international attention Darfur has received, it is those within Darfur and Sudan—both in preexisting organizations and in newly formed alliances—who have taken the lead in seeking local solutions. This book features a portfolio of affecting full-color photographs of daily life in Darfur by the acclaimed photographer Issam A. Abdelhafiez and, significantly, an extensive appendix of official local and international documents about the conflict—laws, decrees, resolutions, reports, and governmental statements—that have shaped both the crisis and its global perception. Collected here for the first time, these documents are invaluable as primary sources for researchers, students, activists, NGOs, and anyone else trying to understand the complexities of the crisis. <span style="font-size:85%;"></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Contributors: Issam A. Abdel Hafiez; Musa Adam Abdul-Jalil; Abaker Mohamed Abuelbashar; Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf; Eric Kofi Acree; Ali B. Ali Dinar; Munzoul A.M. Assal; Alex de Waal; Atta El-Battahani; Kamal El-Gizouli; Abdel Monim Elgak; Abdullahi Osman El-Tom; Grant Farred; Adrienne Fricke; Fahima A. Hashim; Salah M. Hassan; Amira Khair; Mansour Khalid; Mahmood Mamdani; Carina E. Ray; Karin Willemse; Benaiah Yongo-Bure; Al-Tayib Zain Al-Abdin </span><span style="font-size:85%;"></span>Blog Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14541156178420974454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13052154.post-88107289838470690342011-03-08T20:21:00.003-05:002011-03-08T20:39:35.061-05:00Women Activists Detained in Sudan"Today, during International Women’s Day, we must remember that women in Sudan are being persecuted for pursuing human rights. More than 60 women were peacefully protesting in Omdurman today, March 8th, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. The expected turnout was anticipated to be higher, but the arrests began when the women started demonstrating which deterred a larger gathering. More than 40 women were detained. Half of the women have been released but the rest are awaiting discharge. The protests were against women's discrimination and the repression of activists in Sudan as well as in response to the rape of Safia Ishag on February 13th."<br /><br />This is an excerpt from the Press Release issued today by Smith STAND to highlight the crisis in Sudan.<br /><br />The police brutality was reported by <strong><a href="http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/8975492/sudan-police-arrest-women-in-rape-protest-witnesses/">Reuters here</a></strong>:<br />"<strong>Within 10 minutes officers bundled 30 of the women into the back of a truck. When the women continued to protest inside the vehicle, officers entered and beat some of them with batons, said the witness</strong>."Blog Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14541156178420974454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13052154.post-87906664174956533392011-02-20T00:23:00.002-05:002011-02-20T00:28:21.785-05:00Finally: UN to Protect Civilians<a href="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=37551&Cr=darfur&Cr1="><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">UN-African peacekeepers to set up quick reaction force to protect civilians<br /></span></strong><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 180px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 120px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.un.org/News/dh/photos/2010/190261.jpg" /></a><br />16 February 2011 – The United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has significantly stepped up its patrols in the strife-torn region of Sudan where there was a recent resurgence of violence and is setting up a quick reaction force to help protect civilians.<br />“I am deeply concerned about these renewed clashes and have since made strong appeals to the parties to cease further hostilities in the interest of ongoing peace efforts and the safety of the people of Darfur,” UN-AU Joint Special Representative Ibrahim Gambari told a news conference in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital.<br /><br />Renewed fighting in January has driven some 43,000 people from their homes, according to UNAMID, the more than 20,000-strong uniformed force set up in 2008 to help end a war between the Government, backed by its militia allies, and various rebel groups, which has killed at least 300,000 people and displaced 2.7 million others since it erupted in 2003.<br /><br />“UNAMID patrols have increased from 90 to 130 military and police patrols daily with additional surge capacity when required,” Mr. Gambari said, noting that between 1 January and 10 February over 6,000 patrols were conducted, mostly to deter armed violence against civilians.<br /><br />UNAMID is also expanding and upgrading Teams Sites to extend its protection cover to larger parts of Darfur. “Because we cannot be everywhere every time, I have instructed the Joint Operations Centre in UNAMID to set up a quick reaction force in order to assist civilians who are under imminent threat.”Blog Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14541156178420974454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13052154.post-80817791454648335792011-02-20T00:11:00.003-05:002011-02-20T00:22:34.208-05:00Doha Conference resumesFeb 18, 2011, 08:58<br /><br /><div align="right"><a href="http://www.sudaneseonline.com/ar6/publish/article_252.shtml"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">مستقبل السلام في دارفور علي طاولة المفاوضات في الدوحة</span></strong> </a><br /><br />تفاؤل في الوساطة ..ومهلة من الحكومة .. والحركات تواصل اتهاماتها.<br /><br />القاهرة " أفريقيا اليوم " صباح موسى sabahmousa@hotmail.com<br /><br />استأنفت مفاوضات الدوحة بين الحكومة السودانية وحاملي السلاح بدارفور أعمالها بعودة الوفد الحكومي إلى العاصمة القطرية أمس، وسط ترقب بشأن مستقبل السلام في دارفور بعد إنفصال جنوب السودان وبعد عودة وفد الخرطوم الشهر الماضي من المفاوضات، لأنها رأت أنها لايمكن أن تستمر في تفاوض لا ينتهي من وجهة نظرها، كما يترقب الجميع في السودان وخارجه رؤية الحكومة السودانية للحل بالإقليم بعد التغييرات الدولية والإقليمية الحالية.<br /><br />أما الوساطة في المفاوضات ممثلة في الوسيط المشترك " جبريل باسولي"، والوسيط القطري " عبد الله آل محمود" فلديهم تفاؤل كبير بإمكانية إنضمام زعيم حركة العدل والمساواة " د. خليل إبراهيم"، وزعيم حركة تحرير السودان " عبد الواحد نور"، ويؤكدون أن الحكومة في هذه المرحلة سوف تتجاوب لشروط الحركات ومنها إمكانية التفاوض على جعل دارفور إقليم واحد، ومنصب نائب رئيس، الأمر الذي نفته الحكومة تماما على لسان " د. غازي صلاح الدين" مستشار البشير ومسئول ملف دارفور.<br /><br />الحكومة من جانبها ترى أنها ضيعت وقتا طويلا في التفاوض مع الحركات دون جدوى، فكل لحظة ، تظهر هناك حركة جديدة بمطالب جديدة، ولايمكنها – الحكومة - أن تتفاوض طول العمر، ولذلك حددت سقفا زمنيا للمفاوضات وهو آخر الشهر الجاري، وأكدت أنه إذا لم يتحقق سلام في هذا التاريخ سوف تنهي العملية، وسوف تستكمل مابدأته في إستراتيجيتها في الحل من الداخل، والتي تقوم فيها الحكومة بإعادة النازحين إلى قراهم، وإجراء مصالحات كبيرة بين القبائل، وتهدف الحكومة من هذه الإستراتيجية إلي بسط الأمن والحياة والتصالح لأبناء دارفور الحقيقين في نظرها، والذين يعيشون بالفعل على أرض الإقليم، وتقول الحكومة أنه كانت هناك إنتخابات وتم إنتخاب مرشحين من داخل دارفور، وهم الأحق في السلطة، لأنهم جاءوا بتصويت من الناس، كما ترى الحكومة أن الحركات التى ترى نفسها كبيرة لم تعد كبيرة، فخليل إبراهيم في ليبيا لم يستطيع الحركة بعد طرده من تشاد، وبعد فض العلاقة الحميمة بينه، وبين إدريس ديبي، كما أن عبد الواحد نور لا يمثل إلا نفسه في باريس، ويقول مصدر مسئول في الحكومة السودانية لـ " أفريقيا اليوم" www.africaalyom.com<br /><br />مللنا من هذا العبث وتضييع الوقت والجهد، ولدينا ماهو أهم وهو الحل من الداخل والذي يوافق عليه المجتمع الداخلي والإقليمي والدولي، ولذلك لن نلفت بالنا لهذا الإهدار من الوقت، فمن أراد اللحاق بالسلام فمازالت هناك فرصة بالدوحة، فعلى الجميع أن ينضم، فالمطالب معروفة ومحددة، ونوقشت وتم بحثها كثيرا، ولن نضيع وقتا آخر في مناقشات تمت مرارا.<br /><br />وألمحت حركة العدل والمساواة إلي إمكانية انضمام " د. خليل إبراهيم" إلى المفاوضات بالدوحة في خلال أيام، وقال رئيس مكتب الحركة في القاهرة " محمد حسين شرف" لـ " أفريقيا اليوم" : من الممكن أن ينضم زعيم الحركة إلى وفدنا بالدوحة، وهذا سوف يعطي فرصة أكبر في جدية الحل من جانبنا.<br /><br />من جانبه أكد الأمين السياسي لحركة العدل والمساواة" جبريل آدم بلال"أن الوضع السياسي الراهن في السودان يتطلب رؤية أكبر نحو الحلول الشاملة في البلاد وليس لإقليم واحد دون الأقاليم الأخرى.<br /><br />وقال " آدم" لـ " أفريقيا اليوم" إننا في حركة العدل والمساواة نرى إنه لابد من حل مشكلة السودان في دارفور ومشكلة السودان في كردفان نسبة للحرب الدائرة في الإقليمين، وحرصاً على ضرورة إسكات صوت السلاح، مضيفا وحتى تكون الحرب في دارفور وكردفان آخر الحروب في السودان لابد أن نجعل من حل المشكلة إطاراً عاماً لباقي أقاليم السودان، وأن نجعل منهما أيضاً مدخلاً لحلحلة باقي مشاكل البلاد ، موضحا أن الحركة في هذا الصدد سوف تعمل جنباً إلى جنب القوى السياسية السودانية، وأنها سوف تسعى لتطوير مساحات العمل المشترك وكيفية وجود الآليات المشتركة التي تمكن من تحقيق الأهداف المنشودة، ولابد من الإلتفاف حول القضايا المصيرية المشتركة، مشيرا أن الوساطة في المفاوضات قدمت جهوداً مقدرة لحل المشكل السوداني في دارفور، وأن قطر وأميرها قاموا بدور عظيم في الحل.<br /><br />وقال ولكن لسوء الطالع فإن الحكومة السودانية دائماً ما تضع العثرات والمتاريس في وجه هذه الجهود المخلصة، والمشكلة الحقيقية أن الوساطة تبذل جهوداً وتتعامل بصدق خالص مع طرف حكومي غير جاد للتعاطي الحقيقي مع الحلول، فالحكومة مازالت تنتهج سياسة كسب الوقت، وهي تريد أن تعرف مجريات الإستفتاء، وما ينتهي إليه وكذلك تنتظر الحكومة مجريات الرياح الدولية بعد الإستفتاء وإلى أين تتجه، ومن ثم يقررون فيما إذا كانوا سيقررون المضي في العملية أم لا, مؤكدا أن حركته لن تقبل أي وثيقة جاهزة للتوقيع، وقال أن هذه أحلام الحكومة وسوف نبخرها لهم إن لم تكن قد تبخرت، ولابد من تفاوض ومشاورات أولا قبل الوصول إلى أي شئ، مضيفا أن الحقيقة التي يجب أن تعيها الحكومة إنه في كل زمان مطالبه، وطالما لم نتمكن من التوصل إلى السلام حتى الآن وفقاً للمطالب السابقة، فإن المرحلة القادمة بعد الإستفتاء سوف لن نحصر أنفسنا في المطالب التي ظللنا نرددها في السابق، وهذا يعني بوضوح أن سقوفاتنا سوف ترتقي لمستوى التحولات التي قد تحدث في البلاد، وسوف نفصح عنها عند اللزوم.<br /><br />وقال " موسى حسن بكري" رئيس مكتب حركة تحرير السودان ( عبد الواحد نور) في القاهرة والشرق الأوسط أن الوساطة ممثلة في الوسيط المشترك " جبريل باسولي"، ووزير الدولة بالخارجية القطري " عبد الله آل محمود" تسلموا من حركة تحرير السودان مطالب تتمثل في استحقاقات حقيقية، وطلب منهم أولا توفير هذه الإستحقاقات قبل الدخول في المفاوضات، ومنها بسط السلام أولا على الأرض، ووقف القتال داخل المعسكرات، وعودة النازحين، مضيفا أن الوساطة لم تعطينا أي رد إلى الآن، مؤكدا أنه لم يوجد سلام حقيقي بالدوحة، لأن الحكومة مستمرة في السلام من الداخل، وقال أن لابد أن يكون هناك مفاوضات حقيقية حتى ينخرط الجميع فيها، ولكن الحكومة تكرس الحل في الإستراتيجية التي طرحتها للحل من الداخل، مشددا على أنه إذا ماتم بسط الأمن على الأرض أولا لايمكن أن تنضم تحرير السودان إلى المفاوضات، لافتا إلى أن تحقيق أي سلام قبل تحقيق الأمن لن يكون سلاما مستداما. وقال : على المؤتمر الوطني أن يتخذ خطوات جادة وصحيحة، ويطلق يده لسلام حقيقي، وإذا رفض ذلك سوف يتحقق هذا السلام بأسلوب خشن، وعليه أن يراعي مصلحة السودان، بعيدا عن النظرة الحزبية الضيقة، مضيفا أن مايحدث في الدوحة الآن هو مفاوضات من طرف واحد، ولايمكن أن تؤدي إلى حل في وجود حركات أخرى كبيرة وكثيرة مازالت موجودة على الأرض.<br />كما أكد أحمد خريف رئيس حركة العدل والمساواة ( القيادة الثورية) أن السلام الشامل والعادل هو خيار حركته الإستراتيجي، وأنها جاهزة للجلوس للتفاوض لأجل ذلك متى تلقت الدعوة من الوساطة المشتركة، وقال " خريف" لـ " أفريقيا اليوم" أن حركته تعمل وفق تنسيق مشترك مع وصيفاتها من الحركات الدارفورية في مجموعة خارطة الطريق، وأنها تتطلع لإكمال بقية خطوات التنسيق بغية دخولهم جميعا للعملية التفاوضية برؤية مشتركة ووفد تفاوضي موحد.<br /><br />ويرى " خريف" أن مستقبل السلام في دارفور يتوقف على مدى جدية الحكومة السودانية تجاه دفع إستحقات الحل الشامل والعادل لقضية الإقليم وفق البنود الثابتة المعروفة التي تتضمن حق أهل دارفور في الإقليم الواحد، ومنصب نائب للرئيس على مستوى هرم الدولة، وإعادة اللاجئين والنازحين إلي قراهم ومناطقهم الأصلية بعد إعمارها، ودفع تعويضات مجزية لهم ، مضيفا أما إذا عجزت الحكومة عن ذلك ومضت تراوغ لكسب مزيداً من الوقت معتقدة أنها بذلك يمكن أن تفتت حركات المقاومة، وفرض السلام في الإقليم وفق استراتيجيها الجديدة ،فإن ذلك يمكن أن يدفع حركات المقاومة في دارفور للمطالبة بحق تقرير المصير كما حدث في الجنوب، وكذلك هذا المطلب يمكن أن يتحول لمناطق أخري من السودان كالنيل الازر ق وجبال النوبة .<br /><br />وأعلن شباب القبائل العربية بدارفور إنضمامهم إلى المقاومة المسلحة بالإقليم ، وقال بيان أصدره ما يسمي (مركزية تجمع شباب القبائل العربية بدارفور) : لقد كانت رؤية القبائل العربية بدارفور منذ إندلاع الشرارة الأولى للحركات المسلحة رؤية ثاقبة، وكانت القبائل العربية تنظر للمطالب التى ظهرت من خلال الخطاب السياسى للحركات بدارفور بعد أحداث مطار الفاشر ومن خلال مفاوضات أبوجا من زاوية نحن مع الحق وضد التخريب والتخوين، ومن منطلق لا ضرر ولا ضرار، وأضاف البيان أن الحقيقة التى كان يتوارى خلفها بعض من قيادات الحركات المسلحة بدارفور، هى أن الخطاب السياسى الأول عند بداية التأسيس كان لتحرير دارفور من العرب، وكان هذا خطاباً تجريمياً عاماً لكل القبائل العربية، ويقوم على التحريض الإثني ، وبث سموم الحروب القبلية التى كانت بين قبائل دارفور . لذلك جاءت النتيجة الأولية للصراع بمفهوم الفعل ورد الفعل حينما تم الإعتداء على بعض تجمعات القبائل العربية ، في مواقع كثيره بدارفور .<br />وأكد تجمع شباب القبائل العربية في دارفور في بيانه موقفه المفصلي من قضية دارفور التي أخذت بعداً دولياً بعد البعد الاقليمي والمحلى، وقال البيان لابد من طرح رؤية القبائل العربية وفق إستراتيجيات من شأنها أن تساهم فى وضع الحد النهائى لإحلال السلام والأمن والإستقرار والوئام الإجتماعى فى دارفور والسودان بعيداً عن لعبة الكرسي السياسي السوداني، وأن هذا لايتأتى إلا اذا تمكنا من لعب دور واضح وكبير فى طرف المقاومة المسلحة ضد سياسات النظام القائم فى السودان على سياسة (فرق تسد ) .<br /><br />وأشار البيان إلي انه فى الوقت االذى تشارك فيه حركات وفصائل المقاومة فى مفاوضات الدوحة لم يمثل فيها العنصر العربى فى دارفور، وأن وجود تمثيل على مستوى الفرد لايشكل آلية فاعلة أو منتجة فى تقديم رؤية أو منهج يؤسس للحل الشامل العادل لأزمة دارفور ، وأوضح البيان أن القبائل العربية جميعها هى من أهم الشرائح الإجتماعية فى مجتمع دارفور، وأنها ستلعب دوراً هاماً فى إقرار السلام والأمن والإستقرار والتنمية والوئام الإجتماعى, مؤكدا أن أكثر الناس تهميشا فى دارفور هم العرب، وذكر البيان أن الحكومة والمجتمع الدولي قد إعترفوا من قبل بأن هنالك طرف أساسى ومؤثر فى العملية السلمية لهذه الأزمة ألا وهو القبائل العربية بدارفور، ولايزال يشكل الحلقة المفقودة فى طاولة المنابر التفاوضية<br />وأكد تجمع شباب القبائل الدارفورية في بيانه أنه لايمكن أن ترفرف رايات السلام فى دارفور في ظل تهميش شريحة إجتماعية ذات ثقل كبير فى تعزيز السلام والأمن والاستقرار بدارفور. وأن هنالك مجموعة من الحركات المسلحة التى تمثل هذه الشريحة الإجتماعية الكبيرة لايمكن تجاوزها فى هذه المرحلة المفصلية .<br />وأضاف البيان لقد ظللنا نراقب عن كثب كل الإجراءات والتى من شأنها توفير المناخ السليم للعملية التفاوضية الجارية فى الدوحة، ونؤكد أن تجاوزنا فى هذه المرحلة هو تكرار لأخطاء أبوجا . وأن القضايا ذات الإهتمام المشترك لايمكن تسويتها بمعزل عن الأطراف الحقيقية، وزاد البيان أنه لاتزال هنالك أمام الجميع فرصة للإتاحة لكل الراغبين فى المشاركة فى تعزيز العملية السلمية بالحضور إلى الدوحة . </div>Blog Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14541156178420974454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13052154.post-21972150394874409982010-11-11T19:08:00.003-05:002010-11-11T19:13:45.517-05:00Darfuri Human Rights arrested in KhartoumSource: <strong><a href="http://www.sudaneseonline.com/cgi-bin/sdb/2bb.cgi?seq=msg&board=310&msg=1288713661">Sudaneseonline<br /></a></strong><br /><br /><strong>Darfuri Human Rights Defenders Arrested in Khartoum</strong><br /><br />(1 November 2010) Between 4 and 4:30 PM on 30 October, six Darfuri human rights defenders disappeared in Khartoum. It was confirmed on 31 October that all six individuals had been arrested, though no charges have been pressed. Some of the members of the group had just attended a youth forum on social development hosted by Girifna, a pro-democracy student movement.<br /><br />The first disappearance occurred in Suq al Arabia in downtown Khartoum, when National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) agents arrested Abdelrahman Mohamed Al-Gasim, a prominent human rights defender from Tulus, South Darfur. Mr. Al-Gasim is based in Khartoum and is the Legal Aid and Training Coordinator of the Darfur Bar Association. He was not seen by his family and never returned home, and his mobile has been switched off since Saturday evening. On 31 October, his family received confirmation that he had been arrested, though no charges had been pressed and they were not allowed access to him. He is being held separately from the rest of the group.<br /><br />Another round of disappearances occurred almost immediately after, suggesting a coordinated effort by the NISS. The arrested individuals are:<br /><br />· <strong>Dirar Adam Dirar</strong>, a finance and administration officer with the HAND network. HAND is a coalition of nine grassroots Darfuri organisations that publishes weekly human rights monitoring reports from Darfur.<br /><br />· <strong>Abdelrahman Adam Abdelrahman</strong>, the Deputy Director of HAND’s network.<br /><br />· <strong>Manal Mohamed Ahmed</strong>, activist<br /><br />· <strong>Aisha Sardo Sharif</strong>, activist<br /><br />· <strong>Aziza Ali Edris</strong>, activist<br /><br />The three female activists arrested, Manal Mohamed Ahmed, Aisha Sardo Sharif, and Aziza Ali Edris are not affiliated with HAND. It was announced on the 31 October that they would likely soon be released. As of 1 November, the entire group remained in the NISS’ custody.<br /><br />A group of lawyers in Khartoum have organised a submission for clarification on the arrest of Abdelrahman Mohamed Al-Gasim and any charges brought against him. Information available to the African Centre indicates that the group was arrested for no reason other than their association with other human rights defenders and members of civil society. The freedom of expression and association are protected under Article 39 (1) of the Interim National Constitution (INC) of 2005, and Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. That there is little information on the detainees’ whereabouts, treatment, and of any charges pressed against them is of great concern, as is the fact that they are being held by the NISS. The African Centre calls on the Government of Sudan and Ministry of Justice to respect their international commitments and the INC, and either release the group immediately or charge them with an internationally recognised offence and allow them access to a lawyer and their families.<br /><br />That the arrests of the Darfuri human rights defenders occurred in two separate places and after members of the group attended a youth forum shows the NISS’, and by extension the Government of Sudan’s, unflinching resolve to suppress independent voices. The disappearances appear to have occurred in coordination, raising serious concerns that other waves of disappearances may take place. That the group simply disappeared and it was announced the following day that they had been arrested shows a lack of respect for procedural safeguards and due process designed to protect detainees.<br /><br />When viewed in relation to the upcoming voter registration and referendum in the South, and the end of the interim period throughout the country, the arrests are particularly jarring and show the determination of the Sudanese government to suppress civil society during this critical time, and the extent to which the freedom of expression, and in turn, a national dialogue about the future of the country, will not be tolerated.<br />Other sources: <a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/11/02/sudan-end-continuing-repression-darfur-activists"><strong>Human Rights Watch</strong></a>Blog Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14541156178420974454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13052154.post-75920349998252682382010-10-22T07:55:00.001-05:002010-10-22T07:58:23.442-05:00Upfront Africa-Voice Of America: Upfront with Alsarah<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVRLykK7Xcry5exoGfdnEGe9ofcskdirg1Ec8VLjCL2h_y7KtU5TrPDw1z-eBInNhJr69qON3XL8oDQeUh5EltD_WMB5AoHhuiDejoBFKBYJ_-PYESEd1DzuwC-Hx-AYM9x4QJzw/s320/Alsarah02_a.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 257px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVRLykK7Xcry5exoGfdnEGe9ofcskdirg1Ec8VLjCL2h_y7KtU5TrPDw1z-eBInNhJr69qON3XL8oDQeUh5EltD_WMB5AoHhuiDejoBFKBYJ_-PYESEd1DzuwC-Hx-AYM9x4QJzw/s320/Alsarah02_a.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.upfrontafrica.com/2010/09/upfront-with-alsarah.html">Upfront Africa-Voice Of America: Upfront with Alsarah</a></div><br /><div></div><br />Sudanese singer Alsarah wears many hats-- songwriter,ethnomusicologist,activist and all round world citizen. She started her musical training at the age of 12 in Khartoum.She says that her sound is influenced by her life in Sudan,Yemen and the US where she moved as a teenager in the 90's.<br />Alsarah speaks passionately about the situation in Sudan ahead of a historical referendum that could separate the north from the south. "We are going to lose of big part of our people and culture" She says. Currently resident in Manhattan,Alsarah performs to audiences from around the world. Her performances are eclectic, electrifying, eccentric--a combination of genres--hip hop,African soul and gnawa dropping coy manifestos and clever metaphors about socio-political issues like elections,human rights etc. A few weeks ago she joined activists at the UN headquarters to bring attention to Sudan. I reached her in New York -- a melting pot of cultures--where her unique sense of self has shaped her world view and in essence her music.Blog Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14541156178420974454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13052154.post-43497339778046103312010-09-28T06:40:00.002-05:002010-09-28T06:46:06.572-05:00Judge Goldstone slams ‘unfair’ comments on ICC<a href="http://www.iol.co.za/polopoly_fs/iol-pic-sept28-judge-richard-goldstone-1.682134!/image/202309452.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_300/202309452.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 158px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 112px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.iol.co.za/polopoly_fs/iol-pic-sept28-judge-richard-goldstone-1.682134!/image/202309452.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_300/202309452.jpg" /></a><br /><strong><a href="http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/goldstone-slams-unfair-comments-on-icc-1.682135">Source<br /></a></strong><br />September 28 2010 at 12:29am<br />By Kenichi Serino<br />AP<br /><br />Judge Richard Goldstone<br /><br />Johannesburg - The criticism that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is against African countries is unfair, Judge Richard Goldstone said on Monday.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">“It is unfair to say the court is being used against African countries,”</span></strong> Goldstone said at a lecture at the University of Johannesburg.<br /><br />He acknowledged that this was a perception because of Africans appearing before the court.<br /><br />The ICC has opened up five investigations into the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Kenya and Darfur in Sudan.<br /><br />Goldstone said, however, this would change in the near future as individuals in Latin America were coming under investigation.<br /><br />He added that the ICC only began its activities after officials in those countries declined to open their own investigations.<br /><br />In the case of Kenya, the country's parliament refused to begin an investigation into post-election violence in 2007.<br /><br />“It's a court of last resort, not a court of first resort,” said Goldstone.<br /><br />He also commented on Kenya's hosting of Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir at a ceremony celebrating its new constitution.<br /><br />Al-Bashir has been indicted by the ICC for crimes in Darfur.<br /><br />As a signatory to the ICC treaty, Kenya was obligated to arrest but refused to do so.<br /><br />This is in contrast, said Goldstone, to South Africa where Al-Bashir was warned not to enter the country for President Jacob Zuma's inauguration or risk arrest.<br /><br />Goldstone said that while no action could be taken against country's such as Kenya, they did risk becoming “pariah states”.<br /><br />“There is no action against countries that do not fulfill their obligations under the treaty except to become pariah states,” he said. - SapaBlog Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14541156178420974454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13052154.post-12028272141175901482010-08-14T16:26:00.006-05:002010-08-14T18:00:18.068-05:00Concerns over violence continue...<a href="http://www.kodakgallery.com/imaging-site/services/doc/4901:262930030311/jpeg/BG/async"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 319px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.kodakgallery.com/imaging-site/services/doc/4901:262930030311/jpeg/BG/async" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:78%;">A diverse group of activists from Amherst, Holyoke, and Albany @ the Information table on 8/7/10</span></div><br /><div>For a long time our Darfur Coalition in Western Mass continued to bring to attention the plight of civilians in the camps where violence targeted them from two sides: the government militia and as a result to fight among rebel groups.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div>Women in Darfur are raising their voices and calling to end violence.</div><br /><div><br /></div><div>The following petition was circulated by <a href="http://darfurweb.info/"><strong>Sisterhood for Peace network</strong> </a><br /></div><div>To: <strong>Leaders of Darfurian Movements</strong><br /><br />We are Darfurian women who are in displaced persons camps, villages, rural areas, towns, and valleys of Darfur and scattered as refugees around the world, as well as women from all over Sudan who advocate for peace and for a solution to the Darfur conflict. We appeal to you to unite in order to end the suffering of the people of Darfur, especially women and girls whose rights have been violated, and who continue to face violence, rape, and early pregnancy.<br /><br />We are tired of the war and violence, and want our sons and daughters to grow up in a country where they can enjoy their full rights and where peace and security prevail.<br /><br />We, the women of Darfur, have united to heal the wounds. We have built our power. It is time for the Darfurian movements to unite. We want you to remember that everyday a young woman is raped, and another leaves school. We have already lost a generation and do not want to lose other generations. We cannot wait any longer.<br /><br />Let us make sure that the International Day for Peace (21 September 2010), is the day when we take the first step toward unity and toward achieving peace in Darfur and Sudan.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.petitiononline.com/dwdp3214/petition.html">Darfurian Women Demand Peace (DWDP)<br /></a>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div></div><div>Last week, Aug 7th, <strong><a href="http://www.darfurwm.blogspot.com/">WMDC </a></strong>joined again the<a href="http://ai-amherst.blogspot.com/"><strong> local chapter of Amnesty International</strong> </a>in Downtown Amherst <a href="http://www.kodakgallery.com/imaging-site/services/doc/5424:952930030311/jpeg/BG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 321px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 242px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.kodakgallery.com/imaging-site/services/doc/5424:952930030311/jpeg/BG" /></a>and set up a table for information on the crisis in darfur.</div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div>The event drew many activists who discussed strategies to stop the violence in darfur.</div><br /><p>Among activists who stopped by to sign petitions was Ms. Tamador Sheikheldin, writer, poetess, and theater director from Sudan who has been living in the area for a while since she had to flee her country in the early 1990. "I will tell people in Sudan about the great solidarity work here in the valley with the people in Darfur" She said in appreciation for the tireless efforts of human rights activists she witnessed whenever she came to the Amherst Farmers Market.</p><br /><div>"I really admire the work of <strong><a href="http://www.darfurwm.blogspot.com/">WMDC</a></strong> in bringing the voice of women to the world. We need to stop violence against women and children in the camps" said Ms. Mahasin Alnaggar, and activist from Albany who expressed interest to start similar group in her upstate New York town.<br /></div>Blog Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14541156178420974454noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13052154.post-9932696561996412652010-08-06T23:15:00.003-05:002010-08-06T23:40:33.966-05:00NY Times: Increase of Violence in Darfur<a href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/nytlogo152x23.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 152px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 23px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/nytlogo152x23.gif" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/05/world/africa/05sudan.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Violence%20Said%20to%20Be%20Rising%20in%20Sudan" st="'cse">"Violence Said to Be Rising in Sudan's Darfur Region"</a></strong> <br /><br />By NEIL MacFARQUHAR<br />Published: August 4, 2010<br /><br /><br />UNITED NATIONS — Violence in the turbulent Darfur region of Sudan has spiked over the past several months, Alain Le Roy, the head of United Nations peacekeeping operations, said Wednesday. He attributed the increase to a combination of factors, including fitful peace talks, renewed tribal rivalries and overall tension in Africa’s largest nation as its south prepares for an independence referendum.<br /><br />Calling the situation a “bleak picture,” Mr. Le Roy told a news conference that security had deteriorated significantly as optimism for a cease-fire in 2009 faded.<br /><br />Recent United Nations statistics indicated that killings this year already rivaled the 832 violent deaths recorded for all of 2009. May alone, with 400 deaths, was the bloodiest month since peacekeeping forces were deployed in December 2007.<br /><br />It is difficult to boil down the complicated tapestry of actors in the region, especially as rebel movements have splintered and increasingly well-armed criminals have flourished in the seven years the war has dragged on. Some recent bloodshed was even pegged to a Ponzi scheme that bilked thousands of their savings.<br /><br />First, in May, the Justice and Equality Movement, or JEM, Darfur’s most powerful rebel group, broke off peace talks that had been taking place in Doha, Qatar, after the Sudanese government rejected its demand that it be the sole negotiator for the rebels at the table. Since then, the group has been trying to reassert itself militarily, and was forced into some confrontations after neighboring Chad improved ties with Khartoum and closed off the group’s usual escape routes over the border.<br /><br />Second, the conflict was first set off by clashes between nomadic Arab tribes and more sedentary Africans over water supplies. With some two million people, mostly Africans, displaced from their lands, the Arab tribes are now fighting among themselves for the spoils, and water resources are even scarcer.<br /><br />Third, southern Sudan, which has fought the north for 50 years in a war that has killed about two million people, is expected to vote for independence in a Jan. 9 referendum. The government in the north wants to pacify Darfur before the referendum — both because Darfur will take on added weight in the smaller country that Sudan will probably become and to discourage any Darfuri notions about breaking away.<br /><br />“They want to reassert their political and military control,” said Fabienne Hara of the International Crisis Group. “They are very scared that Darfur will not be under their control by January 2011.”<br /><br />The United Nations peacekeepers remain locked in constant confrontation with the government. For example, an Egyptian peacekeeper bled to death in May after the government refused to allow a helicopter flight for his evacuation, United Nations officials said. The Sudanese government regularly professes its full cooperation.<br /><br />Much of the international attention on Sudan is focused on ensuring that the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed in 2005 between the north and the south does not collapse as it reaches its most critical moment. Just five months away from the independence vote, the commission to supervise the balloting lacks a leader, and knotty questions, including who will be eligible to vote, remain unanswered.<br /><br />Larger issues like dividing oil resources between the north and south also remain to be negotiated.<br /><br />Some analysts fault the Obama administration for lacking a clear-cut policy on Sudan, divided between the softer line of Maj. Gen. J. Scott Gration, President Obama’s Sudan envoy, and the more confrontational approach often voiced by Susan E. Rice, the United States ambassador to the United Nations.<br /><br />They deny a rift, but one senior State Department official said that Washington was still struggling to define a policy. “There is no sense of urgency that this is a crucial moment and we have to craft it,” said the official, speaking anonymously because of a lack of authorization to speak publicly on the matter. </div>Blog Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14541156178420974454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13052154.post-69819449756911467182010-07-17T00:59:00.003-05:002010-07-17T01:14:48.771-05:00Eat Purslane and support Girifna!<a href="http://www.ppdl.purdue.edu/PPDL/images/Common-purslanetn.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 140px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 93px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.ppdl.purdue.edu/PPDL/images/Common-purslanetn.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:nAJp4hGVkpd34M:http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/JPEG%27S/Plant%20Web%20Images/Purslane.Photo.jpg"></a><br /><br />We are tabling again at the Farmers market with <strong><a href="http://www.ai-amherst.blogspot.com/">Amnesty International</a></strong> local chapter.. this time we are motivating people to support <a href="http://www.girifna.com/"><strong>Girifina Movement</strong> </a>for human rights by giving away the healthy <strong>Purslane</strong> with an easy-to-follow recipe of how it's cooked in Sudan<br /><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Sudanese Purslane with Lentil Stew</span></strong><br /><br />Purslane is very nutritious vegetable. It's a good ource of antioxidants and has more heart-healthful omega-3 fatty acids than any other vegetable that's been studied.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#660000;">Serving 4-6 persons:<br /></span></strong><br />1 cup red lentils<br />½ cup of vegetable/canola oil<br />2-medium chopped onions<br />3 peeled cloves garlic (finely chopped)<br />1 ½ pounds of Purslane (leaves and tender stems), washed and chopped coarsely.<br />1-2 tablespoon Tomato paste<br />½ teaspoon Ground pepper<br />1 teaspoon cumin<br />Salt to taste<br /><br />Method:<br /><br /> Wash and drain lentils (you may soak it over night)<br /> In a large pot, combine the lentils with 3 cups of water, cover partially and cook over moderate heat until tender, about 45 minutes.<br /> Add Purslane and cook over medium heat for 20-30 min.<br /> In a medium non-stick saucepan, heat the oil, stir in the onion and garlic, cover and cook until softened but not browned, about 3 minutes. Add the tomato paste, ground pepper, cumin, salt, 1/2 cup of water and bring to a simmer. Cover and cook, stirring for about 10-15 minutes.<br /> Add the sauce mixture from the saucepan into the large pot and let simmer under low heat for 20 min<br /><br />Purslane stew is served with rice or pita bread and hot sauce with lime juice on the side (I like it with peanut butter hot sauce)!</div>Blog Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14541156178420974454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13052154.post-20990105061862270802010-07-03T16:06:00.005-05:002010-07-04T00:05:35.359-05:00Tabling @ Amherst Farmers Market...<a href="http://www.amherstfarmersmarket.com/uploads/1/9/3/6/1936195/350719.jpg"></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">p</span><span style="font-size:78%;">hoto taken @ the <strong><a href="http://www.amherstfarmersmarket.com/">Amherst Farmers Market</a></strong></span><br /><br />Today, we had our first Tabling activity this summer @ the Amherst Farmers market...<br /><br />It was a great successful event... many people stopped by to engage in discussion and get updated on the situation in Darfur and Sudan...<br />A small leaflet on Girifna Movement was handed out to people on the streets... Thanks to <strong><a href="http://www.standnow.org/chapter/smith">Smith STAND</a></strong> for their active work... <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD1sMPJxMje2qia4Magv0t7if0F18Hw_mUnemYBYzyvR20Z9UEV_Yy3ujN8TWWNQqTqGSD7BmgIw_-L-bz1BSCua7M-UpjyC3xXkaIP7LPN92hIhyH2zqIgyj8LEZeL8B6v9uEFQ/s1600/wmdc+AI.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489909180475626674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD1sMPJxMje2qia4Magv0t7if0F18Hw_mUnemYBYzyvR20Z9UEV_Yy3ujN8TWWNQqTqGSD7BmgIw_-L-bz1BSCua7M-UpjyC3xXkaIP7LPN92hIhyH2zqIgyj8LEZeL8B6v9uEFQ/s200/wmdc+AI.JPG" /></a><br /><br />I got a call from Radio Girifna and they were interested to post some of the WMDC activities on their website... They also requested some interviews with activists from groups that supported and highlighted their work (e.g. WMDC, STAND, Amherst Human Rights Commission)<br /><br /><br />Congrats to the teamwork.... Our next table event will be on 7/17 in joint work with <strong><a href="http://www.ai-amherst.blogspot.com/">Amnesty International Chapter of Amherst (Group-128)</a></strong>Blog Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14541156178420974454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13052154.post-30994762870883218932010-05-13T19:50:00.003-05:002010-05-13T19:59:13.901-05:00Girifna Movement starts Online Radio<a href="http://www.listen2myradio.com/uploaded/114066filebaner.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 415px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 120px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.listen2myradio.com/uploaded/114066filebaner.gif" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Girifna movement started their own <strong><a href="http://grf.listen2myradio.com/">online Radio </a></strong>to reach more audience... They used the few pennies saved from their lunch and those few bucks sent by generous activists in Diaspora.<br />They added new media outlet to reach to the people...<br /><br /><strong>البث التجريبى لإذاعة (قرفنا) صوت المهمشين الغلابة</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://grf.listen2myradio.com/">http://grf.listen2myradio.com/</a><br /><br />Salute from <strong><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.darfurwm.blogspot.com">WMDC</a></strong> to Girifna technical team<br /></div></span>Blog Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14541156178420974454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13052154.post-38275439829729542142010-05-02T15:44:00.002-05:002010-05-02T15:49:16.361-05:00لماذا حرمتنا من تحقيق الحلم الجميل ؟<div align="right">The writer graciously gave permision to <a href="http://www.sudaneseonline.com/ar1/publish/article_7631.shtml"><strong>re-post this distinguished article</strong> </a>on the post-election Sudan.<br /><br /><br />لقد وردني ردود في عنوني الاكتروني حول مقال كتبته بتاريخ 17\2\2010م في موقع صحيفة سودانايل وسودانيس اونلين ولم اتمكن من الرد نسبة لوجودي في منطقة خارج التغطية ولقد مدحت في تلك المقالة قيادات الحركة الشعبية لتحرير السودان باختيارها الموفق لسيد عرمان للمنافسة علي كرسة الرئاسة حيث ذكرت بان ترشيح الحركة لياسر عرمان يعتبر الامل الوحيد المتبقي لوحدة السودان علي رغم ان المؤتمر الوطني قد بذل جهد مقدرة وقطع شوط كبير لفصل الجنوب مما اعطي القوميين الجنوبين حجج الانفصال الا ان هذه الردود كانت متباينة حتي تفاجاءت مع جماهيرالهامش بقرار نفس قيادات الحركة الشعبية بسحب امل الهامش وامل وحدة السودان من السباق الرئاسي مغتيلا بذلك امل الوحدة مما فتح ابوب لتخمينات وتكهنات بوجود صفقة سرية بين الحركة الشعبية ومؤتمر الوطني وذلك اذا وضعنا في الاعتبار الحاح الؤتمر الوطني لقيادات الحركة الشعبية بسحب ياسر عرمان من السباق مقابل تنفيذ ما تبقي من بنود الاتفاقية والتي فشلت او بالمعني الاصح رفضت المؤتمر الوطني تنفيذه خلال 5 سنوات .<br /><br />الا ان الحركة الشعبية رفضت تلك العرض مما ادي الي تجميد او تعجيل تنفيذ ما تبقي من بنود الاتفاقية السلام الي ما بعد الانتخابات اهمها ترسيم الحدود بين الشمال والجنوب 1956م وحدود منطقة ابيي علي ضوء قرار محكمة لاهاي وتكوين مفوضية الاسفتاء .... الخ .علي حسب تصريح السيد علي عثمان محمد طه النائب الثاني لرئيس الجمهورية ورئيس اللجنة السياسية المشتركة من جانب المؤتمر الوطني .<br /><br />واذا افترضنا بوجود صفقة سرية بين القومين الجنوبين بالمعني الاصح والمؤتمر الوطني واهم بنود هذه الاتفاق هو سحب مرشح الحركة مقابل انفصال سلس كما ذهب اليه المحلليين السياسين الا ان ذلك لا يعقل الا اذا افترضنا في المفاوض الجنوبي الغباء وضعف الذاكرة وقصر النظر وعدم القراءة السليمة للوضع السياسي وفقا للمعطيات الراهن وعدم استيعابه لدروس وعبر عبر التاريخ . حيث ان التاريخ القريب تشير الي عدم جدية جدية النخبة الشمالية ونقضها للعهود والمواثيق والبركة في ابيل في توثيق ذلك اذن ما هو ضمانات التزام المؤتمر الوطني بتنفيذ ما اتفق عليه حيث كان الاجدي للحركة الشعبية قبول العرض عندما عرض عليها بشرط ترسيم الحدود بين الجنوب والشمال وحدود ابيي وتشكيل مفوضية الاستفتاء قبل سحب المرشح لذا كنت استبعد قصة ان هناك اتفاق او صفقة سرية .<br /><br />اما اذا افترضنا بان سحب مرشح الحركة الشعبية ياسر عرمان تم بناء لطلبه لمكتب السياسي للحركة لاسباب ذكره في المؤتمر الصحفي تتلخص في<br /><br />1\ استمرار حالة الطواري في الدارفور نسبة لعدم وصول الطرفين الي اتفاق سياسي 2\ نسبة لتزوير الكبير التي تم في مرحلة التعداد والتسجيل لذلك وحقنا لدماء انسحب من السباق الرئاسي الا ان هذا الاسباب مع احترامي الكبير للرفيق ياسر عرمان الا انني لا اجد ان هذا الاسباب مقنع لشعوب الهامش حتي الان وقد ترجموا ذلك في تصويتهم الكبير له مما ادهش المراقبين وارجف اعداء السودان الجديد سواء كان من الجنوب او الشمال حيث بلغ نسبة التصويت في الجنوب نسبة 95% وذلك لاسباب الاتي<br /><br />اولا الرفيق ياسر يعلم طبيعة التفاوض اذ لا يعقل تحديد سقف زمني معين للوصول للاتفاق وذلك اذا وضعنا في الاعتبار تعقيد طبيعة الصراع في الدارفور وانقسام تلك الحركات الي مجموعات تصعب توحيد رؤيتهم ومطالبهم وهو عكس ما كان عليها الحركة الشعبية .<br /><br />اما بخصوص ان المؤتمر الوطني قد قام بعملية التزوير منذ التعداد السكاني مرورا بالتسجيل لسجل الانتخابي قد اتفق معه بخصوص تزوير عملية التعداد مما اثر في ترسيم الدوائر الجغرافية حيث تحصل الجزيرة وجنوب دارفور والخرطوم علي نصف المقاعد لمجلس الوطني مما يعطي المؤتمر الوطني الاغلبية المطلقة في المجلس الوطني الا ان ذلك لا ينطبق علي السباق علي الرئاسة الجمهورية حيث نجد بان فرص مرشح الحركة الشعبية كانت اكثر من غيره من المرشيحين وذلك بعملية حسابية بسيطة حيث بان في الجنوب 4 مليون مسجل في السجل الانتخابي حيث ان الجنوب من المناطق المقفولة حصريا علي الحركة الشعبية بالاضافة الي النيل الازرق وجبال النوبة وجزء من الولايات الغربية ( الدارفورية ) والولايات الشرقية ( البجة) مع الهامش في اقصي الشمال بالاضافة الي الخرطوم<br /><br />( مناطق الحزام الاسود ) ولمعلومية الذين لم يسنح لهم الفرصة من زيارة كبري مدن السودان بان يوجد حزام اسود في اي مدينة من مدن السودان .<br /><br />الا ان ما حيرني ولم استوعبه حتي الان هو قول الرفيق بان انسحايه كان لحقن الدماء وماذا عن دماء اكثر من مليونين شهيد من شهداء الثورة ؟ الم يسفق دماءهم من اجل تحقيق مشروع السودان الجديد ؟ السودان الذي يسعي الجميع بمختليف اثنياتهم واديانهم وثقافاتهم السودان الموحد علي اسس جديدة . لماذا حرمت (او حرمتم) شعوب الهامش من اجل تحقيق سودان الحلم عبر ثورة انتخابية محمية بالشعب ؟( وليس بالسلاح ) ونموزج ولاية النيل الازرق شاهد علي ذلك ونهي الرفيق مالك عقار ( التمساح ما بخوفه بالموية ) بمناسبة فوزه المستحق ( والثورة ليسة مستمر ) لماذا .... ولماذا...... ولماذا ..... ؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟<br /><br />بقلم \ قرنق دينق بول \ جنوب السودان<br /><br /><a href="mailto:garangdeng73@yahoo.com">garangdeng73@yahoo.com</a> <br /></div>Blog Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14541156178420974454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13052154.post-39728540499803869492010-04-25T08:27:00.005-05:002010-04-25T10:05:40.236-05:00Argentine: Justice Delivered 35 years Later<span style="font-size:78%;">Source: <strong><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/21/world/americas/21argentina.html">The New York Times</a></strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">25 Years for Leader of Argentine Dictatorship</span></strong><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">By CHARLES NEWBERY and ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Published: April 20, 2010</span><br /><br />BUENOS AIRES — A special tribunal on Tuesday sentenced Argentina’s last military president to 25 years in prison and handed down stiff sentences to six other former military and police officials for their part in running a concentration camp during this country’s bloody dictatorship.<br />......<br />The tribunal convicted General Bignone and the six other former officials of involvement in illegal raids, kidnapping and torture involving 56 people from 1976 to 1978 at the<strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"> Campo de Mayo detention centers</span></strong> at a military base on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.<br />------------------------------<br /><br />This sentence brings hope to millions of family members and friends of Sudanese victims of <br /><br /><a href="http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs502.snc3/26378_404866114282_621399282_4930191_3296638_s.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 86px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 113px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs502.snc3/26378_404866114282_621399282_4930191_3296638_s.jpg" /></a><br />torture and survivors of the notorious <strong><a href="http://www.ghosthouses.blogspot.com/">Ghost Houses</a></strong>, i.e. the torture centers run by the genocidal regime of President Omer al-Bashir in Sudan.<br /><br />This is a good news in particular to <strong><a href="http://darfurwm.blogspot.com/">WMDC</a></strong> co-founder, <strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/fanny.rothschild">Fanny Rothschild</a></strong>, a long time advocate for justice in Argentine.Blog Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14541156178420974454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13052154.post-52697012810807316882010-04-19T21:11:00.001-05:002010-04-19T21:13:36.958-05:00South Africa criticizes Sudan’s rush to elections at an "inopportune" timeApril 18, 2010 (KHARTOUM) — The South African government this week expressed dissatisfaction with what it described as a rush on the part of Sudan to hold elections at an "inopportune" time.<br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article34807">http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article34807</a>Blog Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14541156178420974454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13052154.post-59543860027135005212010-03-26T05:52:00.006-05:002010-03-26T06:02:47.241-05:00Girifna: The New Street Resistance Movement in Sudan<a href="http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs470.ash1/25772_377447322207_770827207_3603036_8300003_n.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 287px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 224px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs470.ash1/25772_377447322207_770827207_3603036_8300003_n.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">One of Girifna Movement leaders addressing people in a Bus terminal in Khartoum</span></strong>.</span></div><div><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>Later he was arrested and tortured.</strong></span></div><div><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span> </div><div></div><div>Source: <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.Sudaneseonline.com">Sudaneseonline.com</a></div>Blog Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14541156178420974454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13052154.post-73584329851157461022010-03-24T07:20:00.003-05:002010-03-24T07:37:07.193-05:00Julie Flint writes about Girifna Movement<a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/05/29/julie_flint_140x140.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 140px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 140px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/05/29/julie_flint_140x140.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">source: <strong><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/22/sudan-election-national-security-law">Guradian </a></strong>newspaper</span><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Sudan's drumbeat of dissatisfactionAs April's election approaches, we should pay more attention to growing Sudanese concern over moves to silence dissent<br /></span></strong><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Julie Flint guardian.co.uk, Monday 22 March 2010 12.00 GMT Article history</span><br /><br />On 15 March, the day before the Guardian published a report headlined An African success story in Sudan, government security agents seized an 18-year-old student active in the <strong><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.girifna.com">Girifna movement</a></strong> in Khartoum. The student, Abdalla Mahdi, was beaten with sticks, hoses and electric wires, subjected to a mock execution, threatened with death by a lethal virus, and interrogated about Girifna's activities and funders.<br /><br />Girifna, Arabic for "we are fed up", was started late last year by young Sudanese demanding that next month's elections, the country's first multi-party ballot since 1986, be free and fair. They are using Facebook to try to collect a million signatures opposing a national security law, which many Sudanese believe is being used to limit political and civic rights and silence voices of dissent during the election campaign. And not just Sudanese. Human Rights Watch said this weekend that the Khartoum government (and the autonomous southern government in Juba) "are violating rights and restricting freedoms critical to a fair poll, including freedoms of expression and of assembly".<br /><br />The Carter Centre said that because of laws that contravene Sudan's constitutional protections, the elections remain "at risk on multiple fronts including the ability of the candidates to campaign freely". Dmitry Titov, an assistant secretary-general in the UN peacekeeping department, singled out the national security law. He told the security council last month that the law "allows government security services to detain persons without cause" and demanded that it be revised or suspended before voting begins on 11 April.<br /><br />President Omar al Bashir's National Congress Party (NCP) has refused to suspend the law, claiming the need to keep al-Qaida suspects in detention, but has said it will not use it against legitimate political activity. This claim rings hollow to Sudanese with 21 years' experience of the security services that are the cornerstone of the NCP's power – especially after the death of Mohamed Musa, a Darfurian student activist who was apprehended in February at the gates of Khartoum University and killed. Friends who saw his body, alerted by an anonymous telephone caller, said it was beaten and burned. Police refused to give his family a copy of the morgue report.<br /><br />Abdalla Mahdi told a press conference in Khartoum last week that the men who beat him, in a room decorated with pictures of Salah Gosh, former director of the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS), showed him a photograph of Mohamed Musa and told him it was they who killed him.<br /><br />Sudanese wanting genuine democratic transformation – not merely holding elections this year and a referendum on southern self-determination next year, as required by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended the north-south war – would, I think, disagree with the Guardian's suggestion that the election campaign is "proceeding smoothly". Perhaps we should be paying more attention to Sudanese voices? Like the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies, which says "Sudanese authorities have systematically targeted any activities, symposia, public rallies or lectures related to the elections". Or the writer who argues that the "ultimate goal" of laws like the security law is to silence those who dare to dissent. Or Mohamed Suliman, director of the Institute for African Alternatives, who told a meeting in the House of Commons recently that "Khartoum knows it can get away with murder, as long as it does not touch the referendum"..<br /><br />With less than three weeks remaining before voting begins, the drumbeat of dissatisfaction is increasing steadily, especially in the north. Seventeen parties today submitted a memorandum to the presidency demanding a postponement of the elections until November to allow for major reforms in a number of laws relating primarily to national security and media.<br /><br />The parties are increasingly unhappy at what they see as disproportionate media coverage of President Bashir's re-election campaign. They say the census and election registration processes were deeply flawed and that in some areas, particularly Darfur, the failure to register the displaced casts doubt on the legitimacy of any election held under the present register. In the last 10 days, the parties' anger has also focused on the National Elections Commission, which decided without consulting them to print the ballots for the presidential vote in the government's currency printing press in Khartoum – a recipe for fraud, they say.<br /><br />Girifna's website this weekend led with <strong><a href="http://www.girifna.com/?p=937">"A song for the elections</a></strong>". It says:<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#990000;">O youth with limitless potential<br />Protect April from destruction<br />Come on, vote, participate<br />Come on vote, participate...<br /></span></strong><br />How subversive is that?Blog Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14541156178420974454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13052154.post-60971702975855964472010-03-24T07:12:00.004-05:002010-03-24T07:20:09.952-05:00Iowa Initiative Conference rejected Al-Bashir candidancy<div align="right">English version of this article to come soon..<br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">ملتقى (ايوا) يختتم جلساته بتجديد رفضه لمشاركة البشير فى العملية الانتخابية<br /><br />وصفه بالمطلوب جنائياً</span></strong><br /><br />طالب الحكومة برفع حالة الطوراىء فى دارفور<br />source: <a href="http://www.sudaneseonline.com/ar1/publish/article_6477.shtml"><strong>Sudaneseonline.com</strong> </a><br /><br /><br /><br />أجراس الحرية: واشنطن: عبد الفتاح عرمان<br /><br />اختتم ملتقى (ايوا) لدعم التحول الديمقراطي مداولاته بالجامعة الامريكية بواشنطن بتجديد رفضه لمشاركة الرئيس البشير فى العملية الإنتخابية.<br /><br />وشدد المؤتمرون على اهمية دعم قوى تحالف جوبا ومنظمات المجتمع المدني الناشطة فى الداخل والخارج.<br /><br />وعبر قادة المؤتمر عن قلقهم البالغ لعملية التزوير التى صاحبت التعداد السكاني والتجاوزات اثناء فترة التسجيل للإنتخابات والثغرات الهائلة التي أفرزتها. وأكد المؤتمرون على إعاقة القوانين المقيدة للحريات لعمل الأحزاب قبل واثناء فترة الحملات الإنتخابية، والتى ياتي على رأسها قانون الأمن الوطني وبقية القوانين الأخرى التي تعيق عملية التحول الديمقراطي –حسب البيان الختامي-.<br /><br />وطالب المؤتمرون الحكومة بتنفيذ إتفاقية السلام الشامل، والعمل على تحقيق الوحدة الجاذبة.<br /><br />كما شدد المؤتمر على اهمية رفع حالة الطوارىء فى ولايات دارفور الثلاث. واعلنوا عن ترحيبهم بجهود المجتمع الدولي والمدني لنزع فتيل الأزمة في دارفور.<br /><br />وأمن المؤتمر على الإعتراف بعدالة قضية دارفور.<br /><br />واعرب المؤتمرون عن تضامنهم مع الأطباء السودانيين لنيل مطالبهم العدالة.<br /><br />وشهد المؤتمر تكريم العميد معاش، محمد أحمد الريح الذي تعرض للتعذيب الوحشي من قبل نظام الإنقاذ –حسب ما جاء فى البيان-.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Blog Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14541156178420974454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13052154.post-15970515412708647852010-03-16T20:58:00.003-05:002010-03-16T21:07:43.728-05:00WMDC to participate in Iowa Forum<a href="http://www.sudaneseonline.com/uploadpic/Jun09upload/Iowa30.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 409px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 484px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.sudaneseonline.com/uploadpic/Jun09upload/Iowa30.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="right"><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">مؤتمر ثانٍ لقادة ملتقي (أيوا) لدعم التحول الديمقراطي بواشنطن<br /><br />يخاطبه قادة تحالف أحزاب مؤتمر جوبا</span></strong><br /><br />أجراس الحرية: واشنطن: عبد الفتاح عرمان<br /><br />تحتضن العاصمة الأمريكية واشنطن فى الفترة من العشرين الى الحادى والعشرين من الشهر الجارى مؤتمراً لقادة مؤتمر (ايوا) لدعم التحول الديمقراطي تحت شعار (التحول الديمقراطي مسؤولية الجميع).<br /><br />ويشارك فى المؤتمرممثلي الاحزاب السياسية المنضوية تحت تحالف أحزاب مؤتمر جوبا ومنظمات المجتمع المدني والاعلاميين وبعض مراكز البحث الأمريكية، وكذلك بعض الشخصيات من مواقع صنع القرار الامريكي و المهتمة بالشان السوداني بالاضافة الى الأكاديميين السودانيين. ومن المتوقع أن يخاطب قادة تحالف أحزاب مؤتمر جوبا المؤتمر اثناء فترة إنعقاده بالجامعة الأمريكية بواشنطن.<br /><br />تجدر الإشارة، الى أن المؤتمر يتطرق الى عدة محاور من ضمنها عملية الانتخابات والمعوقات التى تواجهها وامكانية تحقيقها للتحول الديمقراطي المنشود، ومدى تاثير الانتخابات بشكلها الحالي على الاستفتاء، وسيناريوهات الوحدة والانفصال لجنوب السودان، وموقف عملية السلام فى دارفور ووضعها فى خريطة الانتخابات المقبلة</div><div align="right"></div><br /><a href="http://www.sudaneseonline.com/cgi-bin/sdb/2bb.cgi?seq=msg&board=260&msg=1267402009"><span style="font-size:78%;">http://www.sudaneseonline.com/cgi-bin/sdb/2bb.cgi?seq=msg&board=260&msg=1267402009</span></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span>Blog Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14541156178420974454noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13052154.post-46570507637719038452010-02-28T18:00:00.003-05:002010-02-28T18:27:20.317-05:00UN Welcomes Doha Agreement on Darfur<div align="left"><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:DPgtyzNtGlMJDM:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3393/3289372127_fe6fbe3574_o.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 151px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 98px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:DPgtyzNtGlMJDM:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3393/3289372127_fe6fbe3574_o.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">image source: <a href="http://www.sudanwatch.blogspot.com/2009_02_01_archive.html">www.sudanwatch.blogspot.com/2009_02_01_archive.html</a> </span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.qnaol.net/QNAEn/News_bulletin/News/Pages/10-02-24-1740_156_0058.aspx"><strong>Article Date: 17:40 2010/02/24 </strong></a><br /><br /><br />New York, February 24 (QNA) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the agreement to resolve the conflict in Darfur signed in Doha late on Tuesday. The Secretary-General said the accord represents an important step towards an inclusive and comprehensive peace agreement for Darfur, which will address the underlying causes of the conflict and the concerns of all Darfurian communities. In a statement issued by his spokesman, the Secretary-General says he looks forward to the full implementation of the provisions of the agreement. He encourages all parties to engage in the inclusive Doha peace process with flexibility and a political vision as well as to agree on a definitive political settlement of the Darfur crisis. The Secretary-General says the United Nations and the African Union -UN Joint Chief Mediator will continue to assist the parties in their efforts to achieve this important objective.<br />------------------------------------------------</div><div align="left"><br /><strong>The Agreement twelve articles can be found in the following link<br /></strong><span style="font-size:85%;"> <a href="http://www.sudaneseonline.com/cgi-bin/sdb/2bb.cgi?seq=msg&board=260&msg=1267138437">http://www.sudaneseonline.com/cgi-bin/sdb/2bb.cgi?seq=msg&board=260&msg=1267138437</a></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><strong>المادة (1</strong>)<br /><br />اعلان وقف اطلاق النار والشروع في في المفاوضات فورا من اجل الاتفاق علي تطبيقه<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>المادة (2)<br /></strong><br />اصدار عفو عام بحق اعضاء حركة العدل والمساواة السودانية ,المدنيين والعسكريين واطلاق سراح سجناء الحرب والمحكوميين من كلا الجانبين بعد التوقيع النهائي علي هذا الاتفاق<br /><strong>المادة(3</strong>)<br /><br />مشاركة حركة العدل والمساواةفي السلطة علي كافة مستويات الحكم وفقا لكيفية الاتفاق عليها بين الجانبين<br /><strong>المادة (4</strong>)<br /><br />تتحول حركة العدل والمساواة السودانية الي حزب سياسي فور التوقيع علي اتفاق السلام الشامل والنهائي<br /><strong>المادة(5</strong>)<br /><br />ادماج قوات حركة العدل والمساواة السودانية في القوات المسلحة وقوات الامن والشرطة الموحدة ,وفقا لما يتفق عليةالطرفان ويسبق هذا الاجراء تجميع وتدريب هذه القوات في مواقع وفقا لآلية وكيفية يتفق عليها الجانبان<br />ا<strong>لمادة (6</strong>)<br /><br />تتحمل حكومة السودان كافة النفقات اللازمة لقوات حركة العدل والمساواة السودانية اثناء فترة التجميع والتدريب<br /><strong>المادة (7</strong>)<br /><br />يعاد الي الخدمة كل اعضاء حركة العدل والمساواةالسودانية العسكريين الفصولين والمدنيين عن الخدمة ويتم الحاقهم برصفائهم بالكيفية التي يتفق عليها الطرفان.<br /><strong>المادة (8</strong>)<br /><br /><br />تلتزم حكومة السودان بتعويض النازحين واللاجئين,وكافة المتضررين بسبب النزاع في دارفور تعويضا عادلا ,كما تلتزم حكومة السودان بضمان حق العودة الطوعية للنازحين واللاجئين الي مناطقهم الاصلية ,وانشاء مؤسسات خدمية وبنية تحتية لضمان حياة كريمة لهم.<br /><strong>المادة(9</strong>)<br /><br />يخضع موضوع اعادة التنظيم الاداري في دارفور لمفاوضات بين الجانبين للوصول الي الاتفاق النهائي<br /><strong>المادة(10</strong>)<br />يخضع موضوع تقاسم السلطة والثروة للمفاوضات بين الطرفين للوصول الي الاتفاق النهائي ,وكذا قضايا الارض والحواكير , واي قضايا اخري لتحقيق السلام يراها الطرفان ضرورية لاكمال موضوعات اتفاق السلام الشامل<br /><strong>المادة (11</strong>)<br /><br />ينبني تطبيق هذا الاتفاق بين الطرفين علي حسن النوايا وعلي اساس تضامن وشراكة سياسية وفق مبادئ وقضايا وطنية توحدبين الطرفين<br /><strong>المادة 12</strong><br /><br />يتم اعداد الاتفاق النهائي والبرتكولات الاضافيه المنفذه له والتفاوض عليها وتوقيعها في الدوحة قبل الخامس عشر من مارس 2010</span> </div>Blog Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14541156178420974454noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13052154.post-47130000965473351422010-02-24T17:44:00.003-05:002010-02-28T18:28:19.962-05:00Good News: 57 Detainees on Death Row Freed..<strong><span style="color:#990000;"><em>The Questions now: What about the other <span style="font-size:130%;">48</span> detainees? were they already been executed?<br /></em></span></strong><br />Sudan has freed 57 prisoners from a key Darfur rebel group, the Justice and Equality Movement (Jem), officials say.<br /><br />President Omar al-Bashir announced the releases during a speech in Darfur's capital El Fasher, and declared: "The war is over."<br /><br />The releases are part of a ceasefire deal signed on Tuesday by Mr Bashir and Jem leaders - formerly bitter enemies.<br /><br />The deal raises hopes of an end to years of conflict in Darfur, however some rebel factions have not signed up.<br /><br />Jem's leader, Khalil Ibrahim, hailed the deal as "a very important step".<br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8534634.stm"><strong>read more</strong></a>Blog Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14541156178420974454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13052154.post-74581977021082288342010-02-22T16:24:00.003-05:002010-02-22T16:34:59.707-05:00Darfuri Student Laid to Rest Amid Tear Gas and Bullets<a href="http://change-production.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/wordpress_copies/genocide/2010/02/l_1c6090dcdf1c466e8173ca95885eb6a0.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 263px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 146px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://change-production.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/wordpress_copies/genocide/2010/02/l_1c6090dcdf1c466e8173ca95885eb6a0.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:78%;">source: </span><a href="http://genocide.change.org/blog?author_id=13"><span style="font-size:78%;">http://genocide.change.org/blog?author_id=13</span></a></div><div></div><div></div><br /><p></p><p></p><br /><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">by Michelle<br /><br />Published February 17, 2010 @ 09:50AM PT</span></strong><br /><br />A funeral in Khartoum turned into a political lightning rod yesterday, as friends and family mourning the death of Darfuri student activist Mohamed Musa Abdella Bahraldien -- at the hands, according to witnesses, of government security forces -- were joined by over a thousand supporters, presidential candidates, and riot police alike. The burial of the 23-year-old was interrupted by the liberal use of tear gas and rubber bullets by the police.<br /><br />The suspicious death comes at a time of rising tensions, coinciding with the start of campaigning for presidential elections in April, and is for many emblematic of the ruling National Congress Party's (NCP) blatant disregard for basic human rights. Ongoing restrictions on freedom of expression, association, and assembly throughout Sudan threaten the legitimacy of the elections before they even happen, and the status of Darfur -- where emergency laws in place for the last 13 years are even more restrictive and fighting between rebels and government forces has intensified in recent weeks -- is particularly troublesome. The government's commitment to a ceasefire, much less peace, seems to last about as long as it takes a bomb to fall from an Antonov to the ground, and the rebels aren't much help, either.<br /><br />But as opposition candidate Yasir Arman said yesterday, "This crime wasn't committed in a far village in the rural areas of Darfur. It was in the heart of the capital, a few kilometers from the [president's] palace." He may have made a campaign opportunity out of a funeral, but his comment is precisely on mark.Blog Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14541156178420974454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13052154.post-33596823908561532082010-02-17T18:32:00.005-05:002010-02-17T18:45:55.839-05:00Welcome David Morse to Amherst..<a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:QJP7TW8KawK-1M:http://www.inthesetimes.com/images/member_photos//photo_29731.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 104px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 104px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:QJP7TW8KawK-1M:http://www.inthesetimes.com/images/member_photos//photo_29731.jpg" /></a> Human rights activist and journalist David Morse is passing through Amherst this week and will be attending the WMDC monthly meeting tonight.... <div>David has been active in the issue of Sudan and Darfur in particular for the past decade.</div><div>Welcome David....</div><div>image source: <a href="http://www.inthesetimes.com/">www.inthesetimes.com</a></div><div> </div>Blog Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14541156178420974454noreply@blogger.com1