Things Worsening for the People of Darfur

The AP has reported that Omar al-Bashir, the president of Sudan, has once again rallied his supporters in Darfur, mocking an International Criminal Court warrant for his arrest. This is the second time he has gone into Darfur, a region of Sudan, and dismissed the charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes.

Al-Bashir is the first active leader to ever be charged of these crimes, and while he remains in Sudan he will face no punishment. And, as the AP reports, he will find safe haven with the Arab League as he is scheduled to fly out to Qatar for an Arab summit at the end of the month. He is also receiving some support from the African Union, who although have no judicial power over the leader, still are looking into the "atrocities". However, the African Union has expressed it's displeasure with al-Brashir kicking out foreign aid.

The Darfur genocide, after all that is what it is, has a death toll of at least 300,000 people and lead to the displacement of almost three million people. And while al-Brashir fights with what he calls "Western colonization" the remaining three million people will recieve no aid from the outside world as their fearless leader sends away foreign aid. According to some UN numbers, 100,000 people a month could die if foreign aid is not brought back into the Darfur.

Now, CNN is reporting that gunfire was exchanged between international peacekeepers and al-Bashir's military, ending in the death of a peacekeeper.

We as a people cannot turn our backs on this issue. There is a saying, "If we do not learn from history, we are doomed to repeat it." Well, on August 22, 1939, a week before the invasion of Poland, Hitler gave out the order to "kill without pity or mercy men, women, and children of Polish race or language". He concluded his meeting by stating, "Who still talks nowadays of the extermination of the Armenians?" (http://www.armenian-genocide.org/)

for more information, please, I urge you to visit:
http://www.savedarfur.org/
http://savedarfur.org/sites/voicefordarfur/index.php/pages/feature1