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UPDATE: Davem on Harry’s Place, where this piece is cross-posted, points out that Hezbollah has declared its solidarity with al-Bashir.
Over at savedarfur.org, Megan Flemming explains the arrest warrant issued yesterday against the Butcher of Khartoum, Omar Hasan al-Bashir:
The judges found that there are reasonable grounds to believe al-Bashir is responsible for three counts of genocide committed against the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa ethnic groups.
Here are some good suggestions of action you can take to assist the process of bringing al-Bashir to a prison cell. Why should you? Here’s the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Louis Moreno Ocampo:
Continue reading ‘“It’s Not Possible for a Muslim to Commit Genocide…”’
In recent weeks, the courageous Nicholas Kristof, accompanied by George Clooney, has been revisiting the hell on earth that has enveloped Darfur and eastern Chad. In one of his searing columns, he wrote about a 27 year-old woman named Suad Ahmed.
This article by Z Word contributor Michelle Sieff originally appeared in the Ugandan newspaper, The Independent.
In response to Israel’s war in Gaza, Uganda’s Muslim associations have lambasted Israel for “war crimes” and called on the government to sever its diplomatic ties with the Jewish state. In other African countries with sizeable Muslim populations-Mali, Niger, South Africa, Nigeria, Somalia, Kenya, Sudan, to name a few– Muslim and Palestinian solidarity groups have organised protests where Israel is regularly accused of “genocide” and “war crimes”. The response on the African street is similar to the response on the Arab and European street. Hundreds are turning up at protests to vilify Israel and call for its diplomatic and economic isolation.
Continue reading ‘Africa: Loud on Israel, Quiet on Zimbabwe’
That the savagery of the Sudanese regime and its Janjaweed thugs in Darfur knows no bounds is a fact we have all been aware of for a long time - too long. Now, though, there is a new report which should shake the world out of its complacency, or “Darfur fatigue,” or whatever you want to call it.
This is a guest post by Michelle Sieff, Assistant Director of the American Jewish Committee’s Africa Institute.
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has announced a unilateral ceasefire in Darfur, promising to disarm pro-government janjaweed militias that have killed and displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians. The pronouncements were a result of the Sudan People’s Initiative, which brought together government, political opposition parties and civil society - but not the rebel groups - to brainstorm solutions to the crisis.
A reader emphatically recommends this piece by Marty Peretz in The New Republic. In a few short paragraphs, three grand themes emerge; the enormity of the genocide in Darfur, which is being documented as it happens; the minor importance, by comparison, of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; and the unctuous discourse of Arab leaders who wax lyrical about Palestine while backing up the genocidaires of Khartoum.
