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Store feed From Our Blog 12/02/07 - Justice is an Essential Precondition for Peace

The International Criminal Court’s Chief Prosecutor will update the U.N. Security Council this week on indictments issued for two alleged war criminals in Sudan. Both indictees are suspected of orchestrating systematic campaigns of rape as a tool of war.

The update reminds us that as the world works to deploy peacekeepers and reestablish a peace process, we must also work towards justice. Rampant sexual violence is just one symptom of the culture of impunity that pervades Darfur. Until the perpetrators of war crimes are brought to justice, real peace will remain elusive.

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11/30/07 - The Deception Continues

Sudan’s president Omar Hassan Al-Bashir is once again trying to thwart the will of the international community and threatening to block deployment of peacekeepers for Darfur.

"He said he accepted the force unconditionally when the U.N. Security Council were in Khartoum last June," said Larry Rossin, former U.N. Ambassador and board member of the Save Darfur Coalition. "And here he is lying again."

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feed Darfur in the News Spielberg urges China again to help end Darfur ‘genocide’
Legendary film director Steven Spielberg has appealed to Chinese President Hu Jintao for a second time to use China’s influence over Sudan to end the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. In a November 15 letter to Hu released Thursday, Spielberg, who is serving as an artistic advisor for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, said the situation in Darfur had deteriorated since he last wrote him in April.

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US envoy threatens Sudan with UN sanctions over Darfur force.
The US envoy to the UN on Thursday threatened Sudan with additional sanctions if it continued to drag its feet on allowing the deployment of 26,000 UN-African Union peacekeepers in Darfur. “There has been a record of the Sudanese government dragging its feet in implementing agreements,” Zalmay Khalilzad told reporters after Security Council consultations on the stalled deployment of the force known as UNAMID in the strife-torn Sudanese region.

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US Senate passes Sudan divestment bill.
Despite Bush administration opposition, the U.S. Senate gave a green light to a grass-roots effort urging investors to withdraw their funds from companies doing business in Sudan because of violence in its Darfur region.

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