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    In Darfur, a region in western Sudan approximately the size of Texas, over a million people are threatened with torture and death at the hands of marauding militia and a complicit government. Genocide evokes not only the moral, but also, the legal responsibility of the world community. Under international agreement, a nation must intervene to stop a genocide when it is officially acknowledged.

    "Officially" is the key word here. So far, no nation in the international community has "officially" acknowledged the truth: Sudan is a bleeding ground of genocide. In this void, the Sudanese government continues to act with brutal impunity.

    Thankfully, there are individuals working in human rights organizations who are watching - and witnessing - and organizing, in support of the victims in Darfur. These individuals represent, for all of us, a personal capacity to bear witness to the passion of the present; one candle lit against the darkness.

    However, before one can light a candle, someone has to strike a match: a donation to any of the human rights organizations active in Sudan, contacting your government representative, local newspaper, radio and t.v. station. Our individual activism is essential for the candlepower of witness to overcome and extinguish the firepower of genocide.

    This world has long endured wars that take lives. Let us be part of one that saves them.

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August 31, 2005

Last Call for Posts for Allthings2all's "Spotlight on Darfur 1"

Originally by Catez Stevens (Allthings2all), reposted by Eugene...

Just wanted to remind you that Spotlight on Darfur 1 will be up on September 1 and I'm still taking posts. If you have posted on Darfur in the last couple of weeks, or post tomorrow I can include your post. Posts don't have to be long and can be informative or opinion.

Here's the details:

What I'd like to do is start a series called "Spotlight on Darfur". This could be held around once a month and hosted by a different person each time. Instead of going into the background and history of the Darfur crisis, which was covered in The Darfur Collection, these posts can be on any aspect of the current situation. All I ask is that they do not contain expletives (a wide range of ages read these posts).

Spotlight on Darfur 1 will be hosted at Allthings2all on Thursday 1 September. Please email the following info for your post by 12.00pm EST [I'm not sure if Catez {Allthings2all} truly means "Eastern Standard Time" {EST; GMT-5}, as opposed to "Eastern Daylight Time" {EDT; GMT-4} - EJM]Wednesday 31 August:

  1. The name of your blog
  2. The URL of your blog
  3. The title of your post
  4. The URL of your post
  5. A description of your post

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