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Darfur Links
Organizations & Other Sites
Student-oriented sites
Divestment-oriented sites
To see ariel images of the vastness of destruction in Darfur, GO TO THIS BLOG.
Organizations & Other Sites
ChickenBones: A Journal (nathanielturner.com)
Literary & Artistic African-American Themes
ENOUGH (enoughproject.org)
The ENOUGH project offers excellent position papers, most written by Roger Winter and John Prendergast, that embrace the larger region and key in on aspects of the conflict, such as the Abyei region of Sudan, where the next conflict could easily start.
Darfur Information Center (darfurinfo.org)
Good all-purpose website with historical background, links, and updated postings.
Doctors Without Borders (doctorswithoutborders-usa.org)
A gutsy on-the-ground volunteer-based operation that successfully delivers medical services to survivors of the genocide in Sudan and Chad. The organization's director of operations in Sudan and its Darfur Coordinator were held for three weeks in June on charges of "espionage" because they protested the widespread use of rape as a weapon of war.
ECOS (ecosonline.org)
European Coalition on Oil in Sudan: Reports and maps, papers from conferences.
Embassy of the Republic of Sudan (sudanembassy.org)
This is the party line of the Sudan regime, replete with headlines such as "Allegations of bombing turned to be totally untrue." Don't let the heavy-handedness of its propaganda blind you to the more subtle and violent methods the regime has of controlling the flow of information out of Sudan.
Eric Reeves' website Darfur-watcher (sudanreeves.org)
Reeves, who teaches English at Smith College, offers trenchant analyses of events and independent data concerning number of civilian casualties in Darfur.
Friends Committee on National Legislation (fcnl.org)
Quaker organization tracks national legislation. To receive information periodically on legislation pertaining to Darfur, contact Laura Weis (laura@fcnl.org) and ask to be put on her mailing list for Darfur Legislation Update.
Genocide Intervention Network (genocideinterventionfund.org)
Impressive list of sponsors, slick graphics (more suitable for broad-band access than dial-up), advice on letter-writing campaigns, etc.
Genocide is News (beawitness.org)
Organized by the amerian Progress Action Fund. Uses slick advertising to publicize Darfur.
Global Grassroots (globalgrassrootsnetwork.org)
Focused on women, but with a broader agenda.
Human Rights Watch (hrw.org)
Reliable watchdog of human rights violations the world over, with up-to-date tracking of Darfur. Excellent source for following UN efforts, including its delays, toward taking action in Darfur.
International Crisis Group (icg.org)
This group's mission is to prevent conflict worldwide. It has been vigorous and creative in publicizing the Darfur cause.
Save Darfur Coalition (savedarfur.org)
Offers a weekly summation of the latest news pertaining to Darfur. Surprisingly comprehensive, it draws from diverse sources from
mainstream news sources such as Reuters to specialty news sources such as UN News Centre, to web-sites such as www.allAfrica.com and in-country papers such as Sudan Tribune. Best single source for staying up
to date.
Sudan Organization Against Torture (SOAT) (soatsudan.org)
Operating much like Amnesty International, SOAT publicizes attacks on Darfur civilians by Janjaweed and government troops, arbitrary arrests and cases of torture, government censorship, and intimidation. At the end of each dispatch is a list of Sudanese authorities to whom you can write.
Darfur: A Genocide We Can Stop
Compilation of current news, historical information, political action sites and resources. Songs and poetry. Author maintains Darfur section of David Morse's site.
Sudan Sunrise
Faith-based organization headquartered in Kansas that promotes reconciliation between Darfuris, who made up the majority of Khartoum's ground troops during the North-South civil war, and the South Sudanese whom those troops attacked. Sudan Sunrise is helping to bring southerners and other volunteers to refugee camps to teach English to Darfuris.
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Student-oriented sites
StudentsAgainstGenocide.org
Students from the Claremont Colleges in California.
STAND
A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition
Divestment-oriented sites
ConflictSecurities.com
Charges a hefty fee for its determination of whether a particular firm does business with Sudan; has connections with the Center for Security Policy, a conservative think tank.
DivestSudan.org
A good grassroots-oriented resource with a strong mission statement, model letters to corporations and elected officials, etc.
SudanDivestment.com
Based at Williams College, instrumental in getting Massachusetts State Senator Andy Nuciforo to sponsor legislation in his home state. The site has a clickable map, for determining whether your state's pension funds are involved, etc. Be
aware that the list is dangerously incomplete. Somebody needs to get busy on this.
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