I should have posted yesterday, but I've not been well. I won't dwell on it.

The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide was signed yesterday... 60 years ago. 60 years of genocide have followed it.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was singed today... 60 years ago. It's clearky had a similar result.

Amnesty ( Read more... )

STANDFast

On December 3rd, people around the world will ask their friends and families to join them for STANDFast - an event that asks you to fast from one luxury item, like coffee or your morning newspaper, and donate the money that you would have spent on that item to protecting civilians in Darfur and Burma ( Read more... )

Petition through Avaaz

To global and European leaders ( Read more... )

Food aid reaches Congo rebel town

The World Food Programme delivered a tonne of high-energy biscuits for children and said it hoped to send more convoys to the area on Friday ( Read more... )

Thousands flee DR Congo violence

Tens of thousands of residents, refugees and government troops have fled the town of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, despite rebel forces declaring a ceasefire to prevent panic ( Read more... )

I've posted before about the DRC, and it's back in the news ( Read more... )

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Make your voice heard by submitting a question for the upcoming presidential town hall debate on October 7th. Make sure presidential candidates Senators John McCain and Barack Obama are asked questions about Darfur and their plans to end genocide ( Read more... )

Pursuing Peace and Justice in Darfur: The Role of the ICC Those misrepresenting the efforts of the International Criminal Court will inevitably encourage Khartoum; urging expediency over justice upon the international community will similarly embolden the regime’s génocidaires ( Read more... )

Politicide Warning: Zimbabwe19 June 2008 ( Read more... )