Saturday, May 05, 2007

Outcry over ongoing slaughter in Darfur - Brooklynites rally; call for divestment & aid

Whether you call them war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide, the killing in Darfur, Sudan has got to stop.

That’s the clear message Brooklyn Parents for Peace and other activists gathered at the Prospect Park Tennis House last weekend sent as part of a nationwide campaign to stop the carnage in Africa called Global Days for Darfur.

In 2003, armed forces of the Sudanese government and the Arab militia known as the Janjaweed attacked Motasim Adam’s village in western Darfur, killing and raping many of its inhabitants.

“They went to the high school campus for girls and raped 213 students,” Adam said. “They burned all the shops, looted the homes, burned the village, destroyed crops and livestock and personal assets of the people.” Read more >>>

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