20 July 2004 Blog Home : July 2004 : Permalink
Amnesty has some suggestions about what to do about the killing in Sudan. This is really a serious matter but I couldn't help smile when I saw the following:
Action 1: Call on your MP to take action
Action 2: Call on the international community to take action
Action 3: Mass Executions
Activist toolkit
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Not quite sure who is going to be executed - the international community if it doesn't take action?
Seriously though Amnesty, HRW and the rest do need our support to make sure that the glare of publicity is brought to bear on Sudan and stays there. Maybe this will be enough to stop the atrocities. Unfortunately I fear that this is going to be a case where AI's third action may in fact turn out to be necessary because the Sudanese government and Janjawid militia's aren't going to be stopped by anything short of armed intervention. My prediction is that sometime around December we'll be seeing statements that "Bush did nothing while thousands were killed in Sudan" because I practically guarantee that no UN peacekeepers will be deployed or if they are their mission will be so vague and wishywashy that they won't actually dare do anything against the Sudanese government or the Janjawid
(Link via Harry's Place)