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Have You Signed A Petition For The People of Darfur?

msbeeswax — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:58:00 +0000

Have you signed any Darfur petitions? If not, don’t worry! I’ve got you covered. Below I have a few online petitions that are worth signing. I have the organization that created the petition listed. Next to the name of the organization I have the name of the petition. Below each link is a brief description of the petition.
Make A Difference Today. Sign one, some, or even all the petitions. It only take one minute or two. This minute could change and save a person’s life. Let’s get involved and become active. You may think this issue isn’t affecting you today but no one knows what tomorrow may bring. Help bring an end to the genocide in Darfur, Sudan.

DARFUR PETITIONS

Save Durfur – Protect the People of Darfur
Petition urging the President to use this opportunity to immediately get peacekeepers to Darfur

Save Darfur – The House of Representatives Must Act
Petition urging your representative to support an official Congressional letter to Chinese President Hu telling him that his indifference toward Darfur is unacceptable and China must act immediately

Save Darfur – Federal Contracts Ban
Petition asking President Bush to implement the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act and make sure U.S. tax dollars do not reward foreign companies that help fund genocide

Save Darfur – Helicopters for Darfur
Petition urging President Bush to work to secure the 24 helicopters necessary for the UNAMID to make the peacekeeping mission for Darfur a successful one

Amnesty International USA – InstantKarma
Petition urging heads of state, including President Bush, to live up to their own promises on Darfur by creating a timeline and benchmarks to get U.N. peacekeepers on the ground and to provide financial support for the mission and humanitarian operations – Funds and visibility generated from the Instant Karma CD and related material will allow Amnesty to respond even more effectively to the changing situation in Darfur, helping the organization push for decisive action to end the violence. More than 50 musical artists, including U2, Green Day, Ben Harper, and Aerosmith, have joined this international effort that combines John Lennon music, technology, and human rights activism

Globe for Darfur – Don’t Look Away
Petition urging authorities to demand that the Sudanese government, armed groups, and the Janjawid militia halt attacks against civilians and humanitarian agencies; also to ensure that UN peacekeepers are deployed expeditiously and fully

Human Rights First – Act to End Chinese Arms Transfers to Sudan
Petition urging the government of China to immediately halt all arms sales to Sudan and support the extension of the United Nations Security Council arms embargo on Darfur to all of Sudan

Physicians for Human Rights – Protect Women and Girls from Sexual Violence in Darfur
Petition asking President Bush to help protect the women and girls of Darfur from sexual violence

Investors Against Genocide –Take Action against Problem Investment Companies
Petition sending a message to companies that have largei nvestments in PetroChina, the worst of the major oil companies funding genocide in Darfur

Globe For Darfur – Sound the Alarm over Rape and Sexual Violence in Darfur
Petition asking government officials to protect women from rape, support and help African peacekeepers already in Darfur, allow aid agencies to reach victims of rape, and bring to court those accused of rape and sexual assaults in Darfur

Eyes On Darfur – Protect the Villages
Petition urging the Sudanese President to take all necessary steps to prevent attacks on the civilians and villages of Darfur, Sudan

Our Pledge – SECURE JUSTICE for Darfur
Petition requesting that President Bush supports the International Criminal Court’s case on Darfur by providing important declassified intelligence to the ICC’s prosecutors

Human Rights First – Urge China to Help Darfur’s Displaced People
Petition asking China to pressure Khartoum to immediately stop forcibly displacing the people of Darfur, and allow aid workers to help these internally displaced persons, or IDPs, wherever they are located

Our Pledge – Protect Darfur – Punish the Perpetrators and Help End the Genocide Now
Petition to the members of Congress asking them to deliver a message to President, requesting that he lead international community in imposing targeted multilateral sanctions against the Sudanese government’s senior leaders

Please Help Save The People Of Darfur, Sudan

msbeeswax — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:24:00 +0000

The conflict in Darfur, Sudan, has led to some of the worst human rights abuses imaginable, including systematic and widespread murder, rape, abduction and displacement. Hundreds of thousands of civilians have been killed by both deliberate and indiscriminate attacks, and over 2.5 million civilians have been displaced. Though violence persists, the UN Security Council has mandated what may be an effective peacekeeping operation to guarantee security for the people of Darfur.

The conflict raging in Darfur continues to take its largest toll on civilians in the region. Over 250,000 Darfuris have become refugees in Chad, and more than 2 million are internally displaced in Sudan. Humanitarian aid agencies have a difficult time assisting both groups due to ongoing insecurity that endangers their personnel and prevents them access to the people who need help. The spread of the conflict into Chad has also uprooted over 170,000 Chadians who remain vulnerable to attacks by armed groups, prompting the need for an effective security presence in Eastern Chad, as well as Darfur.

Since February 2003, armed actors in Darfur, including Sudanese government forces, the pro-government Janjawid militia and rebel groups have used rape, displacement, and mass murder as weapons of war. Women and girls, especially those who have been displaced from their communities, have been subject to acts of sexual violence and other brutal assaults. Many women and girls that survive this violence suffer long-term mental and physical illness, social stigmatization and significant economic hardship.

Did you know the first and most powerful step you can take is signing online petitions? The stroke of one key is just as powerful as a stroke of a pen. You now have the power and technology to save someone’s life. It doesn’t take long. Please take the time to click on the links below and sign these online petitions! Forward these petitions to your friends and their friends. It’s not SPAMMING . It’s called CARING!

Petition #1:
Save Darfur

Petition #2:
Globe For Darfur

Here’s a video made by Physicians For Human Rights:
Darfur: Destroyed Livelihoods