Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Take action with Darfur

By Times-Herald readers

I have been an active member of the San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition.
Since 2003, the Sudanese government has been committing genocide against black African tribes in Darfur, the Western region in Sudan. Women are gang-raped, children are thrown under moving trucks and clubbed to death, babies are torn from their mothers' arms and killed in front of their eyes, and men are castrated and have their eyes gouged out.

Hello? Is anyone listening?

PetroChina, China's main oil company, has been buying mast quantities from Sudan, and return funding the genocide. China has voted against United Nations intervention. Where is Sen. Diane Feinstein now on this situation?

There is now an ongoing campaign to speak out against China's involvement in this genocide. Visit www.dreamfordarfur.org. Also, a number set up by the Genocide Intervention Fund - (800)-GENOCIDE - directs you to your local representatives, governor and the White House. Read more >>>>>>>>

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