سودانيون يضربون عن الطعام أمام البيت الابيض لمدة أربع وعشرين ساعة (في

بدأت تجمعات من أبناء إقليم دارفور في الولايات المتحدة الأميركية الدخول فى إضراب عن الطعام لمدة أربع وعشرين ساعة للفت الانتباه الأميركي والدولي بقضية دارفور. يتزامن ذلك مع الذكرى السابعة لإعلان الكونغرس وقوع ابادة جماعية فى الإقليم جراء الأحداث الدامية التي وقعت هناك منذ نحو تسع سنوات. مراسلنا في واشنطن لقمان أحمد بعث بهذا التقرير.
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اضراب عن الطعام أمام البيت الابيض تضامناً مع ضحايا الابادة
ينظم الدافوريون ونشطاء من المناطق الاخرى اضراباً عن الطعام لمدة اربع وعشرين ساعة من الساعة 12 ظهراً يوم الجمعة القادم 22 يوليو وحتي الساعة 12 ظهراً من يوم السبت 23 يوليو امام البيت الابيض بواشنطن ، تضامناً مع ضحايا الابادة الجماعية في دارفور وجبال النوبة.و يلي الاضراب عن الطعام مسيرة يوم السبت 23 يوليو تتحرك من امام البيت الابيض وتنتهي عند مقر( لافاييت سكوير) .

ويقول النشطاء المنظمون ان هدفهم تذكير المجتمع الدولي والحكومة الامريكية بمسئوليتهم الأخلاقية تجاه حماية المدنيين في دافورو جبال النوبة ، حيث يصادف يوم 23 يوليو الذكري السابعة لتعريف الكونغرس الأمريكي عمليات القتل المنظمة في دافور بانها إبادة جماعية . وللالحاح على ضرورة تحجيم قدرة المجرمين على إلحاق الأذي بالمدنيين و تقديمهم للعدالة الدولية لما اقترفوه من جرائم .

وكشف الناشطون عن اشتراك ناشطين أمريكيين و مهتمين بالشأن الإنساني العالمي واصحاب القرار من صانعي السياسات و قادة الإعلام و المشاهير .

وأهاب الناشطون بجميع السودانيين في واشنطن والمدن الاخرى للاشتراك .

(عنوان ومكان الاعتصام الجماعي) :

ساحة البيت الابيض: واشنطون

الزمان :الجمعة 22 يوليو،2011

من الساعة 12 الي الساعة 12 ظهر اليوم التالي

عنون ومكان المسيرة الكبري :

الزمان السبت الموافق 23يوليو، 2011

من الساعة 12 ظهراً الي الساعة الثالة مساءاً

ساحة لافاييت سكوير : واشنطون

Hour 1 Hunger Strike for Darfur: Omer Ismail, Enough Project

Hour 2 Hunger Strike for Darfur: Hon. Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, RSS Embassy to US and UN

Hour 3 Hunger Strike for Darfur: Abdalla Babikir, Blue Nile Sons Organization

Hour 4 Hunger Strike for Darfur: Fakiri Taha, Nubia Project

Hour 5 Hunger Strike for Darfur: Niemat Ahmadi, Save Darfur GI Net

Hour 7 Hunger Strike for Darfur: Kids for Darfur

Hour 8 Hunger Strike for Darfur: Nazar Suleiman, Nuba Mountains

Hour 6 Hunger Strike for Darfur: Makki Makki, Institute for Sustainable Peace

Hour 9 Hunger Strike for Darfur: Manal Mahmoud

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شكرا كستاوي
على نقل هذا الحدث الهام
وشكرا لكل المنظمين و المنسقين و المشاركين بهذه الفعاليه.


و المجد لضحايا الاباده العرقيه بدارفور وجبال النوبه وابيي!

ومعا لايقاف هذه المذابح

وتقديم مرتكبيها للمحكمه الجنائيه.

التحيه لكل من تكبد عناء السفر للمشاركه بهذه الفعاليه

و التحيه لاهل واشنطون وهم يتحملون مشقة التنسيق و التنظيم.

وربنا يخضر ضراعاتكم.

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You welcome Mohamed

You welcome Mohamed

لك التحية يا كوستاوي

You welcome Mr. Obeid

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رمضان كريم كوستاوي

Date: 5/24/11
Sub: Sudanese diaspora letter to the member states of the Troika, UNSC, AU and EU on South Kordofan elections results
As leading members of the advocacy community, human rights groups, and Sudanese in the United States and around the world, we are appalled by the announcement made by the National Election Commission (NEC) that declares Ahmed Haroun, the National Congress Party candidate wanted by the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges and crimes against humanity, to be the elected governor of Southern Kordofan State.
Given Ahmed Haroun’s implication in the crisis in Darfur and the pending ICC arrest warrant, his participation in the South Kordofan elections was an affront to international justice in the first place. The election itself has been marred by the withdrawal of the main opposition candidate amid serious charges by the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North of rigged voting.
There are strong implications that the NEC is closely allied to the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) and that it helped to rig the elections results in favor of the Ahmed Haroun. The Carter Center, a US-based international election monitoring organization, and the United Nations Mission in Sudan have called upon these allegations to be addressed through the court system in Sudan. However, we strongly believe that this system is both inadequate and too overly biased to appropriately address these grave charges. We, therefore, call upon the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) supported by the Troika (United States, United Kingdom, Norway) and African Union (AU) to conduct a thorough investigation before any formal recognition of the results.
In a public rally in the town of Mujlad in South Kordofan, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir threatened that his party was ready to reignite war if the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), which controls South Sudan, thinks of entering war in Southern Kordofan.
Prior to the election, Sudan’s paramilitary Popular Defense Forces (PDF) killed 20 people and destroyed over 350 houses in the village of El-Fied in Southern Kordofan. The destruction was confirmed by the Satellite Sentinel project based on analysis of images taken by Digital Globe.
The heightened tension and delay of the election results all point to the plans orchestrated by the NCP to rig the elections.
We fear that the tactics employed by the NCP to declare Ahmed Haroun the winner of the gubernatorial elections is an effort by the Sudanese government to protect the indicted war criminal from persecution at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
We are greatly concerned that this unprecedented development will lead to disruption of the popular consultation process in Southern Kordofan, a key part of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), and affect the situation in Abyei, drawing the region back into conflict that could engulf the whole of Sudan. Under the CPA, the Southern Kordofan state is supposed to hold popular consultations after the elections in order to decide whether the agreement has met the aspirations of its citizens and resolve any outstanding issues related to the agreement’s implementation. Citing falsified and rigged elections, the SPLM has decided that it will not respect the outcome of this election; therefore an immediate action is needed to avert further deterioration of the situation.
Accordingly, we urge you to take the following steps to ensure that the tension over the election is resolved and the people of Nuba Mountains and Southern Kordofan have the right to exercise their free will to determine their future on their own:
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We call on the United Nations supported by the Troika and AU to send in a high-level delegation to conduct investigation into the process.
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The UNSC should increase the number of UNMIS forces to conduct patrols and secure the region and ensure international monitoring beyond Southern independence in July.
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Encourage the United States, the international community, including the Troika countries, the African Union, the European Union, and the United Nations Security Council to join in a concerted effort to bring Ahmed Haroun to trial.
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The United States government and other CPA guarantors should immediately intervene to stop the indicted war criminal from imposing his rule over the people of the Southern Kordofan.
We appreciate your effort in support of the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Your support for peace and stability in Southern Kordofan is of crucial importance to honor CPA implementation and to prevent further violence.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned Sudanese Diaspora Leaders:
Ismail Khalil, President, Nuba Mountains Community Organization of USA, VA
Mahdi Ahmed, Darfur Association of Arizona, Chandler, AZ 85225
Elizabeth Anguna Mahmoud Kodi, Vice President of Nuba Mountains Women Association
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Makki Ibrahim,Institute for Sustainable peace, Hudson, TX
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Medani Nasir President of Nuba Mountains in Richmond
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Jimmy Mulla, President Voices for Sudan, Washington DC
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Fakiri, Taha, Nubia Project
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Nuralddin A. Manan, President, Nubia Project, MD
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Amal, A. Allagabo,General Secretary, Darfur women Action Group, DC
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Hashim Hassan, Human Rights activist & Nuba Mountains Community leaders in, VA
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Dr, Adam Yahya, Fur Solidarity of USA, SD
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Elfadel Arbab, General Secretary, Fur Cultural Revival, Portland Maine
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Dr. Mohamed Ahmed, RFK laureate and Harvard Humanitarian Initiative Fellow Boston, MA
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Abdelmageed Salih, President, Human Rights Advocacy Network for Democracy, HAND, NY
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Adam Omer, President, Darfur Association of Lincoln, Nebraska
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Bakheit Shata, Darfur Community Organization, Omaha, NE
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Gafar Kangam, Human rights Activist, Alexandria, VA
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Kamal, Elddin Mustafa, Darfur Association of Indiana, Indianapolis
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Dr. Mahmoud Braima, President, Darfur Association of the USA, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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William Deng, South Sudan Project, Richmond, VA
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Amin Zakaria founder of Nuba Mountians Association in the U.S
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Salah Elmohsa (, Acticviist, Richmond, VA
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Sabir Kuku Nuba Mountain , Activist, Richmond , VA
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Atif Sambo , Nuba Montain Community, Richmond, VA

DARFUR SURVIVOR EL FADEL ARBAB IS AN EDUCATOR IN W. HARTFORD CT.
By Ruth King on February 15th, 2011

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Darfur survivor/educator in W. Hart.
Posted by CindyMindell
In September 2004, then-Pres. George W. Bush declared the government-sponsored killings and humanitarian crisis in southern Sudan a “genocide,” the first time a sitting American president had made such a statement regarding an ongoing conflict.
Darfur was in the news again last month, as the people of southern Sudan voted for independence, a decision accepted by Pres. Omar al-Bashir as the Ledger went to press this week.

El-Fadel Arbab

Secession would make Darfur the newest country on the African continent, and restore hope to millions affected by the events of the last two decades. Most remember the period of 2003 to 2005 as the Darfur genocide, but tensions and attacks began nearly 20 years earlier, says El-Fadel Arbab, a Darfuri survivor who will speak at The Emanuel Synagogue in West Hartford on Saturday, Feb. 19.
While Khartoum-sanctioned attacks, killings, and disappearances began in southern Sudan as early as 1985, residents of the region lacked official identification documents that would allow them to leave the country. Those who tried to tell stories of the atrocities were hunted down and often executed in public, to terrorize the local population, Arbab says.
Some Darfuris acquired passports by working in the capital city, and would travel outside Sudan to report on the atrocities. Language was often a barrier, Arbab says, as was fear of retaliation.
In early 2003, two Darfuri rebel movements launched attacks against government military installations as part of a campaign to fight against the historic political and economic marginalization of Darfur. The Sudanese government, then engaged in tense negotiations with the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) to end a three decades-long civil war between North and South Sudan, responded swiftly and viciously to extinguish the insurgency. Through coordinated military raids with government-armed militia – collectively known as the Janjaweed, “devils on horseback” – the Sudanese military specifically targeted ethnic groups from which the rebels received much of their support. More than 400 villages in southern Sudan were completely destroyed and millions of civilians were forced to flee their homes. Between 2003 and 2005, an estimated 300,000 to 400,000 people were killed, with millions displaced to refugee camps and countries throughout the world. Today, countless thousands are still missing and attacks continue.
“The Sudanese government stated that it wants to see the land flat,” Arbab says. “Its goal is to kill all Darfuris by the end of 2011, even the animals.”
Arbab was 12 when his village, home to members of the Fur tribe, was attacked by the Sudanese Military and the Janjaweed militia, who set houses alight. He was the last of his family to escape their home, suffering multiple burns, and was left alone when his parents and siblings scattered as they fled the attack. Over the next four years, he made his way from Sudan to a refugee camp in Egypt before eventually being reunited with his mother and some of his siblings. Twenty-four family members finally settled in Portland, Me., home to the largest organized Darfuri refugee community in the U.S.
“It took me five years to learn enough English to tell my stories,” Arbab says. “There are Darfuri refugees in the U.S. who can speak the language but who are still afraid to share their stories until after Pres. al-Bashir is gone.”
Arbab is the lecturer and educator for Fur Cultural Revival (FCR) in Portland, a part of The Darfur Community Center of Maine. FCR works to bring about a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Darfur, and promotes the health and welfare of the Darfuri refugees in the U.S.
The Emanuel is a member of the Connecticut Coalition to Save Darfur. CCSD works as part of the Save Darfur Coalition to encourage the U.S. government to help protect the 2.7 million people displaced by the genocide. The coalition is also working with the Connecticut Teach Against Genocide (CT-TAG) effort to pass legislation mandating genocide education in the social-studies curricula of Connecticut secondary schools.
In December 2009, Arbab spoke at “Light on Sudan on the Shortest Day,” a CCSD event in Hartford intended to raise awareness about the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
“After the Holocaust happened, world leaders promised ‘Never again,’” Arbab says. “Since the Holocaust occurred, more genocides have taken place. World leaders must work together to stop genocides from occurring. What I have seen is enough; I do not want to see other people suffer the way my tribe, my community, my family and I have suffered.
“If I share my story, I feel much better, I eat and drink,” he says. “But if I don’t, I can’t eat or drink, and I feel terrible. I am committed to speak in all 50 states and tell people what happened to us in Darfur. I tell the kids, ‘You will be our leaders in the future and these genocides are still happening and you have to learn from them and make the future better.’”

El-Fadel Arbab will speak at The Emanuel Synagogue, 160 Mohegan Drive, West Hartford, on Saturday, Feb. 19 during Shabbat services and after kiddush. For more information: (860) 236-1275 | For more information on the Save Darfur Coalition: www.savedarfur.org.