MiaFarrow.org

 Humanitarian and Advocacy Information

mia farrow

mia farrow's images on flickr

|    DARFUR ARCHIVES
|    PHOTOS     
|    LINKS     
|    EDITORIALS     
|    WHAT YOU CAN DO     
|    DIVESTING
|    FEATURES     
|    JOINT STATEMENT         
|    VIDEOS
|    POWERPOINT

Follow Mia's blog
Click here to see my photo journal from Central African Republic and Chad
Read "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" by Ursula K. Le Guin
View a timeline of events in the humanitarian crisis in Darfur
 

Archives

« Newer Posts | Older Posts »

July 10, 2009

Darfur's displaced people plead for help
Hussein Abu Sharati,  a spokesperson for Darfur’s 2.7 million displaced people reports acute water shortages in the camps.  There are also widespread reports that people are being terrorized by  “  indiscriminate shooting by unknown persons during the night. "  Residents, 80% of which are women and children, say government backed militias carry out attacks against the camps.
 
On March 4, 2009 the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for the arrest of Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Within hours, in retaliation al-Bashir expelled 13 key international aid agencies.  The Sudanese regime and UN jointly committed themselves to a series of emergency measures to fill the aid gaps, but unsurprisingly, the regime has not fulfilled its pledges and crucial assistance is not reaching the refugees.
 
 
«Newer Posts | Older Posts »