Posts Tagged ‘Sudan’

9th June
2009
written by Tobias Blanken

Nicholas D. Kristof rezensiert drei neue Bücher über den Krieg in Darfur:

The slaughter in Darfur has now lasted more than six years, longer than World War II, yet the “Save Darfur” movement has stalled—even as the plight of many Darfuris may be worsening. Many advocates for Darfur, myself included, had urged the International Criminal Court to prosecute the Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir. We got what we hoped for—on March 4, the court issued an arrest warrant for Bashir on counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. But the immediate result was that Bashir expelled thirteen foreign aid organizations and closed three domestic ones. Millions of Darfuris have been left largely without assistance, and some are already dying.

The New York Review of Books: What to Do About Darfur

7th April
2009
written by Tobias Blanken

Change: Obama und John Kerry bemühen sich um ein neues Verhältnis mit den sudanesischen Schlächtern:

The new U.S. special envoy to Sudan, Scott Gration, who is currently touring the country, made an unusually positive statement on his arrival in Khartoum last week, telling reporters he was looking for friendship and cooperation from the Sudanese government.

The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Kerry, will lead a delegation to Sudan’s Darfur region, U.S. officials said on Monday, in a possible sign of a growing willingness to engage with Khartoum.

“This is significant,” a U.S. diplomatic source told Reuters. “It is the first Congressional delegation to Sudan we have had since 2007. Like the U.S. envoy’s current visit, it is a new tack.”

Mehr bei Reuters: Senator to make rare Darfur visit (via).

19th July
2008
written by Tobias Blanken

Matthias Naß in der ZEIT über den Haftbefehl vom Chefankläger des ICC gegen Sudans Präsidenten Omar al-Bashir:

Niemand, auch nicht der UN-Generalsekretär sollte Druck auf sie ausüben, weil die Anklage wohlmöglich den Friedensprozess in Darfur – von dem ohnehin weit und breit nichts zu erkennen ist – gefährden könnte.

Frieden gegen Gerechtigkeit aufzuwiegen, das hieße in die Falle der Souveränitäts-Apologeten zu laufen. Die finden noch immer eine Parole aus der antikolonialistischen, antiimperialistischen oder einfach antiwestlichen Mottenkiste, um ihrem mörderischen Treiben den Mantel revolutionärer Tugend umzuhängen.

Müsste sich al-Bashir in Den Haag verantworten – zwischen Rangun, Pjöngjang und Harare würden die Mächtigen unruhiger schlafen. Gut so. Möge ihnen Luis Moreno-Ocampo in ihren Albträumen erscheinen. Und möge er ihnen eines Tages den Haftbefehl verlesen.

Völkerrecht: Diktators Alptraum.

31st May
2008
written by Tobias Blanken

Auf der SAVE DARFUR Webseite findet sich eine deutliche Erklärung von allen drei verbliebenen Präsidentschaftskandidaten:

As we campaign for President of the United States over the next several months, we expect there to be significant focus on the many differences between us. After all, elections are about choices in a free society. We have had a spirited contest so far and fully expect a robust debate about issues foreign and domestic right up to Election Day.

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Today, we wish to make clear to the Sudanese government that on this moral issue of tremendous importance, there is no divide between us. We stand united and demand that the genocide and violence in Darfur be brought to an end and that the CPA be fully implemented. Even as we campaign for the presidency, we will use our standing as Senators to press for the steps needed to ensure that the United States honors, in practice and in deed, its commitment to the cause of peace and protection of Darfur’s innocent citizenry. We will continue to keep a close watch on events in Sudan and speak out for its marginalized peoples. It would be a huge mistake for the Khartoum regime to think that it will benefit by running out the clock on the Bush Administration. If peace and security for the people of Sudan are not in place when one of us is inaugurated as President on January 20, 2009, we pledge that the next Administration will pursue these goals with unstinting resolve.

Die ganze Erklärung findet man hier: WE STAND UNITED ON SUDAN.

22nd March
2008
written by Tobias Blanken

Aus aktuellem Anlass ein Hinweis auf einen neuen Artikel von Eric Reeves im Boston Globe: China’s genocide Games.

20th February
2008
written by Tobias Blanken

Auf “Naher und Mittlerer Osten – الشرق” wird auf die zunehmende Verschärfung des systematischen Mordens in Darfur hingewiesen:

Mit einer breit angelegten Offensive gehen die sudanesischer Armee und die mit ihr verbündeten Janjaweed-Milizen dabei gegen mutmaßliche Aufständische vor. Die Luftwaffe bombardierte dabei in der vergangenen Woche Flüchtlingslager in der Bergregion Jabal Moun.

Eric Reeves berichtet derweil davon, dass unter den Opfern der neuen Offensive auffallend viele Jungen im Alter von 12 – 18 Jahren sind:

“‘There are an unknown number of children aged 12-18 who are missing, especially boys. Nobody knows what has happened to these children,’ Naqibullah Safi, head of UNICEF for West Darfur said.” (UN IRIN [dateline: Nairobi], February 14, 2008)

Given Khartoum’s and the Janjaweed’s well-established pattern of executing younger males on an ethnic basis—the people in this area north of el-Geneina are primarily from the non-Arab (or African) Massaleit and Erenga tribal groups—there is compelling reason to believe that many of these children have been murdered.

Naher und Mittlerer Osten – الشرق berichtet zudem, dass der UNO-Generalsekretär Ban Ki-moon die Bombardierung der Flüchtlingslager als “inakzeptabel” verurteilt. Letzte Woche hat mir mein Gemüsehändler von Gegenüber einen Euro Wechselgeld zuwenig herausgegeben (vermutlich unwissentlich). Das fand ich inakzeptabel.