Human Rights activist Peter Tatchell,s a memebr of the Darfur Solidarity Campaign, issued this statement via Outrage! on the situation in Darfur,Sudan. Feb 4th.
From: 'OutRage!News Service'
Subject: Darfur - UN is all words, no action
Date: Feb 04 2005, 09:45 AM
Darfur - UN is all words, no action
Call for peace-keepers, sanctions & no-fly zone
Arab Islamists guilty of ethnic cleansing black Africans
London, UK – 4 February 2005
Photos of London protests against the massacres in Darfur from Andrew
Wiard, Report Photos - 07973 219 201
“The new UN report on Darfur is all words and no action. It is a cruel
betrayal of black Africans who are being slaughtered by Arab
Islamists. These killings are racially motivated and the UN’s failure
to condemn them as genocide is craven appeasement of the Sudanese
government and the Janjaweed militia,” said human rights campaigner,
Peter Tatchell, a member of the ad hoc Darfur Solidarity Campaign.
“The UN’s condemnation of the mass killing, torture and rape in Darfur
doesn’t go far enough. Saying the human rights abuses merit
prosecution by the International Criminal Court at some point in the
future does nothing to halt the current massacres. The UN must
initiate an immediate four-point action plan to stop the slaughter and
starvation:
• “Enforce a no-fly zone over Darfur to halt the Sudanese bombing of
African villages
• “Send into Darfur a 15,000-strong peace-keeping force to protect the
civilian population and aid workers, and to keep the warring factions
apart
• “Provide food, clothing and shelter to the victims of the conflict
• “Impose sanctions against the Sudanese government leaders and the
leaders of the Janjaweed militia, including an arms embargo and an
assets freeze
“Islamist Arab racists are responsible for the genocide in Darfur.
They are slaughtering black Africans in a deliberate policy of ethnic
cleansing.
“The best hope for Darfur is ending the Islamist military regime in
Khartoum. Without a government committed to democracy and human
rights, there can be no freedom and social justice for the people of
Sudan and Darfur. All Sudanese - Arabs and Africans, northerners and
southerners - have a common interest in overthrowing the Islamist
military dictatorship.
“It is time the international community stopped wringing its hands and
started taking action to halt the mass killing and starvation in
Darfur.
“Darfur is a needless, preventable humanitarian tragedy, caused by the
complacency and inaction of the United Nations, the African Union and
European Union.”
“It is estimated that 50,000 African Sudanese have been murdered since
2003 by the Sudan armed forces and the Arab Janjaweed militia. A
further 1.5 million have fled their homes, fearful of being
massacred,” said Mr Tatchell.
Further information: Peter Tatchell, Darfur Solidarity Campaign, 020
7403 1790
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Subject: Darfur - UN is all words, no action
Date: Feb 04 2005, 09:45 AM
Darfur - UN is all words, no action
Call for peace-keepers, sanctions & no-fly zone
Arab Islamists guilty of ethnic cleansing black Africans
London, UK – 4 February 2005
Photos of London protests against the massacres in Darfur from Andrew
Wiard, Report Photos - 07973 219 201
“The new UN report on Darfur is all words and no action. It is a cruel
betrayal of black Africans who are being slaughtered by Arab
Islamists. These killings are racially motivated and the UN’s failure
to condemn them as genocide is craven appeasement of the Sudanese
government and the Janjaweed militia,” said human rights campaigner,
Peter Tatchell, a member of the ad hoc Darfur Solidarity Campaign.
“The UN’s condemnation of the mass killing, torture and rape in Darfur
doesn’t go far enough. Saying the human rights abuses merit
prosecution by the International Criminal Court at some point in the
future does nothing to halt the current massacres. The UN must
initiate an immediate four-point action plan to stop the slaughter and
starvation:
• “Enforce a no-fly zone over Darfur to halt the Sudanese bombing of
African villages
• “Send into Darfur a 15,000-strong peace-keeping force to protect the
civilian population and aid workers, and to keep the warring factions
apart
• “Provide food, clothing and shelter to the victims of the conflict
• “Impose sanctions against the Sudanese government leaders and the
leaders of the Janjaweed militia, including an arms embargo and an
assets freeze
“Islamist Arab racists are responsible for the genocide in Darfur.
They are slaughtering black Africans in a deliberate policy of ethnic
cleansing.
“The best hope for Darfur is ending the Islamist military regime in
Khartoum. Without a government committed to democracy and human
rights, there can be no freedom and social justice for the people of
Sudan and Darfur. All Sudanese - Arabs and Africans, northerners and
southerners - have a common interest in overthrowing the Islamist
military dictatorship.
“It is time the international community stopped wringing its hands and
started taking action to halt the mass killing and starvation in
Darfur.
“Darfur is a needless, preventable humanitarian tragedy, caused by the
complacency and inaction of the United Nations, the African Union and
European Union.”
“It is estimated that 50,000 African Sudanese have been murdered since
2003 by the Sudan armed forces and the Arab Janjaweed militia. A
further 1.5 million have fled their homes, fearful of being
massacred,” said Mr Tatchell.
Further information: Peter Tatchell, Darfur Solidarity Campaign, 020
7403 1790
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