Darfur Olympics

Day 4 of 8: Darfur and China

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For the past five years, Beijing has been the most important economic and diplomatic supporter of the regime in Sudan, which is slaughtering its own unarmed citizens.

In today's webcast, at left, Mia talks about the Beijing Games against the backdrop of the refugee camp.

Background: In this interview from Spring 2008, Mia outlines how China is complicit in the Darfur genocide.

Coming tomorrow: Mia talks with refugees about the ICC's genocide charges against President Omar al Bashir.

Broadcast-quality footage of many of the videos on this website is available to members of the press.

Act: Urge NBC to Cover Darfur

As the exclusive broadcaster of the Olympics, NBC News must balance its Olympic coverage with information about the Olympic host's role in the world, and its own internal human rights record.

This action from American Jewish World Service urges the president of NBC News to devote time during the Games to news coverage about China's role in the Darfur genocide.

Read the AJWS report on media coverage about Darfur, "China's Role in Darfur: Not Being Covered."

Learn More

Human Rights First's report, Investing in Tragedy (pdf), makes the case that through its money, arms and diplomatic protection, China has helped to sustain the violence in the war torn region of Darfur, Sudan.

Mia Farrow's Blog

(Nov 20, 2008)

ICC calls for arrest warrants for rebel splinter faction responsible for Haskanita murders of peacekeepers. Today the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (I.C.C.), Luis Moreno-Ocampo, applied for an arrest warrant for war crimes against several members of a splinter rebel faction in Darfur related to the September 29, 2007 attack on ... Read More

JEM Rebel Group going to Qatar for peace talk (Nov 17, 2008)

Although the JEM rebel group recently said it would have nothing to do with the Qatar sponsored peace initiative, their London-based spokesperson, Ahmed Hussein Adam, texted Reuters to say JEM would be sending a delegation to Doha for “consultation” with Qatari leadership. "This is just to explain to them our vision on the peaceful solution and to hear more from them on the issue." The Arab ... Read More

(Nov 16, 2008)

Shedding light http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article29268 This is huge. Shihab would not make such a statement without green light from Mubarak. It sheds some light on the closed meeting between Bashir and Mubarak this week. Bear in mind that it was Shihab himself who kept making statement after statement- since July (all documented) that ICC has no ... Read More

(Nov 15, 2008)

Understanding the situation in Congo today The current crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the recruitment of children, the killing of civilians and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people is but the latest in an unbroken chain of human suffering. The UN peacekeeping force in Congo, the largest in the world, has proved incapable of protecting ... Read More

(Nov 15, 2008)

The ICC's possible indictment of Sudan's president continues to provide leverage for a peace process . But many remain skeptical. In July, the chief prosecutor of the ICC sought an arrest warrant for Omar Al-Bashir on 10 counts of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Sudan, not surprisingly, wants the UN Security Council to suspend any proceedings for a year. ( China, ... Read More

Darfur Daily News

INTEVRIEW-Darfur peacekeepers face logistics nightmare (Aug 15, 2008)

KHARTOUM, Aug 15 (Reuters) - It will take weeks to deploy more peacekeepers to Darfur even once reinforcements arrive because of the difficulties of operating in the remote region of western Sudan, the force commander said on Friday. ... Read More

Conditions allow about 500 Sudan immigrants to stay, work in US with temporary legal status (Aug 14, 2008)

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Immigrants from Sudan granted temporary legal status can stay and continue to work in the U.S. if they reregister with the Department of Homeland Security, the federal government said Thursday. ... Read More

Lifting the veil (Aug 14, 2008)

A witness and victim of the conflict in Darfur finds a voice ... Read More

Sudan's Bashir to make first trip abroad since ICC move (Aug 14, 2008)

By Opheera McDoom KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir will travel to Turkey in August, his first trip abroad since the International Criminal Court moved to indict him for genocide in Darfur, a presidential source and state media said. ... Read More

Rebels say Sudanese government has launched new offensive in northern Darfur (Aug 13, 2008)

By Sarah El Deeb, The Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan - Rebel leaders say the Sudanese government has launched a new offensive deep into rebel-held desert areas in northern Darfur. ... Read More