What To Do About Darfur »
Posted By davidfcooper 6 months, 2 weeks ago in NewsThe 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; 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.
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Nicholas Kristof reviews books about Darfur including a rebuttal to a book by a Columbia University professor that is critical of the Save Darfur movement.
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