Little has been done to end the conflict [in Darfur], now in its fifth year. Hundreds of thousands are dead, hundreds of thousands are in refugee camps in Chad, and millions are displaced inside Darfur. Rape, endured by countless thousands of women, continues to be used as a weapon of war. Thousands of villages have been razed, crops and livestock have been stolen or destroyed, and water has been polluted in a scorched-earth policy of ethnic cleansing carried out by Khartoum and its allied janjaweed militia. Splintered and splintering rebel groups are no saints either when it comes to human rights, but the overwhelming responsibility for the war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur rests with the government.

~Excerpt from Jody Williams and Desmond Tutu’s Working together to save Darfur, Christian Science Monitor, 21 June 2007

TAKE ACTION

Join Jody Williams, in calling for an end to atrocities in Darfur by promoting targeted Divestment for Sudan.  Swiss Bank, UBS needs to hear from you.

Physicians for Human Rights, Send a letter to President Bush speaking out against the rape and sexual violence against women and girls in Darfur

Human Rights Watch, Read a list of activities you can do in support of the people of Darfur

Sudan Divestment Task Force, Find out if you are inadvertently funding the atrocities