The Darfur Divestment Campaign and the Aegis Trust wholeheartedly condemns the reported hostage-taking of GNPOC oil workers by Sudanese rebels in the Kordofan region of Sudan. Whilst we continue to push oil companies working in Sudan to meet minimum standards of corporate social responsibility, and to help end the suffering of the people in Darfur, we in no way advocate violent solutions to these problems. We urge the rebels to release the Canadian and Iraqi oil workers immediately and to utilise non-violent means to resolve the crisis in Darfur.