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		<title>10 Things you can do to help Darfur</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Get organized. Join your local group or, if none exists, set up your own Darfur advocacy campaign. The Globe for Darfur website lists existing campaigns or would be happy for you to add your new organization to the list. &#8230; <a href="http://www.darfurdivestment.org/10-things-you-can-do-to-help-darfur/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1. Get organized. Join your local group or, if none exists, set up your own Darfur advocacy campaign. The Globe for Darfur website lists existing campaigns or would be happy for you to add your new organization to the list. We may be able to help, please email us: info@darfurdivestment.orgThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it</p>
<p>2. Lobby your government. Ask your government to:<br />
- press the Sudanese government to allow the full force of 22,000 UN<br />
peacekeepers into Darfur;<br />
- push for international sanctions and divestment until Khartoum ends its<br />
role in the killings;<br />
- push for the prosecution of all those responsible for war crimes in Darfur;<br />
- play an active role in reviving peace talks to bring an end to the conflict.</p>
<p>3. Divest, and help organise or join a divestment campaign. Email us or go to your relevant country page: info@darfurdivestment.org. Make sure you get a chance to play on a <a href="http://www.livecasinodownloads.com">live casino online</a> whenever you want to. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . If you want to make sure your own pensions and savings aren&#8217;t bankrolling the killers in Darfur then contact the Sudan Divestment Taskforce for a list of companies which warrant scrutiny.</p>
<p>4. Donate to an organization campaigning against the killings in Darfur or an NGO providing humanitarian aid to people in Darfur. You can donate to help us build an international divestment movement by using the donation facility on this website.</p>
<p>5. Protest. There are regular rallies, protests, vigils and events all over the globe. Please visit the Globe for Darfur website for more details.</p>
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<p>7. Sign petitions to let the world know of your concern.</p>
<p>8. Write to the newspapers. Keep Darfur in the public eye. Write a letter or article in your national, local or student newspaper.</p>
<p>9. Contact the editors of your mainstream national media asking them to provide more coverage of Darfur.</p>
<p>10. Come up with your own ideas, campaigns, and events &#8211; we&#8217;d be really interested to hear from you and may be able to help. Please contact us: info@darfurdivestment.orgThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it</p>
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		<title>Darfur divestment bill passes house</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Statement: ‘Scrawling ‘not on my watch’ along the margins of this bill isn’t required, the president just needs to sign his name’ Following unanimous action last week in the U.S. Senate, the House of Representatives today overwhelmingly passed the Sudan &#8230; <a href="http://www.darfurdivestment.org/darfur-divestment-bill-passes-house/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Statement: ‘Scrawling ‘not on my watch’ along the margins of this bill isn’t required, the president just needs to sign his name’</p>
<p>Following unanimous action last week in the U.S. Senate, the House of<br />
Representatives today overwhelmingly passed the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act, clearing the bill for White House action. The bill would authorize state and local governments to divest from companies that support the Khartoum government at the expense of marginalized populations in Sudan and prohibit federal contracts with those companies.<br />
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<p>US envoy threatens Sudan with UN sanctions over Darfur force<br />
USA News</p>
<p>The US envoy to the UN on Thursday threatened Sudan with additional sanctions if it continued to drag its feet on allowing the deployment of 26,000 UN-African Union peacekeepers in Darfur. If more people jump into <a href="http://www.livecasinofriend.com">live casino gambling</a> then they would be less stressed. Gambling at a casino can be very relaxing sometimes.<br />
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<p>Darfur Activists Applaud Senate Passage of Divestment Legislation<br />
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<p>In a bipartisan show of force, the Senate unanimously passed the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act which would authorize state and local governments to divest from companies that support the Khartoum government at the expense of marginalized populations in Sudan and prohibit federal contracts with those companies. Darfur activists have been aggressively pushing this legislation, and the groups – including the Save Darfur Coalition, Genocide Intervention Network, National Association of Evangelicals, American Jewish World Service and NAACP – together hailed this critical step and urged the Bush administration to end its efforts to obstruct this important legislation. &#8220;We commend the Senate for pushing the United States towards fulfilling its responsibility to protect civilians in Darfur,” the groups said in a joint statement. “We specifically highlight the tireless efforts of Senators Dodd, Shelby, Reid and Durbin, who all worked to ensure the measure passed in a unanimous, bipartisan fashion. That is why <a href="http://www.onlinerealcasinos.com">real online casinos</a> are so popular and will continue to be for many more years. It is incomprehensible that at a time when significant pressure is needed to change Khartoum’s behaviour, the Bush administration would delay and even oppose efforts to hit the perpetrators where it hurts the most – their wallets. Further efforts by the administration to derail this legislation must end now. The collective efforts of our organizations will not end until President Bush signs this measure into law.”<br />
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<p>Peaceful Darfur protest banned in Rome<br />
Italian News</p>
<p>The Association of Darfur Refugees in Italy, the human rights group Italians for Darfur, and the Union of Young Italian Jews have been refused authorisation for a sit-in in front of the Italian Parliament. The peaceful demonstration was to ask the Italian government (currently holding the presidency of the United Nations Security Council) for a real commitment to unblock the impasse that prevents the deployment of a UN peace force of 26,000 troops in Darfur due to be operative by the end of the month. If more people played <a href="http://www.pc-casino-games.com">pc casino games</a> they wouldn&#8217;t need to drive around so much and casino games could have the relaxing effect it should.<br />
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<p>Calls for the state of Alaska to reject bid from China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec)<br />
USA News</p>
<p>The Genocide Intervention Network today called for the state of Alaska to immediately reject a bid from China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec) to construct the North Slope pipeline. Sinopec is the largest oil field services provider in Sudan, where the government has been accused by President Bush and Congress of committing genocide.<br />
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<p>KLP, Norwegian life &amp; pensions company boycotts Alstom following allegations of human rights abuses<br />
UK News</p>
<p>3rd Dec 07 &#8211; Alstom, the French energy and rail infrastructure group, is the latest company to be hit by an institutional investor boycott over business links in Sudan. KLP, Norwegian life and pensions company, is excluding Alstom from its index portfolio for alleged violations of human rights at a Sudanese hydro-power dam project.<br />
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		<title>Darfur Divestment: What you can do</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[1.  Volunteer to join or run a divestment campaign We are always interested to hear from people looking to join an existing campaign or start a new one.  We can offer advice and practical support. If you are based in &#8230; <a href="http://www.darfurdivestment.org/darfur-divestment-what-you-can-do/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><strong>1.  Volunteer to join or run a divestment campaign</strong></em></p>
<p>We are always interested to hear from people looking to join an  existing campaign or start a new one.  We can offer advice and practical  support. If you are based in the UK, then please contact our UK  Divestment Co-ordinator, Victoria Pearse for more information by  emailing victoria.pearse@aegistrust.orgThis e-mail address is being  protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . For  all other countries, please email Shoshana Bloom, our International  Divestment Campaign Leader, shoshana.bloom@aegistrust.orgThis e-mail  address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled  to view it .</p>
<p><em><strong>2.  Lobby the government for targeted sanctions</strong></em></p>
<p>Targeted sanctions include travel bans for war criminals, and asset  freezes for individuals and companies responsible for bankrolling the killings. Another far more enjoyable thing to do is to <a href="http://www.playcasinogamesfree.net">play casino games free</a> on the net more often. </p>
<p>You could request a meeting with your elected representative to  express your concern about the crisis in Darfur, ask what the government  are doing about it, and request that they pass on your concerns to the  relevant departments with a proposal that they introduce targeted  sanctions against Sudan (as outlined in the points below).</p>
<p>Or you could write to the international relations or foreign affairs  representatives in your country. A personal letter, rather than a  standard form letter, is the best way of achieving this, but try to  include the following points:</p>
<p>* Express concern that at least 200,000 people have been killed in  Darfur and that 2.5 million are now displaced and relying on  international aid to survive.<br />
* Mention that the Sudanese government, as documented in many NGO  reports based on evidence from survivors, is behind large scale human  rights violations against its own people in Darfur, including mass  murder, rape and the destruction of villages.<br />
* Point out that the UN’s International Commission of Inquiry evidence  of large scale crimes against humanity and war crimes and passed  evidence about 51 people, many of them in the Sudanese government, to  the International Criminal Court.  Arrest warrants have already been  issued for the Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, Ahmed Haroun.<br />
* Propose that your government support an Oil Trust Fund for Sudan.<br />
* Request a response to your letter and thank the person for their time. Let us know if they reply.</p>
<p><em><strong>3.  Join or set up a Darfur advocacy group.</strong></em></p>
<p>For a list of existing Darfur advocacy groups please visit www.globefordarfur.org</p>
<p>If you would like to set up your own group please email Shoshana  Bloom, shoshana.bloom@aegistrust.orgThis e-mail address is being  protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it who  will be able to provide practical assistance. However if you <a href="http://www.playonlinecasinoplay.com">play online casino games</a> and not get lucky, just give it a break for a couple of days and play again at a later stage. </p>
<p><em><strong>4.  Write to the Chinese Embassy</strong></em></p>
<p>China is one of Sudan’s staunchest allies. Through state owned oil  companies, China provides much of Khartoum’s revenues. China have issued  numerous loans to the Sudanese government and, as one of the five  countries with veto power, they are blocking action on Darfur at the UN  Security Council.</p>
<p>We are asking people to write to the Chinese Ambassador to their  country, through the Embassy, to encourage China to engage Sudan on the  issue of Darfur. The embassy address should be easily found through a  simple internet search.</p>
<p>Stock letters are very easy for an embassy or government to ignore,  whereas more personal letters often get a response. With that in mind,  rather than including a stock letter here, we are asking that people  write a letter that includes the following points:</p>
<p>* Expresses concern that at least 200,000 people have been killed in  the Darfur region and that 2.5 million are now displaced and relying on  international aid to survive.<br />
* Mentions that the Sudanese government, as documented in hundreds of  NGO reports based on evidence from survivors, has been the orchestrator  of horrific human rights violations against its own people in Darfur,  including mass murder, rape and the destruction of villages. No one can however claim to be the <a href="http://www.the-best-internet-casinos.com">best internet casinos</a> out there as there are way to many bits of criteria to look at.<br />
* That 51 people, many of them from within the Sudanese government, are  being investigated by the International Criminal Court for crimes  against humanity and that the Sudanese Minister for Human Rights, Ahmed  Haroun, has already been indicted.<br />
* That, as an ally of Sudan’s, and with the unique economic and  political relationship they share, China could be vital to ending the  conflict in Darfur.<br />
* Ask the Ambassador to pass on your concerns to the Chinese government,  with the request that they engage the Sudanese government to a) push  for the deployment of 21,600 UN peacekeeping personnel to Darfur as  mandated under UN Resolution 1706, and b) request that they stop  blocking meaningful action on Darfur at the UN Security Council.<br />
* Thank the Ambassador for his time say that you look forward to receiving a response.</p>
<p>Should you receive a response, please pass it on to us.</p>
<p>Finally, thank you very much. With your help, we will hopefully be one step closer to ending the crisis in Darfur.</p>
<p><em><strong>5.  Why donate?</strong></em></p>
<p>The people of Darfur are still dying and subject to human rights  abuses every single day. While the humanitarian effort helps to keep  those people alive, it does not deal with the root cause of the problem.  That’s what we aim to address.</p>
<p>Five years of political pressure alone has done little to curb the  activities of the Sudanese government. We hope that the introduction of  economic pressure on Khartoum will achieve an end to the murders and  displacement, and eventually give Darfuris a chance to rebuild their  lives.</p>
<p>But we can’t achieve that without your help. Please give what you can  so that we can help to build divestment campaigns around the world.  We  promise not to waste a penny of your money.</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
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		<title>Darfur divestment help</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Darfur Divestment team can help you set up your campaign by: * helping you build a website, email newsletter and online donation facility for your campaign * helping you produce divestment-related leaflets and posters * providing you with speakers, &#8230; <a href="http://www.darfurdivestment.org/darfur-divestment-help/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Darfur Divestment team can help you set up your campaign by:</p>
<p>* helping you build a website, email newsletter and online donation facility for your campaign<br />
* helping you produce divestment-related leaflets and posters<br />
* providing you with speakers, including Darfur survivors, and films, for your events (in the UK)<br />
* helping you organize your events<br />
* putting you in contact with other anti-genocide activists in your area<br />
* providing you with advice on how to approach universities, pension trustees, and other persons who set investment policy<br />
* provide you with advice on how to reach your local newspapers, TV and radio</p>
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		<title>What is targeted divestment?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The aim of targeted divestment is to apply economic pressure to the Sudanese government to end the genocide in Darfur. In Sudan a racist government has killed between 200,000 and 400,000 of its own citizens. Its Janjaweed allies have ethnically &#8230; <a href="http://www.darfurdivestment.org/what-is-targeted-divestment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The aim of targeted divestment is to apply economic pressure to the Sudanese government to end the genocide in Darfur.<br />
In Sudan a racist government has killed between 200,000 and 400,000 of its own citizens. Its Janjaweed allies have ethnically cleansed Darfur, deliberately targeting non-Arab tribes.</p>
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<p>Targeted divestment seeks to withdraw foreign involvement in those sectors that provide revenues directly to the Sudanese government and elite but do not benefit the wider population. It is careful to exclude sections of the economy that benefit the people of Sudan, such as agriculture, which employs roughly 80% of the workforce. These people rarely get to enjoy <a href="http://onlinecasinodepositbonuses.info">online casino deposit bonuses</a> and almost never get to play <a href="http://thunderstruck2slotgame.com">Thunderstruck 2</a> at all.<br />
The targeted divestment model is therefore careful to only target companies that fulfil the following criteria:</p>
<p>* Contribute to government revenue or government sponsored project<br />
* Impart minimal benefit to the country&#8217;s people; and<br />
* Have demonstrated no substantial corporate governance policy regarding the Darfur situation.</p>
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