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...this hypocrisy casts the Arab world in a very negative light. But, while the Arab reaction was perhaps expected, the nonchalance with which the great Western powers have dealt with the matter is at least as disturbing, given their official opposition to Bashir??s acts. Rather than boycotting the Arab summit, Secretary General Ban Ki Moon appeared and delivered only a brief denouncement of Bashir regarding his expulsion of 13 aid groups from the country. Indeed, the Western response has on the whole been lacking. Reaction from world leaders was limited to calls for the Sudanese government...
...paper may have recently jeopardized the lives of 2.75 million refugees. Earlier this month, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, citing crimes against humanity and war crimes. As pundits and scholars alike have warned, al-Bashir??s retaliation was brutal. He immediately shut down 13 relief agencies, giving no explanation other than allegations that the ICC and these NGOs were conspiring against...
...Bhatnagar said that “Tatneft is providing financial security for [Sudanese dictator Omar] al-Bashir??s regime and funding the genocide in exactly the same way PetroChina...
Harvard’s divestment from PetroChina marks a victory for activists aiming to end the genocide in Darfur. It is hoped that Harvard’s decision will lead other investors to reconsider their holdings in companies doing business with El Bashir??s genocidal regime. But divestment, with its effect of taking money from the war-waging regime, is but one angle of the campaign. On Friday, the UN special representative on Sudan and the African Union (AU) released a joint statement condemning the recent attack on a small village in southern Darfur where 305 militiamen descended...
...PetroChina is fueling these murders and there is no reason for Harvard to be providing financial or moral cover for Chinese government companies aiding [Sudanese leader] General Bashir??s ethnic cleansing campaign,” Sage wrote...