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What do Don Cheadle, a wide-eyed activist, a high-powered Argentinean lawyer, a sheikh, a rebel fighter, and a UN worker have in common? A passion for effecting change in war-torn Darfur. Ted Braun, writer and director of “Darfur Now,” spotlights these six individuals in his latest surprisingly encouraging documentary. “Darfur Now” makes its timely arrival on the heels of the U.S. declaration of genocide this September. Against convention, the Sudanese government granted Braun permission to shoot inside the region, and the well crafted film, thoroughly researched...
...Deval L. Patrick ’78 signed into law a bill divesting state pension funds from certain companies that do business with the Sudanese government, which has been accused of backing the ongoing genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan...
Patrick, who had worked in the Darfur region following his graduation from Harvard in 1978, expressed the state’s desire to take a stand against the grave injustices being committed in Sudan...
...legislation requires the state’s Pension Reserves and Investment Management Board (PRIM) to hire a third party that will investigate company business activities pertaining to the genocide in Darfur...
...news was received warmly by the Harvard Darfur Action Group (HDAG...