EMERGENCY PROTEST LONDON: HANDS OFF SUDAN

[Until the ICC starts indicting Zionists, it simply has no credibility.]

Please forward! SUDAN SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE HANDS OFF SUDAN! HANDS OFF AFRICA! In 2003 and 2004, Darfur became the focus of an international crisis when rebel movements began a war in Darfur, in western Sudan. Tens of thousands of people have been killed in the fighting and many more have been displaced. The three Darfur states, the size of France, lie in the largest African state, the Muslim country of Sudan. Darfur itself has a complex tribal, ethnic and linguistic composition, and the complexities of the conflict have been magnified by international and regional interests. The disinformation and confusion about Darfur has been exploited by those such as the American government which has actively sought to destabilise Sudan and its government. Western media coverage of the Darfur crisis has been both simplistic and inaccurate. It is also true that the actions and policies of Western governments and “advocacy” groups such as “Save Darfur” and the Aegis Trust have artificially been prolonging the conflict. In response to pressure from powerful and well-funded anti-Sudanese and anti-Muslim lobby groups within the United States, the Bush administration falsely alleged that genocide had taken place in Darfur, against all the evidence, the opinion of the United Nations and African Union, the testimony of well-respected humanitarian groups such as Medecins sans Frontieres and international statesmen such as former American president, Jimmy Carter. The latest attack on the Sudanese people has been launched by the self-proclaimed International Criminal Court. While claiming to be international, the simple fact is that it not – more than half of the world’s population is outside of its jurisdiction: Russia, China, India and the United States amongst many other countries including Sudan are not members of the ICC. The ICC is not recognised by Sudan, which has not signed the treaty which sought to establish the ICC. The ICC has predictably turned out to be a political rather than legal entity serving Western interests in focusing only on the African continent. The ICC has indicted and issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on the basis of questionable allegations before an illegitimate court. For all its claims to be the international court, the ICC is more accurately described as a European court – driven by Africa’s old colonial masters, Britain, France and Germany. For many Africans, the ICC is a new face for a neo-colonialism. EMERGENCY PROTEST!!! AGAINST ICC’S SELECTIVE JUSTCIE HANDS OFF SUDAN! Saturday 7th March, 2009 1pm (assemble) United Nations, Millbank, London SW1P 3JZ Nearest tube: Westminster Join in solidarity with Africa

Sudan and Darfur Blog Entry List

• Analyzing Darfur's Conflict of Definitions
• The Rush to Nazify Sudan by U.S. Academics
• ICC Prosecutor Ocampo Incites Genocide?
• Bostonians Learn About Darfur
• Sun. Aug. 10 Darfur Meeting Report
• Israel-Incited "Genocide" in Darfur?
• Followup: Israel-Incited "Genocide" in Darfur?
• If you liked Iraq, you will love Sudan
• 5th Question: Darfur
• Eric Cohen vs. Eric Cohen
• Profiteering from humanitarianism
• Poisoning Human Rights Discourse
• Killing Muslims Under Humanitarian Cover
• Harvard Supports Incinerating Arab Countries
• Singing HaTikvah while inciting a disastrous US invasion
• The Neocon Program to Incinerate Arab and Muslim Countries
• USHMM: National Thought Control
• Rethinking Early Islamic History

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