Return Humanity To Darfur

I appeal to netizens around the globe to take action in support of returning humanity to Darfur.

Make today the day that you stand in support of stopping the genocide in Darfur. Make your voice heard, enlist those in your social network to help and ask them to do the same.

Begin by signing this petition. {Check out the petition sponsor}

The genocide occurring in the Darfur region of western Sudan began in 2004. Government troops and militia groups known as janjaweed sought to crush rebels who complained that the black residents of the region had been neglected by the Muslim central government.

The janjaweed is responsible for widespread killing of civilians; that with the support of the central government. {Life is Darfur is no game. Could you survive?}

A May, 2007 New York Times article estimated that 200,000 had died and more than 2.5 million more were believed to have fled their homes in the face of atrocities and the destruction of villages.

Every day we allow this to continue, each and every one of us becomes less human.

Interventions intended to stop the genocide in Sudan have been weak and ineffective with little or no follow-through. It is up to us to demand that our individual governments act and that we push the United Nations to take action.

No governmental body in the world has shown it will do what is necessary to stop the genocide. If pressure is not applied, if it is not made clear to government officials that we are unwilling to accept their inaction nothing is going to change.

Regardless of whether you have expressed support for this cause in the past or not, let us stand together beginning today to become a force that governments can not ignore.

If you are signing on to support this cause feel free to write a comment on this post and include the URL where people can most easily connect with you.

Learn more about Darfur...

• Save Darfur
• Committee on Conscience
• War in Darfur in Wikipedia
• 24 Hours For Darfur
• Eyes On Darfur
• OurPledge.org
• Stop Genocide Now

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