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Darfur Activists calls for
pressure on Sudan
Accra, May 21, GNA – Mr. Osman Hummaida, a Human Rights
Consultant and Activist from Darfur on Monday called on the
International community to put pressure on the Sudanese
government to stop its militias from carrying out violence
against the people of Darfur region of Sudan.
He said, response from the African Union (AU) to the Darfur
crisis was not adequate and as such could not prevent the
Janjaweed militias from committing atrocities against women and
children in the region.
Mr. Hummaida was speaking at a dialogue organized by Citizens
for New Ghana (CNG), a Non-Governmental Organizational on the
situation in Darfur, in Accra.
The discussion, which was on theme: "Ghana's 50th Anniversary: A
time for change," was in solidarity with the people of Darfur,
peace, security and development.
Mr. Hummaida called for a United Nations forces that have the
mandate, resources and logistics capable of handling the
situation on the ground.
He accused China and Russia of supporting the Sudanese
government to continue with the atrocities against the people of
Darfur because of their economic interests.
He also expressed concern about the Sudanese government
mobilising other ethnic groups and militias from other countries
to join the government-backed Janjaweed militias to fight in the
Darfur region.
Mr. Hummaida said the government had also adopted a new strategy
by allocating lands belonging to Darfur refugees as compensation
to the ethnic groups and militias supporting them.
Mr. Akoto Ampaw, a Legal Practitioner and Member of the Co-ordinating
Committee of CNG said the aim of the dialogue was to provide a
platform to enable the people to be better informed about the
situation in Darfur and to assist mobilize efforts for the
campaign to end the mass killings and displacements in the area.
He said the discussions was used to launch a signature campaign
for peace and security in Darfur ostensibly to petition the
Heads of States and governments of the African Union (AU) at its
Summit, in Accra on July 2007 for the AU to take the necessary
steps in collaboration with the United Nations to bring an
immediate end to atrocities in Darfur.
He said the solidarity programme also offers an opportunity for
the CNG to dialogue with colleague activists from Darfur who
were part of the forum of NGO Human Rights organisations and
civil society groups in Ghana attending the 41st Ordinary
Session of the Africa Commission on Human and People's Rights.
" As we mark 50 years of Ghana's independence from colonial
rule, we think that it is also important to undertake programmes
of interventions to promote peace, security, human and peoples
rights and justice in Ghana and elsewhere in Africa and beyond,"
he added.
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