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wouldn't know it from the news, but
Sudan is sliding into the jaws of
genocide.
Over 27 towns have
been massacred in recent weeks.
Thousands were slaughtered as death went
door to door: families murdered, bodies
rotting outside, and mass graves appearing on
satellite imagery. Now there's evidence of child
soldiers being used, and killed.
It's
already being called a genocide. But as
journalists are hunted down or blocked from the
country, mass atrocities are hidden from
the news, and the world does almost
nothing.
Over 300,000 people
died in the Darfur genocide 20 years ago. We
cannot let it happen again. Here's what we can
do.
Avaaz
has identified a "sleeping network" of Sudanese
journalists, ready to report from the
frontlines. They can drag hidden horrors into
the light -- but first they need funding to
operate in a literal war zone. We can provide
it, along with photographers, fact-checkers, and
targeted political pressure to shatter the
silence. You'd also be supporting Avaaz
campaigns on human rights.
This
isn't about "making a donation" -- it's about
funding action to prevent
genocide. Together we can amplify
Sudan's silent scream, waking world leaders
before it's too late.
Another
community could be under imminent attack. But
now millions of us know. Let's do
something about it! Donate what you can now:
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This
is a chance to have direct impact in
the face of horror. The scale of
Sudan's crisis is staggering -- but by
pooling our donations, we can have an out-sized
impact, pressuring world leaders to
act. This could unlock far more than
we'd achieve on our own: billions in life-saving
aid, urgent peace-keeping missions, and
sanctions on mass-murder weapons. Sudan
is at the heart of many Avaaz campaigns: from
tackling hate speech and disinformation on
social media, to fighting global inequality and
the accelerating climate crisis. So while
funding concrete action to prevent genocide,
your donation will also power Avaaz campaigns on
human rights and democracy. If we raise
enough we could:
- Fund
independent journalists to file photos,
footage, and first-hand reports from Darfur and
across Sudan;
- Support
fact-checking organisations to verify news
reports, tackle disinformation, and
enable international coverage of mass
atrocities;
- Power hard-hitting
advocacy and media campaigns to drive
political action on the looming
genocide and the wider civil war; and
- Launch a specialist
Human Rights Action Team to track emerging
threats, and mobilise millions across the planet
to defend democracy and our fundamental
rights.
I refuse to live in a world
where genocide can just slip by -- where "never
again" becomes "again and again".
Parents are being executed, their
children orphaned in a war zone, as Sudan slides
into darkness. Let's sound the sirens of
genocide NOW: |
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When
acts of bloodcurdling violence are kept in the
dark, warlords win -- their crimes shielded from
international scrutiny and action. But brought
to light, survivors have a shot at justice and
peace. We've proudly supported journalists on
the ground before in war zones from Syria to
Yemen to Ukraine, and we can help break the
blackout again -- this time in Sudan. So we can
truly say, never
again.
With endless hope and fierce
determination, always,
Mike, Camille,
Kaitlin, Abdelrahman, Adela, Bert, and the whole
team at Avaaz
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Note: The
photo we're using shows Adam Abdel, a young boy
from central Darfur. He was badly burned when
the Sudanese government dropped a bomb outside
his home, in Burgu, Sudan, February 12, 2015.
That violence is still ongoing -- and all signs
are now pointing towards genocide. But due to
the extreme danger and restrictions that
journalists are facing, we are relying on older
images to portray the violence unfolding today.
As Darfur edges towards genocide again,
reporters must be able to document mass
atrocities so the bloodshed can be stopped --
and those responsible held to account. Image
credit: Adriane Ohanesian |
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