Candles For Rwanda

Rwanda marks genocide anniversary
Remembering Rwanda–and the Clinton Failure
How to help Rwanda
Why the US didn’t intervene in the Rwandan genocide
What Is The World Doing About Preventing Genocide, Besides Talking?… well they are lighting candles.

“During World War II, much of the full horror of the Holocaust was known after the fact. But in Rwanda, we knew before, during, and after,” says Ted Dagne, a researcher at the Congressional Research Service in Washington, who has traveled to Rwanda on fact-finding missions. “We knew, but we didn’t want to respond.”

Stars Light ‘Candles For Rwanda’ For Genocide Survivors

Honestly, I can barely stand to look at candle lighters. I know the intention is good but I think we like lighting candles, it makes us think we are doing something. We will forever be remembering victims of genocides and unprovoked pre-preemptive wars. It is that path that needs to be changed. I understand the need for those in Rwanda to light candles and the need for others to show solidarity but it is slightly hypocritical on so many levels. “Ok I’ve lit my candle for this month, now call the limo driver I need to go to the Spa and get a good massage”.

 

Monday Darfur

Senator to make rare Darfur visit

The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Kerry, will lead a delegation to Sudan’s Darfur region, U.S. officials said on Monday, in a possible sign of a growing willingness to engage with Khartoum.

Latest developments in Darfur focus of UN-African Union meeting

Beware of the U.N. Human Rights Council
The Afar and Darfur: A Nomadic Comparison
A month since they kicked us out of Sudan

Speak softly…
Amnesty International/Darfur

 

Holding Pattern

In case you missed it:
The LA Times Interview interview with two senior members of the Sudanese political scene, First Vice-President Salva Kiir and opposition politician Hassan al-Turabi.
Southern Sudan leader speaks of justice
Sudan opposition leader discusses detention

Investing in Peace – Enough Project Blog
TESTIMONY OF JOHN PRENDERGAST BEFORE THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE FOR STATE FOREIGN OPERATIONS

Museveni, Kiir speak out on Bashir warrant

The Link to the Full TNR Roundtable Discusion: What Should Obama Do About Darfur? Featuring Richard Just, Alex de Waal, Eric Reeves, Alan Wolfe, Elizabeth Rubin, Andrew Natsios.

Part 1: An Arrest Warrant. Now What? 
by Richard Just

Part 2: Focus on Elections 
by Alex de Waal

Part 3: Change the Calculations of Sudan’s Rulers
by Eric Reeves

Part 4: The Case for Caution
by Alan Wolfe

Part 5: Obama Should Back the ICC
by Elizabeth Rubin

Part 6: No Option But to Negotiate
by Alex de Waal

Part 7: Diplomacy, Not Regime Change
by Andrew Natsios

Part 8: The ICC’s Botched Decision–And Why Obama Should Support It
by Eric Reeves

Part 9: Is Darfur Really Genocide? That Is The Central Question.
by Alan Wolfe

TNR Slideshow: Crisis in Darfur
by Alexander Wolf

 

From GI Network

While the international community has begun to see the reaction to the ICC’s issuance of an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes, most notably with the expulsion of sixteen aid agencies from Sudanese soil, the longer-term effects of the warrant are yet unclear.

To shed some light on the future possibilities in Sudan, join GI-NET Membership Director Janessa Goldbeck at 4 pm EDT this afternoon, as she moderates a discussion between Alex Meixner, the Senior Director of Policy and Government Relations at the Save Darfur Coalition, and Omer Ismail, Policy Advisor for ENOUGH. The conversation will be webcast live at http://www.enoughproject.org/content/webcast-enough-project.