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Voices on Genocide Prevention Podcast

A bi-weekly audio series and podcast service, hosted by Committee on Conscience Project Director Bridget Conley-Zilkic, that brings you the voices of human rights defenders, experts, advocates, and government officials. Vital voices addressing one of humanity's most vital issues. The opinions expressed in these interviews do not necessarily represent those of the Museum.


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Promoting Human Rights Inside of Darfur
December 28, 2006

Human rights advocate for Sudan Social Development Organization (SUDO), Adeeb Yousif, speaks with Bridget-Conley-Zilkic about his work in Darfur, the changes that have taken place since he began working with SUDO, and what he believes are the next steps toward peace. He specifically focuses on uniting the rebel groups to find a lasting political solution to the conflict.

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Tags: Human Rights, Humanitarian Update, Refugees, Responses, Sudan

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Today in Chad
November 30, 2006

News anchor for NBC's Today Show, Ann Curry, recently returned from her second trip to the Chad-Sudan border. She speaks with Jerry Fowler about her trip to the region, the deteriorating situation and the brave women she met there. Ann also highlights the importance of public response, noting that the more emails and feedback a story receives and the more the public cares about a story such as Darfur, the more likely the outlet is to continue covering the region.

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Tags: Gender-Based Violence, Humanitarian Update, Refugees, Responses, Sudan

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Eastern Chad: A Spillover of Violence from Darfur
November 9, 2006

Human Rights Watch researcher, Leslie Lefkow, discusses the escalating violence in Eastern Chad and its direct connection with the fighting in Darfur. The Sudanese government's support of the Chadian rebels and the Chadian government's support of the Darfur rebels have led to cross border attacks, and once again, it is the civilian population that suffers.

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Tags: Humanitarian Update, Refugees, Sudan

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Chilling Permanency
August 10, 2006

Award winning actress and UNICEF ambassador, Mia Farrow, and her son and UNICEF youth spokesperson, Ronan Farrow, speak about their first hand accounts of the Darfur refugee camps. They describe the ceaseless struggle of the refugees that they met on their trips to Darfur in November 2004 and this past June, and they express fear of refugee settlements becoming permanent.

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Tags: Humanitarian Update, Refugees, Responses, Sudan

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A Report from Eastern Chad
July 13, 2006

John Prendergast, Special Advisor to the President of the International Crisis Group, returns to the program to talk about his recent trip to Eastern Chad and parts of Darfur. He discusses the spillover of violence into Chad, the opposition to the Darfur Peace Agreement and the consequences of this resistance, the attempts to overthrow Chad's President, and the possibility of forced recruitment by the rebels in the refugee camps.

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Tags: Humanitarian Update, Refugees, Responses, Sudan

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Righteous Among the Nations
June 8, 2006

Dr. Charlie Clements, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, talks with Jerry Fowler about Waitstill and Martha Sharp. On June 13th, 2006, the Sharps will have their names engraved in the Garden of the Righteous at Yad Vashem, where only one other American, Varian Fry, has been honored. The couple risked their lives to save refugees fleeing Nazi Germany and helped found what is today called the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, dedicated to protecting human rights and promoting social justice.

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Tags: History and Concept, Holocaust, Refugees

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Darfur Humanitarian Situation Update
May 4, 2006

United Nations Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egeland, recently presented an ominous report to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Darfur. He discusses this report with Jerry Fowler.

Update: Mr. Egeland also published an op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal.

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Tags: Humanitarian Update, Refugees, Responses, Sudan

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A Week with the African Union
March 30, 2006

Award winning journalist and director of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Jon Sawyer, recently returned from Darfur where he spent a week traveling with African Union troops. [26:31]

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Tags: Humanitarian Update, Refugees, Responses, Sudan

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Special Episode: “Internal Displacement”: NBC’s The West Wing examines the situation in Darfur
March 28, 2006

Jerry Fowler chats with Bradley Whitford, an Emmy-award winning star of the political drama, The West Wing, who recently wrote an episode of the show that focused in part on the genocide in Darfur. [25:19]

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Tags: Refugees, Responses, Sudan

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Civilian protection, Accountability and Root Causes in Darfur
March 23, 2006

The International Crisis Group’s, John Prendergast discusses these three categories of response for the situation in Darfur. [21:49]

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Tags: Justice, Refugees, Responses, Sudan

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