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Interview: Julie Flint, co-author with Alex de Waal of Darfur: A Short History of a Long War, discusses some of the preliminary information coming out about the Darfur rebel attack on the Sudanese city of Omdurman.
World is Witness, a new “geoblog” from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Genocide Prevention Mapping Initiatives, in partnership with Google Earth, documents and maps genocide and related crimes against humanity. The initial entries are from a Museum visit to Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to learn about the legacies of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, and the most recent entries are from a Museum visit to South Sudan and a return visit to the Congo. Visit us again soon for more posts from the field.
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Joseph Kony's Revenge in Faradje
“ Thank you for keeping the public informed. There is so much wickedness in the world our hearts ache for those who suffer so badly.
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Joseph Kony's Revenge in Faradje
“ I want to thank you for this article about the genecides that have been taking place. Many people today are not aware of what these people are going through. As one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, I…
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Joseph Kony's Revenge in Faradje
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Rwanda's Genocide: 15 Years Later
“ kagame’s apologists must surely be getting kickbacks from his loots from congo. how many lives has he got to end in that long suffering nation b4 the world wakes up to this east african pol…
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"We Sleep On Stones"
“ The governments can and do sometimes intervene, but too often it is because the political climate gets too hot for them to ignore getting involved anymore, or there will be some sort of monetary gain…
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. The opinions expressed in these interviews do not necessarily represent those of the Museum.
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