BREAKING NEWS: 30+ Human Right Organizations Ask Obama & McCain...

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A coalition of nearly thirty human rights and anti-genocide organizations, joined by Mia Farrow and Olympians Joey Cheek and Nikki Stone, Tuesday issued an open letter to Senators John McCain and Barack Obama asking them to release a public statement announcing their co-sponsorship of Senate Resolution 632 and their support for an Olympic Truce for Darfur effective immediately. The letter also urges the two presidential candidates to support the Olympic Truce for Darfur in public statements in the coming week and during the Olympic Games.

Senate Resolution 632 urges the Governments of the People’s Republic of China and the international community to use the upcoming Olympic Games as an opportunity to push for the parties to the conflicts in Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic to cease hostilities and revive efforts toward a peaceful resolution of their national and regional conflicts. The resolution also encourages the United Nations Secretary-General and other international leaders to publicly promote the principles reflected in the Olympic Truce among all the warring parties in Sudan, Chad, the Central African Republic, and other areas of conflict around the world.

China is Sudan’s leading trade partner in its oil industry thereby providing the Government of Sudan with the economic resources needed to carry out violence against the people of Darfur. For more than a decade, China has also been a major military benefactor of Sudan, including its number one supplier of small arms. A UN report documented that Chinese small arms have regularly been used in Darfur. Lastly, China has also been Sudan’s most important defender in the United Nations, blocking or weakening measures that would compel Sudan to end its violence in Darfur.

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Asher Heimermann is a teenager from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. You can learn more information about Heimermann by visiting his official website at www.AsherHeimermann.com.

[AsherHeimermann]

1. I Should Make A Note

That I am a member of the Darfur Alert Coalition and the Darfur Action Coalition of Wisconsin.

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2. Joey Cheek had some trouble with China...

China revokes gold medalist Joey Cheek's visa: was to campaign for peace in Darfur

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3737305


BTW, school starts soon. Are you going to have time for all this activism when classes start?

[AsherHeimermann]

3. School Starts Soon

And I will still be active on DU.