Introduction : Welcome to the second edition of Darfur Advocacy News! This bulletin currently reaches 42 organizations, 54 groups, chapters or places of worship, and 45 other important individuals, including leaders from the Darfui and Sudanese communities. If you would like to add a message to next month's bulletin, please send it to Steve@SDCanada.org. If you would like to subscribe a friend or a colleague to this bulletin, please send a message to Moderator@SDCanada.org.

Contents

1. Statements by the Darfur Association of Canada and others on the expected arrest warrant for Sudanese President Al Bashir
2. STAND Canada is seeking groups and organizations to collaborate during the upcoming election
3. Video exposes abuse of children by Sudanese Security Forces: Message from the Sudanese Canadian Human Rights Organization
4. Save Darfur Canada seeking new member and partner organizations, groups and places of worship
5. Upcoming events

1. Statements by the Darfur Association of Canada and others on the pending arrest warrant for Sudanese President Al Bashir

Dafur Cannot Be Denied

"The ICC decision to indict Al Bashir, Sudan's President, is long overdue. It is not a time to celebrate or mourn the lives of those lost, but rather to inject hope into the lives of those who survived and have lost hope for a possible solution to their tragedy. It is high time for the world to take advantage of the momentum been created by this indictment to mount even more pressure on the Sudanese Government, and to seriously and genuinely reach out to all sides for possible solutions..." Read more.

See also commentary and analysis on the recent ICC indictment by: The (US-based) Darfur Leaders Network, Human Rights Watch or Amnesty International.

2. STAND Canada is seeking groups and organizations to collaborate during the upcoming election

The overall objective of STAND's election strategy is to make Darfur an election issue and, as a result, secure promises for action from our elected officials. STAND also aims to continue raising awareness amongst decision-makers and the Canadian public.

STAND Canada's election strategy is divided into four main initiatives. Keeping in line with the organization's vision of making it easy for Canadians to act against genocide, each of the initiatives will inform voters about a party or candidate's position on Darfur so that they can easily make an informed decision when voting. The four initiatives are described here.

For information about how your organization or group can collaborate with STAND on elections issues, or for any other questions, please contact Brianna Ames at bames@standcanada.org

3. Video exposes abuse of children by Sudanese Security Forces: Message from the Sudanese Canadian Human Rights Organization

I am sharing this information with you about a You Tube video that exposes torture of the children detained by the Security forces in Sudan. Some of them allegedly belong to the Justice & Equality Movement that invaded the Sudanese capital city on May 10, 2008. Some people argue that some of them are street kids rounded from the streets of Khartoum. Either way, there are apparent human rights abuses. As Canadian-based human rights organization, we are ready to participate in any action that will make the Sudan government comply with international human rights laws.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation & dissemination of this video.

4. Please pass on Save Darfur Canada's invitation to new organizations, groups and places of worship

Please copy and paste the invitation below into a new email, and send it to people you know. It will be most effective if you send messages to one individual at a time, and if you add an short introductory message or other personal touches.

INVITATION: Join a growing network of Canadians concerned about Darfur

Save Darfur Canada is a coalition of over thirty members including Amnesty Canada, The Darfur Association of Canada, STAND Canada, Canadian Students for Darfur, KAIROS, The Canadian Jewish Congress, The Muslim Canadian Congress and many others. We work together to advocate for peace and justice in Darfur and all of Sudan. We are expanding our network to include new organizations, groups, individual places of worship, and institutions of all types that are concerned with the situation in Darfur - all are welcome!

Please join us in one or more of the following ways: -Request free postcards or other materials to share in your network: www.sdcanada.org/getpostcards -Sign-up to receive monthly updates, by contacting info@SDCanada.org -Take 60 seconds to send a message to your Member of Parliament: www.sdcanada.org/messagetomp -Sign-up your organization, group or place of worship as a member of the coalition: www.sdcanada.org/memberskit.pdf

Thank you for your interest. For more information, see www.SDCanada.org, or contact Sana Saeed at Sana@SDCanada.org.

5. Upcoming event

Winnipeg, October 5th: Walk for Darfur

Members list : see a list of current members of the coalition. Suggest a new member : we always welcome new involvement.

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