ICC Prosecutor requests arrest warrant for Sudan's President al-Bashir

Darfur: ICC Moves Against Sudan’s Leader
Charges Against al-Bashir a Major Step to Ending Impunity

- from Hrw.org website. Click link for more information.

" Charging President al-Bashir for the hideous crimes in Darfur shows that no one is above the law. It is the prosecutor’s job to follow the evidence wherever it leads, regardless of official position. "
Richard Dicker, director of Human Rights Watch’s International Justice Program

One of the most monumental steps in bringing justice to the nation of Darfur is by the International Criminal Court finalizing their evidence and asking for a warrant for the people responsible for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. When ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo requested that an arrest warrant be issued for the Sudanese President al-Bashier, hope can again flourish among the rebel groups fighting for their homes, families and land.

Read more about this directly from the HRW website (hrw.org) and also from the International Criminal Court website (http://www.icc-cpi.int/press/pressreleases/406.html)

New Letter Series: 10 Letters, 10 Weeks.

Human Rights Watch proposed 10 steps that would help alleviate the Genocide in Darfur, Sudan.

This was proposed in December 2007 and was developed on part becuase the Human Rights Council (HRC) was going to review the final report that was being produced by the Group of Experts (GOE) specifically reviewing the situation in Darfur.

I will write ten letters in ten weeks regarding each of the ten steps to different officials in the United States Legislature in order to promote those key elements in hopes that new amendments and pieces of legislation will be drafted to pressure the Executive branch into taking more direct action against the genocide.

This is also in correlation with STANDNow.org The Student Anti-Genocide Coalition. Their spring 2008 goal is to target the Executive branch in order to help the citizens of Sudan.

Read more about their work here with their four main goals:

Seal the Deal: Sudan, The Executive Legacy

http://www.standnow.org/campaigns/seal/about

1. Stick to your Promises
2. Enforce UNAMID
3. Apply an All-Sudan Solution
4. Lobby China

Signing off. Our president is a 5 year old. Click for Link to a Reuters Op-ed.

I'm taking a small vacation to go see something new.. preferably without having any ability to check my email, the internet or listen to the radio.

Our president has reverted in age to that of a 5 year old. Name calling and pointing fingers at anyone but himself and his administration. And I'm so frustrated that there is nothing I can do to rectify his idiocy.

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1555266720080216?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=10010

In particular: Mr. Bush, aka the man running out country made these quotes:

"Because Congress failed to act, it will be harder for our government to keep you safe from terrorist attack," Bush said.

That's about as anti-productive as saying the Darfur conflict would end if Al-Bashir would just hold up his end of the bargain. Even in context, it makes no sense what so ever to make a comment such as this... We learned about "constructive critism" in 4th grade... and if you didn't go to school, your parents, mentors, employers.. someone would have taught you to say nothing all at if you couldn't say something nice.

And his second blasphemous comment:

Bush had offered to delay his Africa trip if House Democratic leaders would stay to enact "a good bill."

Instead, he [Bush] said, "House leaders chose politics over protecting the country -- and our country is at greater risk as a result."

Really? I'd prefer if he doesn't go to Africa, he'll just draw attention to the fact that the United States is a country of talk and no action filled more with lies and unkept promises of foreign aid.

However
There is something we can do. We can advocate. Write letters to our senators, to the president, to anyone who will listen and let the people who run this country know that it's citizens want action, not empty promises.

To the Future President of the United States. I hope.

In Progress.
Letter re: Darfur, Keep up your efforts and continue to pursue them strongly.

As the front runner for the Presidential Election. I find it incredibly important that someone of this nature has the power to stop the genocide in Darfur.

If you would like to write to HRC, the more pressure she recieves, the more important she'll realize that the United States does in fact have a moral and ethical obligation to stop this type of mass atrocity from continuing in a countries like Sudan and Chad. (Among many others, of course)


The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton
United States Senate
476 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-3203