lunedì 22 ottobre 2012
giovedì 20 maggio 2010
DARFUR NEWS by RITA BELLACOSA
PACE IPOCRITA
di RITA BELLACOSA
Darfur, Maggio 2010
ANCORA SANGUE IN DARFUR
Nella parte meridionale del Sudan, nei giorni scorsi, sono avvenuti sanguinosi scontri tra pastori nomadi arabi e miliziani dell'Esercito di Liberazione del Popolo Sudanese-Spla, nella zona di confine tra la regione sudanese del Darfur e il Sud-Sudan, regione semiautonoma del Paese. Bilancio: cinquantacinque morti e ottantacinque feriti. I pastori erano scesi a sud, nello stato del Bahr al-Ghazali, per cercare pascoli e acqua per il loro bestiame. Questo grave atto, non l’unico, vìola l'accordo di pace di Doha dello scorso Febbraio. Gli scontri recenti si sono verificati pochi giorni dopo le elezioni ( 11-15 Aprile) presidenziali, legislative e locali multipartitiche svoltesi in Sudan dopo 24 anni, che hanno designato Presidente del Sudan Omar Hassan El Bashir. Salito al potere con un colpo di stato nel 1989 autoproclamandosi presidente nel 1993 lo è diventato di diritto. Con il suo avvento il Sudan si scisse in nord, arabo e islamico, e sud, nero, cristiano e animista. Una divisione su cui è stato indetto un referendum da tenersi nel 2011. La Corte penale internazionale dell'Aja ha emesso contro El Bashir un mandato d'arresto internazionale per crimini di guerra e contro l'Umanità. El Bashir nel discorso alla nazione tenuto in diretta Tv, subito dopo l'annuncio della sua elezione ha dichiarato : ‘Vigileremo affinchè venga completato il processo di pace nel Darfur’, parole che suonano minacciose perché potrebbero volere dire che El Bashir voglia permettere il completamento del nefasto progetto di pulizia etnica per mano dei Janjaweed. Il conflitto in Darfur va avanti dal 2003, e registra un numero di vittime impressionante: 300mila morti e di 3 milioni di sfollati. E’ una vergogna per tutti noi che ci riteniamo esseri umani.
VIOLENZA SULLE DONNE DEL DARFUR
Vivere libere dalla violenza è un diritto umano imprescindibile che dovrebbe essere rispettato e tutelato. Eppure milioni di donne e ragazze di tutto il mondo cadono vittime di stupri, abusi in famiglia, mutilazioni, sevizie, repressioni. Troppo spesso questi crimini rimangono impuniti o troppo spesso i responsabili di tali orrori vengono scagionati o neppure processati. I governi dei Paesi dove il reato è frequente, spesso a regime totalitario, con masse di popolazione povera coinvolte in guerre, che fanno per porre fine a tanto grave vergogna? In Sudan la situazione è ingestibile. Fuggite dal Darfur, regione sud occidentale del Paese, dilaniata dalla guerra civile dal 2003, ora derisa ipocritamente con una pace apparente, le donne ricoverate nei campi profughi soprattutto del Ciad, quando si allontanano per andare a racimolare acqua e viveri, vengono violentate e spesso da chi dovrebbe garantire loro l’incolumità, ossia gli stessi militari salvatori. Scampate alla morte dopo la distruzione del loro villaggio, incontrano sorte non meno fatale. Dopo lo stupro, lacere, insanguinate, violate, annullate, ritornano al campo dove vengono ripudiate dai mariti e dalla loro stessa famiglia d’origine come oggetti senza più valore. I familiari le ritengono morte. La loro risposta? SUICIDIO.
TUTTI I DIRITTI RISERVATI. RITA BELLACOSA 2010
domenica 7 febbraio 2010
domenica 31 gennaio 2010
venerdì 15 gennaio 2010
Sudan Massacre
DARFUR NEWS January, 21, 2010 Statement of the Committee of Sudan for the Humanitarian assistance affirms that 26 foreign organizations type humanitarian, having violated the laws on the order of the humanitarian organizations, must leave Sudan within one month. Expelled Ong:
African Association for Development.
Air serves.
Arabic centre for Immigrant labors:
Canadian Association for African Development.
Cins (Cooperation Italian north-south).
Counterpart International.
Feed the Children.
Food for the Hungary Global Peace Mission.
Health Assistance for children - Hafc.
Human Relief and Peace.
Impact.
Joint Projects Organization.
Mercy International.
Nabata Charitable Foundation.
Norwegian League for disabled.
Population Media center.
Prospect Sudan.
Right to play.
Royal Dutch Aid.
Safe Harbor.
SPEG-Holland.
Sudanese International Development & Relief Association-Sidra.
The Halo trust.
Tomp / German.
Ulfa Aid.
giovedì 14 gennaio 2010
Clashes in Darfur as Elections Raise Tensions
A rebel commander said the attack was in retaliation for government bombings against rebel areas
14 January 2010
Armed clashes have re-emerged in western Sudan's Darfur region, with a rebel group attacking government forces. The Darfur rebel Sudan Liberation Movement group that is still allied to exiled founder Abdel Wahid Al-Nur says it attacked the government positions at Golo town in the mountainous Jebel Marra region in north Darfur. A rebel commander said the attack was in retaliation for government bombings against rebel areas. The rebel group claims to have captured dozens of Sudanese soldiers and several military vehicles. The joint AU-U.N. peacekeeping mission in Darfur, known as UNAMID, does not have a presence in the town. International Crisis Group Sudanese analyst Fouad Hikmat says upcoming elections are driving heightened tensions in the region. He says rebel groups are rejecting national elections scheduled in April, unless a political settlement bringing stability to the region can be arrived at first. More peace talks are set for later this month in Doha, Qatar, although it is not clear which of the rebel groups' many factions will attend. Hikmat said if no agreement is reached the rebels might try to de-legitimize the elections through boycott and instability. "If somebody puts themselves in the shoes of the rebels, one is probably going to say, 'Look, if you rig it, then we will derail it,'" Hikmat said.Last year, the outgoing UNAMID commander described the Darfur conflict as "very low intensity," a remark denounced by rebel groups and U.S.-based Darfur advocacy groups. Many regional observers say a fractured and weakened rebel movement, along with a major drop in casualties in the region, means Darfur is no longer the emergency hot-spot it once was. But some fear the commander's remarks could prompt rebels to plan new offensives to counter the claim the war is effectively over. The government meanwhile seems to have stepped up its campaign against the splintered rebels. The Abdel Wahid SLM faction reported several government and militia attacks near the end of last year, and the rebel group Justice and Equality Movement says that regular aerial bombings of rebel-controlled areas of North Darfur started up again the beginning of this month. Hikmat says that the situation right now in Darfur is heating up as all sides jockey for position before the April vote."I do not see that at this moment there will be any breakthrough whether in Doha or impediments here vis-a-vis the elections," Hikmat said. "So the situation is extremely fragile and everyday it is getting more fragile and more sensitive." A delegation representing the Abdel Wahid SLM faction arrived in Juba this week to hold discussions with the former rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement, now junior governing partners with the Khartoum regime.
A rebel commander said the attack was in retaliation for government bombings against rebel areas
14 January 2010
Armed clashes have re-emerged in western Sudan's Darfur region, with a rebel group attacking government forces. The Darfur rebel Sudan Liberation Movement group that is still allied to exiled founder Abdel Wahid Al-Nur says it attacked the government positions at Golo town in the mountainous Jebel Marra region in north Darfur. A rebel commander said the attack was in retaliation for government bombings against rebel areas. The rebel group claims to have captured dozens of Sudanese soldiers and several military vehicles. The joint AU-U.N. peacekeeping mission in Darfur, known as UNAMID, does not have a presence in the town. International Crisis Group Sudanese analyst Fouad Hikmat says upcoming elections are driving heightened tensions in the region. He says rebel groups are rejecting national elections scheduled in April, unless a political settlement bringing stability to the region can be arrived at first. More peace talks are set for later this month in Doha, Qatar, although it is not clear which of the rebel groups' many factions will attend. Hikmat said if no agreement is reached the rebels might try to de-legitimize the elections through boycott and instability. "If somebody puts themselves in the shoes of the rebels, one is probably going to say, 'Look, if you rig it, then we will derail it,'" Hikmat said.Last year, the outgoing UNAMID commander described the Darfur conflict as "very low intensity," a remark denounced by rebel groups and U.S.-based Darfur advocacy groups. Many regional observers say a fractured and weakened rebel movement, along with a major drop in casualties in the region, means Darfur is no longer the emergency hot-spot it once was. But some fear the commander's remarks could prompt rebels to plan new offensives to counter the claim the war is effectively over. The government meanwhile seems to have stepped up its campaign against the splintered rebels. The Abdel Wahid SLM faction reported several government and militia attacks near the end of last year, and the rebel group Justice and Equality Movement says that regular aerial bombings of rebel-controlled areas of North Darfur started up again the beginning of this month. Hikmat says that the situation right now in Darfur is heating up as all sides jockey for position before the April vote."I do not see that at this moment there will be any breakthrough whether in Doha or impediments here vis-a-vis the elections," Hikmat said. "So the situation is extremely fragile and everyday it is getting more fragile and more sensitive." A delegation representing the Abdel Wahid SLM faction arrived in Juba this week to hold discussions with the former rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement, now junior governing partners with the Khartoum regime.
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