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Protect Darfur Women and Their Daughters from Abuse and Genocide

Target: President Bush and the UN Secretary-General
Sponsored by: Save Darfur Coalition
Right now there is a terrible government-sponsored genocide taking place in Darfur, Sudan. Over 2.5 million people have already been driven from their homes and hundreds of thousands more have been brutally murdered by the Janjaweed, a government-sponsored militia.

Darfuri women and girls are under constant threat of rape and physical assault by the Janjaweed. Girls as young as eight risk being raped and attacked when they leave their homes or refugee camps to gather firewood and food. Hungry families face a terrible choice each day - do they send out their husbands and sons who may be killed, or their mothers and daughters, who may be raped and beaten? This is a choice no one should ever have to make!

Please join the Save Darfur Coalition in speaking up for these women and girls who have no voice. Sign the petition asking the UN Secretary-General and President Bush to take immediate steps to stop the genocide.
deadline: 12-4-2007
goal: 100,000
 

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Dear [Decision Maker]

Everyday, the 2.5 million people chased from their homes in Darfur face the threat of starvation, disease, and rape, while the few lucky enough to remain in their homes risk displacement, torture, and murder. Therefore, we call on you to do the following:

- Push for the immediate deployment of the already-authorized UN peacekeeping force.

- Strengthen the understaffed African Union force already in Darfur until the UN force can be deployed.

- Increase humanitarian aid and ensure access for delivery.

- Establish a no-fly zone.

[Your comment here]

Sincerely,
[Your name here]
[Your address here]
We signed the “Protect Darfur Women and Their Daughters from Abuse and Genocide” petition!
# 50:
8:24 pm PST, Dec 6, Name not displayed, Arizona
We need to take action now to stop the crisis in Darfur! Please let the world know that we care about the suffering that is going on in Darfur.
# 49:
8:22 pm PST, Dec 6, Name not displayed, Canada
Never again,really???
# 48:
8:16 pm PST, Dec 6, Tej Upadhyaya, Florida
# 47:
8:15 pm PST, Dec 6, Greg Bostwick, Alabama
# 46:
8:11 pm PST, Dec 6, Dianne Milligan, Connecticut
# 45:
8:11 pm PST, Dec 6, Gerald Cullen, Florida
Please help these people. No human being should be forced to live with such oppression.
# 44:
8:09 pm PST, Dec 6, Brian Reynolds, New Jersey
# 43:
8:06 pm PST, Dec 6, N C Lishen, Florida
Can we truly continue to be the greatest country in the world, if we keep closing our eyes to these travesties around us? Please do the right thing -- not because it's monetarily advantageous for America, but because it's the RIGHT thing to do. Thank you!
# 42:
8:03 pm PST, Dec 6, Mimi Turner, Texas
Whatever it takes -- please have mercy and take action to alleviate these folks' suffering.
# 41:
8:03 pm PST, Dec 6, Name not displayed, Vermont
Please, let's not allow this to continue. We are all part of the human family. Let's help bring relief and compassion to this situation.
# 40:
7:59 pm PST, Dec 6, Jennifer Smith, Michigan
# 39:
7:51 pm PST, Dec 6, R. Zierikzeee, California
# 38:
7:49 pm PST, Dec 6, Anne Radford, New York
# 37:
7:48 pm PST, Dec 6, Name not displayed, Florida
# 36:
7:43 pm PST, Dec 6, Caroline Bissey, New Zealand
# 35:
7:37 pm PST, Dec 6, Gary Like, Michigan
# 34:
7:35 pm PST, Dec 6, Ron Hill, Massachusetts
# 33:
7:35 pm PST, Dec 6, Scott Chapek, California
# 32:
7:29 pm PST, Dec 6, Donna Knipp, New York
# 31:
7:28 pm PST, Dec 6, Alison Driver, Australia
# 30:
7:27 pm PST, Dec 6, Name not displayed, Oklahoma
Is this how you would want YOUR mother, father, wife, sister, brother or child treated. Do unto to others as you would have them do unto to you.
# 29:
7:26 pm PST, Dec 6, Sue Harrington, California
# 28:
7:21 pm PST, Dec 6, Margarida Amaral, Portugal
# 27:
7:11 pm PST, Dec 6, Anne Beazley, South Carolina
Please quit finding excuses and help these people!
# 26:
7:08 pm PST, Dec 6, Shelley Watson, California
Come on people! We're talking about the torture of human beings. It's appalling that this has gone on for as long as it has. How can a world stand by and tolerate this inhumanity. This is a crisis! We have to stop it.
# 25:
7:02 pm PST, Dec 6, Tim Ray, California
# 24:
7:01 pm PST, Dec 6, Kimberly Lyons, Illinois
# 23:
7:00 pm PST, Dec 6, Wendy Czarnecki, California
Consider your legacy. How much more darkness do you want attached to it?
# 22:
6:55 pm PST, Dec 6, Name not displayed, California
# 21:
6:55 pm PST, Dec 6, Jonathan Katz, New York
THIS IS SO SICK.WE STAND BY AND WATCH GENOCIDE,WHEN ARE WE GOING TO STAND UP FOR MORALITY. MURDER AND RAPING CHILDREN,WHILE WE SIT BY AND ALSO WATCH THEM STARVE. WHERE ARE THE TRUE CHRISTIANS. THE BORN AGAIN PEOPLE WHO THINK ABORTION IS WRONG. HOE CAN YOU JUSTIFY THIS EVIL?
# 20:
6:51 pm PST, Dec 6, Name not displayed, Wisconsin
Stop the rape and torture now!
# 19:
6:49 pm PST, Dec 6, Brenda Ferguson, Georgia
The screams and agony of these people haunt me. Let us all bond together to end the suffering.
# 18:
6:13 pm PST, Dec 6, Ginny Watson, North Carolina
# 17:
6:09 pm PST, Dec 6, Sheila Murphy, New York
How long will this go on? Do we care?
# 16:
6:07 pm PST, Dec 6, Nikki Boys, Australia
# 15:
5:57 pm PST, Dec 6, Name not displayed, New York
# 14:
5:32 pm PST, Dec 6, Stephanie Pedersen, North Carolina
the last time there was genocide it went to far... way to far. We need to do the right thing and help these people. No one on earth should deserve this. So why let them go through it. We need to help them. What if this was us. Think of that. What if you were one of those women? You would want to die, you would want your children to be safe. You would want help for them and for yourself. So help them now please!!!
# 13:
5:29 pm PST, Dec 6, Lawrence Smith, BA, Georgia
Jesus said it best: "For I was hungry and you gave me no food; I was thirsty and you gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and you did not take me in, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me. Then they also will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?' Then will he answer them, saying, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me." (Matthew 25:42-45) Contained within every evil(greedy profiteering republican) act are the seeds of its own destruction. Adhere to the teachings of Jesus, as contained in The Urantia Book, or else suffer the consequences. It IS that simple. TRUTH has been spoken to power, Peace will prevail. Buck Fush! SUPPORT GLOBAL PEACE AND ECONOMIC STABILITY, AS WELL AS ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY... IMPEACH BUSH AND CHENEY NOW!
# 12:
5:26 pm PST, Dec 6, Michael Lucero, Virginia
Intervene to stop genocide now!!!
# 11:
5:16 pm PST, Dec 6, Amber Sanborn, California
# 10:
5:13 pm PST, Dec 6, Carol Glowicki, Illinois
We need you to be a voice of hope in the wilderness of despair for the people of Darfur. Please do the right thing and protect them from genocide.
# 9:
5:13 pm PST, Dec 6, Jon Marshall Jr, Alabama
# 8:
4:54 pm PST, Dec 6, Paul Uecker, Minnesota
# 7:
4:50 pm PST, Dec 6, Name not displayed, Maine
Criminal acts of terror should never be ignored merely because the victim is a different color and the crime happens far away. No one should suffer like these people do!
# 6:
4:34 pm PST, Dec 6, Name not displayed, Louisiana
# 5:
3:40 pm PST, Dec 6, Kathy Dean, Wisconsin
# 4:
3:26 pm PST, Dec 6, Stephanie Higgins, California
# 3:
3:09 pm PST, Dec 6, Scott Carter Krebbs, Alabama
# 2:
2:02 pm PST, Dec 5, Robyn Erler, California
# 1:
1:47 pm PST, Dec 5, Eve Fox, California