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July 15 , 2008

Accountability in Darfur 15/07-2008 11:07 (USA Today)

For five and a half years, government-backed forces in Sudan have committed unspeakable acts — murder, rape, torching villages — in the vast western province of Darfur.

Sudan's president charged with genocide over Darfur 15/07-2008 10:54 (McClatchy Newspapers)

Describing a systematic government campaign to decimate the people of Darfur, the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor on Monday charged the president of Sudan, Omar al Bashir, with genocide and war crimes and called for his arrest.

Sudan Rejects ICC Darfur Crimes Prosecution 15/07-2008 10:52 (Voice of America News)

he chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court at The Hague Monday charged Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir with masterminding and implementing the genocide of the last five years against the people of Darfur.

China in dock too as Sudan's Bashir faces charges 15/07-2008 10:50 (Reuters)

With Sudan's president facing international charges of genocide, China confronts acute choices over its relationship with the African leader -- and just as the Beijing Olympics opens a soft spot for international pressure.

Indictment for genocide 15/07-2008 10:49 (The Boston Globe)

WHEN THE chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court presented evidence yesterday in support of an arrest warrant for President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan, he touched off a clash between two principles.

International Court Calls for Arrest 15/07-2008 10:46 (NewsChannel 8)

The International Court has called for the arrest of Sudan's president for genocide.

China concerned by Sudan arrest plan 15/07-2008 05:15 (The New York Times)

Filed at 4:57 a.m. ET BEIJING (AP ) -- China said Tuesday it was concerned about an International Criminal Court prosecutor's decision to seek an arrest warrant for Sudan's president on charges of genocide in the African country's war-torn Darfur region.

Some fear move for Sudan arrest warrant will hurt chances of Darfur peace 15/07-2008 04:56 (LA Times)

Some praise the International Criminal Court prosecutor's request for a warrant against Sudanese President Bashir as necessary for accountability, but others fear it will worsen the situation.

Doing the right thing for Darfur 15/07-2008 04:29 (LA Times)

An ICC indictment of Sudan's president serves peace and justice.

Charged With Genocide 15/07-2008 00:44 (The New York Times)

The truth can be difficult. That doesn’t make it any less true. And so we support the decision by the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court to bring charges of genocide against Sudan’s president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, for his role in masterminding Darfur’s horrors.

Catching a War Criminal in the Act 15/07-2008 00:44 (The New York Times)

Servian, France THE prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has made the tough decision to seek an arrest warrant for a leader of a country at war Sudan’s president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir.

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Action Professionals Association for the People

Aegis Trust Rwanda

African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies

African Center for Development

African Center for Justice and Peace Studies

Africa Internally Displaced Persons Voice (Africa IDP Voice)

African Security Dialogue and Research (ASDR)

African Women's Development and Communications Network (FEMNET)

The Ahueni Foundation

Alliances for Africa

Amman Centre for Human Rights Studies

Andalus Institute for Tolerance

Anti-Slavery International

Arab Coalition for Darfur

Arab Program for Human Rights Activists

Association Africaine de Defense des Droits de l'Homme (ASADHO)

Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies

Centre for Minority Rights Development (CEMIRIDE)

Centre for Research Education and Development of Freedom of Expression and Associated Rights (CREDO)

Citizens for Global Solutions

Conscience International

Conseil National Pour les Libertés en Tunisie

Darfur Alert Coalition (DAC)

Darfur Centre for Human Rights and Development

Darfur Leaders Network (DLN)

Darfur Reconciliation and Development Organization (DRDO)

Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre

East Africa Law Society

Egyptian Organization for Human Rights

Femmes Africa Solidarité

La Fédération Internationale des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH)

Forum of African Affairs (FOAA)

Human Rights First

Human Rights Institute of South Africa (HURISA)

Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa

Institute for Security Studies

Inter-African Union for Human Rights (UIDH)

Interights

International Commission of Jurists (ICJ Kenya)

International Refugee Rights Initiative

Justice Africa

Justice and Peace Commission

Lawyers for Human Rights

Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections

Legal Resources Consortium-Nigeria

Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme

Makumira University College, Tumaini University

Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)

Minority Rights Group

National Association of Seadogs

Never Again International

Open Society Justice Initiative

Pan-African Movement

Rencontre Africaine Pour la Defense des Droits de l'Homme (RADDHO)

Sierra Leone STAND Chapter

Sisters' Arabic Forum for Human Rights (SAF)

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP)

Sudan Organization Against Torture (SOAT)

Syrian Organization for Human Rights

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)

Universal Human Rights Network

WARIPNET

Women Initiative Nigeria (WIN)