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March 25 , 2008

Activists push for Olympic torch's S.F. route 25/03-2008 10:52 (San Francisco Chronicle)

Activists challenging the secrecy surrounding the Olympic torch's visit to San Francisco on April 9 are stepping up efforts to stage high-profile demonstrations when the torch is carried through the city.

Divestment in Sudan is a strategy that would help to end the genocide 25/03-2008 10:51 (The Tennesean)

After the end of the Holocaust, the countries of the world swore "never again." Together, they outlawed genocide by making it a binding duty of all countries to prevent and punish this crime, no matter where it happened, in order to "liberate mankind from such an odious scourge." Despite this pledge, genocide has occurred repeatedly since; in Cambodia, Iraq, Bosnia, Rwanda and, for several years now, the Darfur region of Sudan, where estimates range between 200,000 and 400,000 persons killed and approximately 2.5 million displaced from their homes.

Survivors will share their personal stories in hopes of raising awareness about the conflict in western Sudan. 25/03-2008 06:20 (Orlando Sentinel)

In 2003, Abu Asal Abu Asal was fleeing for his life. Tonight, he hopes to raise awareness about the violence in his native war-torn Darfur. "Many of the people of Darfur have lost faith," said Asal, who will tell his story at 7 p.

UNICEF demands release of four kidnapped drivers in Darfur 25/03-2008 04:02 (Sudan.net)

(AFP) - Gunmen kidnapped four Sudanese government drivers in Darfur and stole a drilling rig intended to provide clean water, the UN Children's Fund said Sunday, calling for their immediate release.

Make Sudan an Offer It Can t Refuse 25/03-2008 00:58 (The New York Times)

Charlottesville, Va. DESPITE almost 1.5 million bombing sorties flown against Germany during the Second World War, the United States and Britain failed for lack of trying to destroy the system of transport that fed the gas chambers and crematoria.

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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)