Tag: Darfur
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Can we stop genocide?
David Kopel (of The Volokh Conspiracy), Paul Gallant, and Joanne D. Eisen have posted a law review article, Is Resisting Genocide a Human Right?, as a working paper draft. It discusses the history and effectiveness of various methods used to stop genocide. Kofi Annan observes “the developing international norm in favor of intervention to protect…
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How many is 180,000 dead?
The United Nations estimates that 180,000 people have lost their lives in Darfur from killings, disease, malnutrition, and lack of shelter. Understanding such a large number can be difficult. Maybe these few illustrations will help. Gather 180,000 dead bodies. Start in New York City and, heading southwest, set them down, head to toe, one after…
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Where Are The “Culture of Life” People on Darfur?
Mike Cohen raises a valid point in response to my last post on the Darfur conflict. So.. the deaths of 50,000-300,000 Africans are less important than the death of one brain-dead American woman. I don’t see any of the “culture of life” people getting their knickers in a twist about this. Mike compares the lack…
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What happened to “never again”?
A human tragedy is taking place in the Darfur region of western Sudan. Odds are, you haven’t heard much about it. It’s time to change that. Here are some valuable resources to get up to speed: Wikipedia – Darfur conflict Darfur Genocide Human Rights Watch: Africa Save Darfur USAID: Darfur Hmanitarian Emergency Coalition for Darfur…