Sudan's descent to hell

This is hardly good news:

A second aid worker from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was today arrested by Sudanese authorities over the organisation's recent report about hundreds of alleged rapes in the country's crisis-hit Darfur region.

The Sudanese government was angered by an MSF report, published in March, which said doctors working in Darfur had collected medical evidence of some 500 rapes over a period of just over four months. The report said more than 80% of the victims reported that their attackers were soldiers or members of government-allied militia

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Jan Egeland, UN under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs, said it was undeniable that rape had been happening in Darfur and said he was "very concerned about the arrests".

Mr Egeland said: "It is an incontestable fact that rape and sexual violence are rampant in the ongoing crisis in Darfur."

I find this all so depressing. Sudan is further tarnishing its repuation (if such a thing is possible).

However, we should not lose sight of the fact that the 90,000 annual deaths are dwarfed by the global annual deaths due to poverty.

Dissent

An excellent webpage showing portraits of radical dissidents is available here

1984 Libyan Embassy Siege

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The 1984 Libyan Embassy Siege. Take a look at it