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July 11 , 2008

Sudan 'crimes charges' worry UN 11/07-2008 10:43 (BBC)

UN officials fear reports of an imminent indictment against Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir could endanger the lives of peacekeepers in Darfur.

China fears Darfur charges fallout ahead of Games 11/07-2008 06:34 (Yahoo! UK and Ireland)

BEIJING (Reuters) - China fears the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor's likely charging of top Sudanese officials will intensify conflict over Darfur just as Beijing readies for Olympic Games, sources and experts said on Friday.

Michigan expected to divest from Sudan 11/07-2008 02:41 (Kalamazoo Gazette)

LANSING, Mich. (AP) â Michigan likely will soon join a growing list of states planning to pull public pension investments from companies that do business with Sudan and other nations accused of government-supported genocide or terrorism.

No Olympic Medal for Bush 11/07-2008 01:10 (The Wall Street Journal)

As U.S. congressional leaders disbanded for the July Fourth holiday last week, the White House quietly released travel schedules confirming that President Bush will attend the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games.

The Pursuit of Justice vs. the Pursuit of Peace 10/07-2008 20:01 (The New York Times)

DAKAR, Senegal When Luis Moreno-Ocampo, prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, reported to the United Nations Security Council last month, he painted a dire tableau of death, rape and dispossession in Darfur, saying the entire state apparatus was involved in a five-year campaign of terror there.

Khartoum, Darfur rebels use child soldiers: U.N. rights 10/07-2008 13:18 (Washington Post)

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's government and Darfur's rebel groups are all using child soldiers in violation of international law, the U.N. rights rapporteur in Sudan Sima Samar said on Thursday.

ICC Prosecutor to Open New Sudan Case Next Week 10/07-2008 12:55 (The New York Times)

Filed at 12:46 p.m. ET AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will open a new case on Monday on crimes committed in Sudan's Darfur region and is expected to charge senior government officials.

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1 TOGO SANS ETHNIES

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)