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March 10 , 2008

UN: Hijackings Delaying Darfur Aid 10/03-2008 09:16 (Yahoo! Canada)

UN: Hijackings Delaying Food Supplies for Darfur, Lack of Funds Threatens Air Service ROME (AP) -- A rash of hijackings of trucks transporting food aid to the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur is delaying deliveries at a time when a lack of funding could force a halt to shipments by air, the U.

Shattered Darfur Families Mourn Lost Futures 09/03-2008 10:42 (The New York Times)

Filed at 10:07 a.m. ET GUEREDA, Chad (Reuters) - Three-year-old Hilam screams when medics lift her hospital sheets to examine where shrapnel ripped through her leg during a Sudanese government bombing raid on her Darfur village.

China Steps Up Its Argument Over Darfur: World Leaders' Plans to Attend Olympics Used to Push View of Games as Apolitical 08/03-2008 21:38 (Washington Post)

China Steps Up Its Argument Over Darfur: World Leaders' Plans to Attend Olympics Used to Push View of Games as Apolitical BEIJING, March 7 -- Liu Guijin, China's special envoy for Sudan, was fielding yet another question Friday on Darfur and the Olympics.

China Defends Sudan Policy and Criticizes Olympics Tie-In 08/03-2008 08:52 (New York Times)

BEIJING - China has expressed grave concerns to the Sudanese government about the recent violence in western Darfur and is actively working to resolve delays in establishing an international peacekeeping force, Chinas special envoy to Darfur said Friday.

Olympics near, China bends on Darfur 08/03-2008 00:12 (LA Times)

After years of blocking tougher sanctions against Sudan, Beijing moves to stem criticism that it isn't doing enough to help end the conflict.

Sarkozy Condemns Sudan in Soldier Death 07/03-2008 18:27 (Los Angeles Times)

PARIS French President Nicolas Sarkozy condemned Sudan on Friday, saying it used 'disproportionate force' against a French peacekeeper who was fatally shot by Sudanese troops this week.

China Darfur Envoy Defends Policy 07/03-2008 12:30 (The New York Times)

Filed at 12:08 p.m. ET BEIJING (AP) -- China strenuously defended its close ties to Sudan on Friday, touting its efforts to resolve Darfur's humanitarian crisis in its latest and most vigorous attempt to refute critics trying to link the issue to this summer's Olympic Games.

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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)