Hunting those suspected of warm crimes has always been a difficult business, because the suspects want to dig deep to hide. But the War Crimes Watch List (WCWL) is using a mix of the old-fashionedand hi-tech in their search for two men suspected of crimes against humanity in the Sudan, Ahmed Haroun and Janjaweed leader Ali Muhammad Ali Abd al-Rahman, according to a BBC report. The men wereboth indicted by the International Criminal Court last year. Haroun is actually the Sudanese Humanitarian Affairs Minister and use to be the minister incharge of Darfur. It’s believed he help organize the a-Rahman’s Jinjaweed militia, the group responsible for many atrocities in Darfur. The WCWL has pinpointed the last knownpositions of both men with Google Earth and has put out an appeal to Facebook users to help them track the men so they can be arrested. James Smith, chief executive of the Aegis Trust, thegroup with issues the “Wanted for War Crimes” list, said: "Someone, somewhere, knows where they are. They shouldn’t be allowed to live out their last days in luxury. Theirfuture lies in a courtroom. That’s what their victims deserve."
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Amnesty Uses Satellites to Monitor Darfur
At this point, most technologically-savvy individuals are used to the idea of satellites in orbit around the earth, enabling everything from international phone calls and Internet connectivity to GPS systems and the hundreds of channels of television we seem to think are part of our everyday live. Now, in a first for a human rights organization, Amnesty International is using satellite imagery technology for a purely humanitarian purpose: monitoring vulnerable villages in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region. And you can help.
Google Earth Used for Genocide Awareness
Google and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum today announced an online mapping initiative which is designed to highlight growing troubles in the Darfur region of Sudan via Google Earth. This initiative, dubbed Crisis in Darfur, is the first project in "the Museum’s Genocide Prevention Mapping Initiative that will over time include information on potential genocides."
The Holocaust Museum, through Google Earth, is highlighting the Darfur situation via a Global Awareness layer in Google Earth starting today. Crisis in Darfur content comes from a range of sources, including the U.S. State Department, non-governmental organizations, the United Nations, individual photographer and the Museum. The high-resolution imagery in Google Earth enables users to zoom into the region to view more than 1,600 damaged and destroyed villages.
MySpace Partners in Darfur Aid Campaign
The words “MySpace” and “genocide” don’t often appear in the same sentence—usually it’s just “stalking” or “school bomb threat”—but today social networking giant MySpace announced a partnership with humanitarian organization Oxfam and nearly two dozen bands to raise awareness of—and funds for—the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s Darfur region. The Rock for Darfur campaign will feature more than 20 concerts across North America on October 21, online interactive promotions, and a public service announcement featuring actor Samuel L. Jackson which will appear in theaters in front of selected 20th Century Fox films, as well as on cable and online outlets.
