الجنـجويــد يهاجـــمون بــروكـــسل عاصمــــة الاتحــاد الاوربــي

Quote: The Association of Darfur People in Belgium (ADPB) Darfur Peace and Justice Organization – Belgium (DPAJ) A joint Statement on Darfur Global Day ,April 29th 2007 Dear sir, Madam: It has been labelled as genocide by the US government and described as a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing by the UN. That’s the situation in the Sudanese western region of Darfur. Across the vast region of Darfur, the Sudanese government sponsored militias of Janjaweed are targeting civilians , committing appalling human rights violations. Many accounts by witnesses tell similar , horrifying stories. The Janjaweed roar into the villages in pick-up trucks , or on the back of camels and horses, firing up to 600 rounds a minute from their assault rifles, they kill men , steal animals that are the Darfurians’ wealth, and loot homes. As the coup de grace to make sure victims will not be eager to return to the site of this terror, the attackers systematically rape women and burn homes, leaving most villages nothing more than charred ruins. The region has been witnessing unthinkable bloodshed and destruction since February 2003. The violence against African villagers perpetrated by the Janjaweed militias is on daily basis and beyond imagination, it is something the people of Darfur have to live with since the world a round them is reluctant to take a genuine action to stop the ongoing genocide. Hundreds of thousands of innocent Darfurians have lost their lives and over two million of them became homeless since the ugly government sponsored campaign of ethnic cleansing began, and end to these horrors is not in sight. We, in the association of Darfur people in Belgium , and the Organization of Darfur Peace and Justice; believe that the crisis has dragged on far too long and is now worse than it’s ever been. To wait any longer than this puts hundreds of thousands of lives in a real danger and risk a total break down of the entire humanitarian response. Today must be the time the African Union, the UN and the international community says enough is enough. The world must not fool itself in to believing that this state sponsored campaign of killing is receding when it is actually degenerating rapidly. The association of Darfur People in Belgium Joda-bielen,terbermenweg 9, 3540 Herk-de-stad. Tel 013462196 e-mail: [email protected] The Organization of Darfur Peace and Justice [email protected] [email protected]