I received the following email on the Darfur crisis from Amelia Field who writes on behalf of Human Rights First. Please do give a thought to it.

We don't need to remind you that in Darfur where people are being systematically killed and driven from their homes, immediate intervention is critical.

We're writing you in hopes that you will tell your readers about Human Rights First's important new petition. We're looking for 200,000 caring people to "stand in" for those who have been murdered, raped and displaced. See (and sign!) the petition here.

We have also made a short and powerful Flash movie that we invite you to watch and link to alongside the petition.

The petition calls for a high-level envoy, appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, to reenergize the peace process. That means, in particular, bringing all of the stakeholders in Darfur to the negotiating table – something that is not happening right now.
Darfur is a crucial issue to your readers, and I hope you will spread the word about the petition.

Peace

They will have to forgive our tendency to be more concerned about how to prevent such crisis from erupting in our own country.

In the words of Martin Luther King "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends"

We all have a role to play in doing all we can to stop the genocide in Darfur

It's very unfortunate that people are been slaughtered in Dafur while the world community debate if it's genocide or not. Please sign the petition to at least help keep the issue in the forefront to encourage a meaningful intervention in Dafur. African Union is incapable of solving Africa's problems, so we have to continue pushing the US and the UN to stop the atrocity going on in Dafur.