June 9, 200719 yr Does anyone ever heard about this? I heard that website was launched last Wednesday. Human-rights activists are using high-resolution satellite cameras to keep watch over imperiled villages in the Darfur region of Sudan and posting the images online to enlist help preventing violence. The new Amnesty International Web site was launched Wednesday in conjunction with a conference at the University of California at Berkeley. “We’re hoping that by shining a light that we will deter the abuse from ever happening,” said Ariela Blatter, director of the Crisis Prevention and Response Center for Amnesty International USA. Satellite images have been used before to document destruction in Darfur and elsewhere. But the latest project offers clearer, more up-to-date images, allowing experts to better track developments, Blatter said. The quality of the pictures is “very, very good,” said Lars Bromley of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an international nonprofit group that publishes the journal Science and provided technical assistance for the project. “We can see cows. We can see vehicles. We can certainly see houses and fences and other structures.” That’s especially important in an area such as Darfur, which is too dangerous for most people, said Bromley, project director for the AAAS Science and Human Rights Program. The region has been wracked by violence since 2003, when ethnic African rebels and the pro-government janjaweed militia began fighting. More than 200,000 people have been killed and 2.5 million forced to flee their homes Read Full Story More satellite images are available at EyesonDarfur.org. taken from : obiakpere Amnesty International USA's unprecedented Eyes On Darfur project leverages the power of high-resolution satellite imagery to provide unimpeachable evidence of the atrocities being committed in Darfur - enabling action by private citizens, policy makers and international courts. Eyes On Darfur also breaks new ground in protecting human rights by allowing people around the world to literally "watch over" and protect twelve intact, but highly vulnerable, villages using commercially available satellite imagery. The project was led by the Crisis Prevention and Response Center (CPRC) - Amnesty International USA's rapid response center for engaging members, policy-makers, and the public in preventing and responding to human rights crises around the world. taken from : primarysourcenews comments from around the world news from espanol sciamnews CLICK HERE to see the photos CLICK HERE to see the video and also this answer from Yahoo.com
June 15, 200719 yr What a mess europe created in Africa...and will they clean it up? No. They still are robbing Africans of food. Lakes in Africa are being fished by European country's and 80% of the fish go to europe, while the Africans living by the lake starve. Dont get me wrong, America is not helping out and is making it worse too.
June 15, 200719 yr Author Really? Well actually... I don't want to show off about this.. But the website eyesondarfur.org was my brother did. And also his friend.. So I share in here about this. I don't know why my brother was involved either...
June 15, 200719 yr ^ ditto wow this sounds interesting, i must admit i don't know enough about this issue and anything on it that i can read about and or view is great.
June 15, 200719 yr If Darfur had oil, than Doctor Bush would have stepped in and help... ...but it doesn't have oil.
June 16, 200719 yr If Darfur had oil, than Doctor Bush would have stepped in and help... ...but it doesn't have oil. So would good ole europe....but they're busy raping and robbing Africa, been doing it for hundreds of years. This is a mess europe created, they should play a major role in cleaning it up...but they would gain nothing but it. Why waste money there, when they can make it stealing from other parts of Africa? I love how Europe makes this mess, and wont clean it up and you bash on America....Are you saying its America's job to be the world police and clean up europe's mess? Im sure you'd bash america if they did step in. America needs to clean up its messes in Africa, and Europe to clean up its huge mess. I wont deny America's messes, in Africa, Iraq and large parts of the world, but European's need to get off their high horse and man up to their own messes. You're just like most people, blame someone else for the mess your people make.
June 16, 200719 yr ^ Who cares...the time for fingerpointing is long over. Fact is horrible things are happening, and more will if something doesn't change. I just wish I didn't feel so helpless. I think most of the world who dares glance there feels the same way.
June 16, 200719 yr ^ Who cares...the time for fingerpointing is long over. Fact is horrible things are happening, and more will if something doesn't change. I just wish I didn't feel so helpless. I think most of the world who dares glance there feels the same way. I make the point, because like most morons they just blames america for all the world's problems and thinks its up to us to solve them...then when we try, they cry "facist world police" I just hate how many people are like that. The world needs to help out, but europe should be the leader in fixing its own mess. America should help, but also focus on our own messes. We've created far far too many. We can't make up for all our own messes, and then pick up the slack for europe, when they still are raping Africa.
June 16, 200719 yr I fingure point because its still happening, if it was something that stopped a long time ago, i'd agree with you. But while its still happening we need to point the fingure and hold the nations who are doing it accountable.
June 16, 200719 yr Pots and kettles. All black. Still pointless. Somewhere in there the old (centuries not decades) European superpowers got all these ideas that they were more civilised and ought to rule the world. America is just as much decended from them as the modern nationstates in Europe, and it inherited the ideals just as much if not more. The very terms 'first world' and 'third world' show just how blindingly entrenched these silly insulting ideas are. Fingerpointing really isn't going to help, especially with places like Hati so nearby. History shows time and again that own messes will most certainly not be cleaned up, so it's pointless to waste time waiting for it to happen. These are people, not spilled milk. And no, I don't think America should go in guns blazing in any way shape or form. Chances are the most recent messes in the middle east have soured too many people on REAL peacekeepers already. By the way, what rock have you been hiding under? Haven't seen you around in ages...
June 16, 200719 yr Pots and kettles. All black. Still pointless. Somewhere in there the old (centuries not decades) European superpowers got all these ideas that they were more civilised and ought to rule the world. America is just as much decended from them as the modern nationstates in Europe, and it inherited the ideals just as much if not more. The very terms 'first world' and 'third world' show just how blindingly entrenched these silly insulting ideas are. Fingerpointing really isn't going to help, especially with places like Hati so nearby. History shows time and again that own messes will most certainly not be cleaned up, so it's pointless to waste time waiting for it to happen. These are people, not spilled milk. And no, I don't think America should go in guns blazing in any way shape or form. Chances are the most recent messes in the middle east have soured too many people on REAL peacekeepers already. By the way, what rock have you been hiding under? Haven't seen you around in ages... I just think we should hold nations accountable for their actions. Never going to happen though. Im not online much anymore, ive been very busy with work, friends and going to the beach alot. Plus im moving soon, so i have to make my rounds saying bye to everyone.
June 16, 200719 yr Author I just think we should hold nations accountable for their actions. Never going to happen though. Im not online much anymore, ive been very busy with work, friends and going to the beach alot. Plus im moving soon, so i have to make my rounds saying bye to everyone. Bye, thanks for your opinion!
June 17, 200719 yr Author Sudan: Satellite Images Put All Eyes On Darfur Kennedy Abwao A US science organisation has developed a system to enable human rights groups to access high-resolution satellite images and monitor the activity of military groups in Sudan's western region, Darfur. Researchers from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will analyse the satellite images and then make them available online. Millions of computer users around the world can then track the status of settlements considered at high risk of attacks in the volatile Darfur region. In particular, the AAAS is providing technical support to Amnesty International USA to monitor the activity of rebel groups and the Arab militia -- the Janjaweed -- accused of aerial bombardment of villages in Darfur. The project was launched last week (6 June) at a digital earth conference at the US-based University of California. The new site monitors 12 intact but vulnerable villages and also provides archived satellite photos showing the destruction of 12 settlements in Darfur since January 2005. Objects as small as vehicles, cows and fences can be seen in the images. Since 2006, researchers at the AAAS have been exploring how to use scientific methods, including forensic science, satellite imagery and other space technologies to help advance human rights and prevent human rights abuses. "[The project] is an excellent example of how science and technology can be applied to help expose human rights violations," said Mona Younis, director of the Science and Human Rights Programme at the AAAS, in a press release. This kind of monitoring has become essential because the Sudanese government has been unwilling to grant entry permits to Darfur. Hashim Mloso, field program manager with Save the Children in Darfur, said the launch of the program could help with preparation of contingency plans for relief agencies, as field staff usually need to go to villages to gauge the level of assistance needed. But Oxfam's pan African policy analyst, Houghton Irungu, told SciDev.Net that the project might not have immediate benefits for an organisation like Oxfam which already has operations in the refugee camps in Darfur -- though it could be very useful for agencies intending to operate in the region in the near-future. "It would contribute to Sudan's overall development if it covered the entire country," he added. http://allafrica.com/stories/200706141069.html
June 17, 200719 yr Amazing Africa. my deep condolences to Darfur-ians that being the victims of the crisis.. amazing website grids. im sure your brother is a great person. he cares to another.. :D:D
June 17, 200719 yr actually what happened in Darfur?? i only hear about the news, but actually i dunno what happen.. lol :D:D
June 17, 200719 yr Author First, about Amnesty International Founded in London in 1961, Amnesty International is a Nobel Prize-winning grassroots activist organization with over 2.2 million members worldwide. Amnesty International undertakes research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights. Amnesty International's unprecedented Eyes On Darfur project leverages the power of high-resolution satellite imagery to provide unimpeachable evidence of the atrocities being committed in Darfur - enabling action by private citizens, policy makers and international courts. Eyes On Darfur also breaks new ground in protecting human rights by allowing people around the world to literally "watch over" and protect twelve intact, but highly vulnerable, villages using commercially available satellite imagery. The project was led by the Crisis Prevention and Response Center (CPRC) - Amnesty International USA's rapid response center for engaging members, policy-makers, and the public in preventing and responding to human rights crises around the world.
June 17, 200719 yr Author Between Darfur and Baghdad. What caused this massacre to happen? Tens of thousands of victims and a million left homeless and again, the world couldn’t prevent the tragedy from happening. Why is this happening again and why do we find ourselves again compelled to find solutions after paying a high price of human lives and after adding another stain to the world’s history? We all know the reason but we didn’t agree on a way to deal with it till now and many of us are still working hard on the old ways that proved to be useless, only to escape bearing the responsibility which is definitely everyone’s responsibility. The Security Council is facing a new test but I feel that it can’t come up with something new or different this time. In spite of what the Congress and some of the free world countries declared that they will be moving fast to deal with the situation, what happened has happened and all we can do right now is trying to stop further bloodshed. While the reason why this crime happened, which is dictatorship, is going to find an opportunity to win some time and ‘solve’ the crisis using the same old ways that everyone knows by heart; empty words that stress on the “determination of the government in Sudan to overcome the situation”, lousy resolutions to reassure the world that what was done was an obligation and finally comes a cheap play of a fake trial for some men that noone knows even their names. These men are kind of a decoy sacrifice that dictatorships can always find to distract the world and fool the people. Of course nobody will show any strong opposition as the government had already have a grip of steel over the people. The real criminals will shake hands with each other and they will rest assured that they’re capable of escaping punishment easily. It’s always dictatorship. We all know that it’s the reason behind all evil things on earth but we still deal with it in the same old way. Dictators are the ones we must fear when they possess WMDs which are the common goal for them. Actually dictatorships are the real WMDs. Every now and then they commit massacres worse that the ones WMDs can cause. Dictatorship is a corrupt fountain of poverty and human sufferings and it’s the mother of terrorism and fundamentalism. Where do terrorism come from and where do we find such crimes? Simply in countries like Sudan, Iran, Egypt, Algeria, Yemen, Libya and Syria. These countries are the source of terrorism and the common factor among them is the wretched dictatorship. I doubt that many will support repeating the unique courageous action that took place in Iraq. Although it’s the best choice, they will focus on the bad sides and turn their backs to the big deal which is the fact that there’s no way what happened in Darfur can happen in Iraq. In spite of the war we’re fighting against terror and in spite of the exaggerated media reports about the casualties, the last report for the international organizations said that the number of victims in Iraq due to terrorist attacks and violence is around 12 000 in one year. Yes, we’re fighting in a fierce battle but nothing can match the massacres we had suffered in Saddam’s days and we will never wish those horrible days return and in the future we will never experience something like what happened in Darfur where tens of thousands of people were slaughtered in a record interval as a part of an organized action planned for and supported by the government. Our battle will end soon and then we will be the best in the region but what happened in Darfur will happen again and again in other countries led by dictators. It’s now obvious that the world needs guts like the US and her allies have and the agreement to eradicate dictatorship must become on the top of the world’s priorities because it’s the origin of all evil. Don’t think of me as a war fan. I’m not enjoying the noise of jet fighters or the destruction car bombs leave behind or the militants who try to terrorize me. I’m still dreaming of living like other people who live in London, Sydney, New York or Stockholm but I accepted to take this choice, the choice of war because it’s the only way to reach my dreams. My people accepted to give what it takes to build our better future. By Mohammed.
June 17, 200719 yr So would good ole europe....but they're busy raping and robbing Africa, been doing it for hundreds of years. This is a mess europe created, they should play a major role in cleaning it up...but they would gain nothing but it. Why waste money there, when they can make it stealing from other parts of Africa? I love how Europe makes this mess, and wont clean it up and you bash on America....Are you saying its America's job to be the world police and clean up europe's mess? Im sure you'd bash america if they did step in. America needs to clean up its messes in Africa, and Europe to clean up its huge mess. I wont deny America's messes, in Africa, Iraq and large parts of the world, but European's need to get off their high horse and man up to their own messes. You're just like most people, blame someone else for the mess your people make. Africa was 'stable' when it was all owned by Europe, it's when they all wanted independence their problems started, Europe gave them independence, corrupt governments came in and corrupted the countries, throwing them into ruin, then come back asking Europe to help sort out their mess.
June 17, 200719 yr Africa was 'stable' when it was all owned by Europe, it's when they all wanted independence their problems started, Europe gave them independence, corrupt governments came in and corrupted the countries, throwing them into ruin, then come back asking Europe to help sort out their mess. Germany was stable when Hitler was in control, that means nothing. When Europe controlled Africa, millions starved, millions died, millions were poor, millions were slaves, their lands were raped and all profits sent back to europe, the african people worked hard and gained almost nothing for it. Almost as bad as the slaves in America had it. Note I am not leaving America out of this. Europe sliced up Africa with no regards to tribes, political groups, religions. Thats why there is so much civil war and ethnic cleansing's. Same goes for the Mid East, alot of the nations were cut up to benefit Europe with no regaurds for ethnic groups. They came back to Europe to ask them to fix the problem THEY created. Africa was far better off before Europe came and then when they left it was in bad shape...yeah its the black people's fault for that, not whitey in europe. You know slave masters used to think they were doing the black man a favor by making them slaves...."they couldn't govern themselves, or take care of themselves" guess this thought still lives on in some places. Bottom line-Africa wasnt in that bad of shape before Europe...after Europe it was ruined.
June 17, 200719 yr To say Europe is not at fault for the mess in Africa would be to say America isnot to blame for the mess in Iraq.....Europe and America are robbing the middle east of its oil and look how unstable it is because of it. Thats what happens when you carve up other lands and steal and rape. After you leave its always a mess with civil wars and genocide. You know maybe we should just divide up Africa, enslave most the population since africans cant govern or take care of themselves.... If we use your reason the mess in Iraq is Iraqi's fault and America is not to blame....but i think you wouldnt agree. Why? Because you're not American. If you werent European you'd agree Europe is to blame for the mess in Africa. Its so easy for you to point out when America messes up and does something like this, but when Europe has done wrong...its someone else's fault.
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