China holds unrivaled influence with the genocidal regime in Sudan. As Beijing prepares to host the 2008 Olympics, join us in urging China to use its leverage to persuade the Sudanese government to allow into Darfur the full protection force outlined by UN Resolution 1769.
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Mia Farrow lights a torch for Darfur in Hong Kong |
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Monday, 05 May 2008 |
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HONG KONG, May 2. Mia Farrow lights a torch in front of the Hong Kong Central Government Building, in honor of those killed in the Darfur region.
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Art Cries Out : "Genocide -- DARFUR" |
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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 |
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Art Cries Out will host an art exhibition dedicated to the issue of genocide and the case of Darfur in May and June. All
profits will go to Dream for Darfur.
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Darfur must be a part of Beijing's Olympic dream |
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
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South China Morning Post--Mia Farrow and Jill Savitt: "China has
expressed its commitment to the concept of a harmonious global society
– “one world, one dream”. In the lead-up to the Games, Beijing has the
opportunity to change the course of history, to save the people of
Darfur and to give us all occasion to rejoice in the Olympics as a
force for peace."
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Actress Mia Farrow slams Olympics sponsors |
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
Agence France-Presse: "US actress and activist Mia Farrow Friday accused sponsors of the Beijing Olympics of bowing to "greed and fear" in failing to pressure China on its role in the conflict in Darfur."
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Mia Farrow protests at Olympic torch relay, urges Beijing to help stop killings in Darfur |
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
Los Angeles Times: "Actress Mia Farrow urged Beijing today to help stop the killings in Sudan's western Darfur region, staging a peaceful, one-woman protest on the sidelines of the Hong Kong leg of the Olympic torch relay."
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
New York Times: "Mia Farrow, the Hollywood actress who is chairwoman of Dream for Darfur’s advisory board, lit a torch in front of the Hong Kong government’s headquarters and demanded that the Chinese government put more pressure on its allies in Sudan to stop widespread killings and other human rights abuses in the Darfur region of Sudan.
Ms. Farrow’s efforts drew a large crowd of journalists and numerous television cameras in part because the Hong Kong government had blocked a half dozen other human rights activists from entering the territory earlier this week. Those activists were forced to fly back to the countries from which they had arrived."
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Mia Farrow calls for Olympic opening boycott |
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
Reuters: "U.S. actress Mia Farrow expressed solidarity with Tibetans but said she was focused on pressuring China over its support for Sudan and called on world leaders to boycott the Olympics opening ceremony."
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Farrow says Darfur campaign her most important role |
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
Agence France-Presse: "Despite a glittering acting career that has brought worldwide fame, Mia Farrow said Friday the campaign to end violence in troubled Darfur had been the "most important endeavour" of her life."
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China, U.K. Should Send Military Support to Darfur, Farrow Says |
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
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Bloomberg: "Mia Farrow, the actress who is leading the protest group Dream for Darfur, said China, Britain and other United Nations Security Council members must provide military support to peacekeepers in the Sudanese region."
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The Darfur War Crimes Test |
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
Mia Farrow and Eric Reeves, The Wall Street Journal: "This week marks a grim and largely unnoticed anniversary. On April 27, 2007, International Criminal Court judges issued arrest warrants for two men involved in the massive, ongoing atrocities in the Darfur region of western Sudan: Former state minister of the interior Ahmed Haroun, and Ali Kushayb, a key leader of the brutal Arab militia known as Janjaweed. Both are charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity."
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Farrow in Hong Kong ahead of Olympic Torch |
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
Agence France-Presse: "US actress and activist Mia Farrow touched down Thursday in Hong Kong, promising not to disturb the Olympic torch relay as she campaigns over Darfur and China's links to the Sudan government.
Amid fears here over freedom of speech ahead of Friday's leg of the relay -- which has been dogged by protests on its worldwide journey -- Farrow said she had been questioned briefly by officials on her arrival."
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Actress Farrow enters Hong Kong to protest China-Sudan ties |
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
Associated Press: "Actress Mia Farrow was briefly questioned at Hong Kong's airport
Thursday before officials allowed her to enter the Chinese territory to
give a speech criticizing China's relations with Sudan."
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Statement by Mia Farrow and Bernard Henri Levy – following Guernica Magazine's Crisis Darfur Event |
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 |
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NEW YORK, NY- April 29. Actress and activist Mia Farrow and acclaimed public intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy spoke of their visits to the war-torn Darfur region and their urgent work to end the genocide—ongoing since 2003—by mobilizing public opinion and leveraging governments and international bodies. Click "Read more" for their joint statement on the crisis in Darfur.
Listen: Crisis Darfur--A Conversation with Mia Farrow and Bernard-Henri Lévy
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NEW REPORT: Olympic Corporate Sponsors Still Silent on Darfur |
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Wednesday, 23 April 2008 |
NEW YORK, NY – In its second Olympic Corporate Sponsor Darfur Report Card, Dream for Darfur again failed or gave Ds to the majority – 16 of 19 – top Olympic sponsors, among them Visa, Coke and Swatch, for the companies’ persistent refusal to take any meaningful step to help bring security to war-torn Darfur.
The 100-plus page report, The Big Chill: Too Scared to Speak, Olympic Sponsors Still Silent on Darfur will trigger protests at the headquarters and retail locations of low-scoring sponsors, starting this weekend.
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Torch relay presents challenge to Hong Kong's freedoms |
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Monday, 28 April 2008 |
International Herald Tribune: "The Olympic torch relay in Hong Kong on Friday, the first to be on Chinese soil, is turning into a broader struggle over Hong Kong's evolving role as an autonomous territory of China."
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Darfur activists target Olympic sponsors, launch protests |
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Thursday, 24 April 2008 |
Agence France-Presse: "Activist group Dream for Darfur accused top Olympic sponsors on Thursday of complicity in the genocide in Darfur and said it would target corporate headquarters for protests, starting with Coca-Cola."
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