Sunday, April 30, 2006

Images: D.C. Rally for Darfur

PROTESTS ON THE MALL

U.S. actor George Clooney (R) listens to his father Nick Clooney speak at a rally calling for the stop to the genocide taking place in Darfur, in front of Capitol Hill in Washington April 30, 2006. The rally is part of the 'Million Voices for Darfur' campaign to generate one million postcards for delivery to U.S. President George W. Bush, who recently pledged to push for additional UN and NATO help to protect the people of Darfur. REUTERS/Jim Young
Thousands of people gather on the National Mall, to protest the genocide in Darfur, Sunday, April 30, 2006 in Washington. Actors, athletes and activists concerned about the atrocities in Sudan's Darfur region joined politicians and religious leaders in urging a greater U.S. role in ending what the United Nations says is the world's worst humanitarian disaster. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) US actor George Clooney (C) escorts his father Nick Clooney before the elder Clooney addressed a rally on the National Mall in Washington as thousands of people called on the US administration to help end genocide in the western Sudan region of Darfur.(AFP/Saul McSween)
Sudanese rally on the National Mall in Washington as thousands of people called on the US administration to help end genocide in the western Sudan region of Darfur.(AFP/Saul McSween) Actor George Clooney (L) greets hip-hop entrepreneur Russell Simmons backstage at a rally to stop the crisis in Darfur, on the National Mall in Washington April 30, 2006. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
Alexis Rosen wears a message on her face during a rally to call for the stop to the genocide taking place in Darfur, on the National Mall in Washington April 30, 2006. The rally is part of the Million Voices for Darfur campaign to generate one million postcards for delivery to U.S. President George W. Bush, who recently pledged to push for additional UN and NATO help to protect the people of Darfur. REUTERS/Jim Young The rally is part of the Million Voices for Darfur campaign to generate one million postcards for delivery to U.S. President George W. Bush, who recently pledged to push for additional UN and NATO help to protect the people of Darfur. REUTERS/Jim Young
Thousands attend a rally calling for a stop to the genocide taking place in Darfur, on the National Mall in Washington April 30, 2006. The rally is part of the Million Voices for Darfur campaign to generate one million postcards for delivery to U.S. President George W. Bush, who recently pledged to push for additional UN and NATO help to protect the people of Darfur. REUTERS/Jim Young Thousands gather at a rally to stop the crisis in Darfur, on the National Mall in Washington April 30, 2006. Several thousand Americans, led by religious leaders, entertainers and politicians, marched on Sunday to urge the United States to halt 'genocide' in Sudan's Darfur region. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

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Thousands Gather in D.C. at Rally for Darfur
(www.washingtonpost.com) -- Clutching signs that read "Never Again", thousands of protesters from across religious and political divides converged on the Mall today, along with celebrities and politicians, to urge President Bush to take stronger measures to end genocide in Sudan's Darfur region.

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posted by Steven Moyer at 8:15 PM

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great Pics.
I see you like to read... You should read Escape From Slavery by Frances Bok. It is his story of how he was captured at the age of 7 in Southern Sudan, brought to N. Sudan, his expriences as a slave, his escape, and now his ongoing battle to stop the slaughter of his people. It is an excellent book, very informative, and inspires one to take action.

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