Monday, January 29, 2007

Darfur Honesty: "The world has not learned anything," said Ernest Kan, an 84-year-old Holocaust survivor

Protesters raise tents, awareness of genocide


By Gretel Sarmiento

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

Monday, January 29, 2007

BOCA RATON — The cease-fire and peace agreements have done little to stop the violence, murders and rapes in the Darfur region of western Sudan. Though Darfur stands for "land of the Fur," for the last three years its name has been synonymous with "genocide."

The Save Darfur Coalitions of south, central and north Palm Beach County are not giving up. About 300 people attended an awareness rally at Temple Beth El Sunday. Their goal: to stop the genocide in Africa's largest country.

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