“We are fasting to get people from all over the world to demand that our leaders pressure the Sudanese government to reinstate the aid agencies recently kicked out of Darfur,” Branson writes in an editorial. “This cruel gesture has left over 1 million people in Darfur at risk of starvation and disease.”“After only three days without food, my body already feels weakened,” Branson explains. “I can't even imagine what it must be like for many people in Darfur who have no choice but to go without food for weeks. I'm doing what I can to help raise the volume on this issue, but certainly the voices of those who are suffering are far more powerful than mine.”
Those fasting for Darfur have also posted stories from Darfur residents describing the horror of life in the region. For more information on the Darfur Fast, visit fastdarfur.org.
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I understand the sentiment of Farrow and Branson, but celebrities fasting so far has done nothing to change the situation in Sudan. Until someone holds the government of Sudan and President Bashir accountable in a practical way, fasting will do nothing.
What is really needed is a mandate that actually gets support, because so far, all the African countries he travels to are friendly, and unless that changes, Bashir will escape justice whenever he wants. Freezing his assets would help, if one could ever locate them.
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