e-Magazine - Issue 7

Add a blue helmet to protect Darfur
"Today in Darfur, Sudan, widespread atrocities based on prejudice, hate and injustice are taking place out of the public eye. Take action now with Amnesty International"
- Don Cheadle, Actor

In response to attacks in 2003 by an armed group, the government of Sudan armed and supported Janjawid militias to forcibly displace people in Darfur. In May 2006, the Sudanese Government and one rebel faction signed a peace agreement.

But since then, violence has actually increased, and the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) is unable to protect people effectively.

Today the UN is in a unique position to pressurize the Sudanese government and get its blue helmets on the ground to protect civilians. It is time to send a message to the UN: less talk, more noise, more action!

Over 9,000 of you have already emailed the Sudanese authorities demanding justice for the women of Darfur. Today, we need 23,000 signatures, one for each UN peacekeeper needed in Sudan. So sign our petition and put your blue helmet on the map!

Featured Track: Grow Old With Me, The Postal Service

Since The Postal Service's delivery of Grow Old With Me on Amnesty's doorstep, the band's lyrical cover has become our second best selling track (behind The Cure).

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	AfroReggae Contest Winners Congrats to Wail Ahmed from Sudan and Adele Ulrich from the US who won signed CDs and T-shirts from MSNoise artists as part of our AfroReggae e-card contest. Big thanks to the 500+ people who participated by telling their friends about AfroReggae's story and the Million Faces Petition for a global arms trade treaty.
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	Make Some Noise in Dutch and Japanese This past month saw the launch of Dutch and Japanese stores bringing our language count to 6. To celebrate the launch on August 19-21, Michael Franti & Spearhead and the gothic band Epica joined tens of thousands of Dutch fans at the Lowlands festival to literally Make Some Noise against Discrimination. Amnesty volunteers collected over 11,500 signatures to send to the governor of St. Petersburg. Stay tuned for a full Dutch site and more coming out later this month.
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