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A divestment campaign is well under way to cut off funding for the crisis in Darfur, in which hundreds of thousands of civilians have been killed, and over 2 million civilians have been displaced, by the government-backed Janjawid militia.Here's one way you can help, from the Save Darfur Coalition:
By withdrawing investments from companies that help finance the genocide, we can build economic pressure to end the atrocities.
That's why we are calling on the investment firms with the largest ties to Sudan, such as Fidelity, to divest their holdings now, before more lives are lost.
Click here to sign the petition calling on Fidelity to divest from companies that help fund the genocide.
Fidelity is a major holder of PetroChina, the Chinese oil company that is one of the biggest offenders in helping to fund the genocide in Darfur.
Despite complaints from concerned citizens and investors, Fidelity has not accepted responsibility for its role in investing in companies that help fund the genocide in Darfur and has refused to withdraw these investments.
Tell Fidelity it's time to stop investing in companies that help fund the genocide. Click here to sign the petition asking them to cut their ties with businesses supporting the genocide.
While diplomacy is crucial, most international efforts have failed to get through to Sudan.
But money talks -- Sudan has been very responsive to economic pressure in the past. That is why we believe divestment could be highly effective in forcing Sudan to cooperate with the international community.
Divestment helped end apartheid in South Africa in the late 1980's and it can help end genocide in Darfur in 2007.
Click here to demand that Fidelity do their part to help end the violence by divesting from companies that help fund the genocide.
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