Few things can impact you as much as the voices of the ones who have survived the terror of genocide. Few things can be more credible than the stories of those who miraculously escaped the bullets and village fires. Sadly, few are also the things that can set off the UN and the rest of the world to stop genocide.

While the world is still discussing the Oscar winners for this year and trying to tell you that a brand new car is better for you than the one you (maybe) own, I ask you to listen to a different tune. One of indescribable pain. But not pain as a result of physical abuse – the pain inflicted by the indifference of the world towards the victims of genocide.

The first video below will provide you with some testimonies of Darfur’s perpetrators – people who were awaken to see the ugliness of their actions and decided to turn around. The second video provides some testimonies of survivors from the village attacks on civilians in Western Darfur.

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