On Monday 18 th of July, a special lecture was given in the Canadian Embassy by a distinguished Guest Speaker Mr. Mohamed Fayek;
Mr Fayek tackled an important issue " An Arab Crisis of Human Rights" and discussed specifically Darfur Crisis as being described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis and threatening to get worse.
Mr. Fayek mentioned that the conflict in Darfur dates back to early 2003 when Africans from Darfur rebelled against the country's Arab Muslim leadership demanding a power-sharing government. The Sudanese government retaliated by sending forces to quell the rebellion and reportedly supporting the Janjaweed militia to combat the rebels. These Janjaweed have been ruthless in their attacks: raping, looting and killing in villages.
Mr. Fayek added that another one million called "black" Sudanese who have been displaced from their homes remained in Darfur . Human rights groups are backing up their accusations of ethnic cleansing even though Darfur has been mostly closed to the outside world and more than 1 million people have been displaced by unrest and hunger and up to 100,000 refugees have crossed the border into neighboring Chad .
Moreover, Mr Fayek declared that the Government of Sudan aims to stopping rebellion in all sides & doing its best for a just and comprehensive peace to prevail in Sudan and to honor its security and humanitarian commitments in the war-torn region.
Finally, he called all parties to exert their utmost efforts in this respect as the efforts of international organizations such as the United Nations (U.N.) Security Council have been relatively far away from tackling the core of the problem.