GENOCIDE SURVIVORS TO RALLY FOR DARFUR

Boston Channel.com, MA
Oct 8 2007

Organizers To Call On China For Help

BOSTON — Genocide survivors along with thousands of Massachusetts
residents are expected to gather on City Hall Plaza Monday to support
the people of Darfur.

The Dream for Darfur Rally will call on China to use its influence
to help end the humanitarian crisis in the Sudanese region.

Rally organizers said China has strong economic, political and military
ties to the Sudanese government and has considerable influence on
the African nation’s decisions.

The rally will also feature a torch lighting ceremony that will then
be relayed through 20 American cities.

The rally will feature genocide survivors from Darfur along with
genocide survivors from local Armenian, Bosnian, Cambodian, Jewish
and Rwandan communities, along with human rights activists, and
public officials.

The event starts at 3:30 p.m.