Fur Diaspora Association (FDA)
Darfur Association in Toronto (DAT)
Press Release, January 25, 2003
As the result of the process of ethnic
cleansing launched by the Sudanese authorities, 24 Fur people were killed
while 18 were injured (some seriously) when Arab militias and government
soldiers attacked Garcila and Mugjar on January 20 and 21 respectively. The
two towns were attacked at 5 am Sudan local time and the following people
are reported dead:
1) Mohamed Abdulrasul
2) Mohamed Abbaker
3) Abbaker Adam Musa
4) Haroun Mohamed
5) Adam Abdelkarim
6) Mubarak Kujak
7) Siliman Nasr Addeen
8) Bukhari Ibrahim
9) Adam Khamis
10) Abdul Malik
11) Mohamed Ibrahim
12) Marru Ishag
13) Ishag Marru Ishag
14) Mariam Ishag
15) Ibrahim Idris
16) Rashida Hassabu
17) Abbaker Haroun
18) Adam Rijal
19) Mariam Idris
20) Fatima Adam
21) Idris Jibril
22) Barbar
23) Omar Abbaker
24) Mariam Abdalla
25) Siliman Adam
26) Faisal Ibrahim
27) Makki Mohamed Idris
The irony is that these attacks took place during the visit of Brigadier Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein, Minster of Interior, to the region. Specifically, this attack took place short before he made a statement that “incidences of conflict largely shrank in Darfur particularly in northern and western Darfur”. Indeed, both Garcila and Mugjar are in western Darfur and brigadier Hussein made that statement to mislead the international community. The number of the Fur killed between the first week of October 2002 and third week of January 2003 has reached 151. Most of the victims are men and women aged between 18 and 45. Fur Diaspora Association and Darfur Association in Toronto are urging all the governments, organizations and individuals who believe that destruction of human beings is a grievous crime to intervene and force the Sudanese government to stop its project of genocide against the indigenous peoples.
Signed on behalf of the Fur Diaspora Association and Darfur Association in Toronto by: Gamal Adam:
2 Assiniboine Road # 522
Toronto, Ontario M3J 1L1, Canada
Telephone: 416-736-3628
E-mail: gamadam@yorku.ca
And Babiker Abdeljabbar:
Tasmania, Australia
Telephone: 613-623-11021
E-mail: babikira@yahoo.co.uk