Sudan - Google and George Clooney Aim Satellites, Become "Anti-Genocide Paparazzi"

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George Clooney is joining Google, the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, and the United Nations in an effort called the Satellite Sentinel Project to monitor violence and human rights violations in Sudan as the country prepares to vote on January 9 on whether or not to split into two nations--North and South Sudan.
The explicit goal of the partnership is deterrence--Clooney and his partners want to make sure that Sudan does not erupt in another civil war. Some small pockets of violence have already been reported and the employment of satellites is meant to give war-mongers on the ground the message that the world is watching and genocide will not be tolerated. (...)

The article:
http://www.fastcompany.com/1712971/google-and-george-clooney-employ-commercial-satellites-amid-sudans-referendum

More about:
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/1003789

http://www.visionofhumanity.org/news/satellite-sentinel-project/

http://www.visionofhumanity.org/info-center/vision-of-humanity-themes/economics-and-peace/a-high-price-for-war/

The video:

http://www.medarabnews.com/video-archivio/?v=17950

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Sull'argomento:

http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2011-01-07/prove-secessione-sudan-facce-063817.shtml?uuid=AYDg6mxC

http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2011-01-08/presidente-bashir-ipotizza-sudan-125058.shtml?uuid=AYOd4GyC

http://www.medarabnews.com/2011/01/08/sudan-%E2%80%93-morte-di-un-sogno/

http://blog.vita.it/africana/2011/01/19/sud-sudan-la-vera-sfida-e-ora-fare-lo-%E2%80%9Cstato%E2%80%9D/

http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/cultura/2011-01-27/juba-capitale-verra-093019.shtml?uuid=AaXg9J3C

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