Sudan

uscool · Sunday at 15:25

dacads said:
No protests about this?

And nothing from the world's governments or call out the UAE ?

VincentHanna · Sunday at 15:31

uscool said:
And nothing from the world's governments or call out the UAE ?

Foreign secretary calls for immediate ceasefire in Sudan after reported massacre

Yvette Cooper condemned "atrocities, mass executions, starvation and the devastating use of rape as a weapon of war" in Darfur.

news.sky.com

arknor · Sunday at 15:32

it's obvious all protests in this country are purely political and of self interest a lot of the time.

none of them actually care about genocide.

Countries are likely staying quiet because they know how embarrassing peace keeping missions have been in the past, they didnt stop anything they merely documented it and watched.

and we can;t take in any genuine refugees because we're full of economic migrants

dacads · Sunday at 15:36

uscool said:
And nothing from the world's governments or call out the UAE ?

Unlikely when we work with their military on a regular basis, also have some of our military working or stationed there.

So we're aiding terrorists in simple terms

uscool · Sunday at 15:41

VincentHanna said:
Foreign secretary calls for immediate ceasefire in Sudan after reported massacre

Yvette Cooper condemned "atrocities, mass executions, starvation and the devastating use of rape as a weapon of war" in Darfur.

news.sky.com

Yeah but we know the funding and support is coming from the UAE which have dealings with countries so reluctant to do anything

Hagar · Sunday at 17:11

And what about Tanzania #newthread? hundreds killed in protests about election.

imtoooldforthis · Sunday at 17:37

dacads said:
No protests about this?

Aren't protests usually done to spark action from our government? Israel/Gaza has had lots of protests over here, partly because the UK government has historically supported Israel as an ally and sold weapons to them, thus it makes sense that there would be more protests compared to the current issue in Sudan which has seemingly been under reported on and is occurring in a country that the UK doesn't support with arms sales or consider an ally (to my knowledge. happy to be proven wrong).

VincentHanna · Sunday at 17:38

imtoooldforthis said:
Aren't protests usually done to spark action from our government? Israel/Gaza has had lots of protests over here, partly because the UK government has historically supported Israel as an ally and sold weapons to them, thus it makes sense that there would be more protests compared to the current issue in Sudan which is a relatively new story and is occurring in a country that the UK doesn't support with arms sales or consider an ally (to my knowledge. happy to be proven wrong).

Thats one very good reason

Another is that despite being in the middle east, Israel is very much a "western" nation, so for them to commit genocide is something we have some semblance of power over.

shifty_uk · Sunday at 17:51

imtoooldforthis said:
Aren't protests usually done to spark action from our government? Israel/Gaza has had lots of protests over here, partly because the UK government has historically supported Israel as an ally and sold weapons to them, thus it makes sense that there would be more protests compared to the current issue in Sudan which has seemingly been under reported on and is occurring in a country that the UK doesn't support with arms sales or consider an ally (to my knowledge. happy to be proven wrong).

Well done on bringing some sense to the thread

Dis86 · Sunday at 20:27

imtoooldforthis said:
Aren't protests usually done to spark action from our government? Israel/Gaza has had lots of protests over here, partly because the UK government has historically supported Israel as an ally and sold weapons to them, thus it makes sense that there would be more protests compared to the current issue in Sudan which has seemingly been under reported on and is occurring in a country that the UK doesn't support with arms sales or consider an ally (to my knowledge. happy to be proven wrong).

They're supported by the UAE. A country with whom we trade arms.

dacads · Sunday at 20:50

imtoooldforthis said:
Aren't protests usually done to spark action from our government? Israel/Gaza has had lots of protests over here, partly because the UK government has historically supported Israel as an ally and sold weapons to them, thus it makes sense that there would be more protests compared to the current issue in Sudan which has seemingly been under reported on and is occurring in a country that the UK doesn't support with arms sales or consider an ally (to my knowledge. happy to be proven wrong).

But the Palestine protests are happening in many countries, some that probably don't have any affect or say on what's happening or happened there.

I guess a factor is the population and communities of Muslims and Jews but it's not only them that have been protesting.

It's a fair point though about our relationship/history with Israel. And obviously involvement in the middle east.

Dis86 said:
They're supported by the UAE. A country with whom we trade arms.

And Saudi Arabia

I find it shameful and distasteful how some sports and sport people have followed the money so to speak. I guess that's what they do.