Ben & Jerry Arrested Thursday at Sudan Embassy

[Dover]

On Thursday, July 29 Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the founders of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream will protest in front of the Sudanese Embassy in Washington, D.C. Both men will be joined by Rabbi David Saperstein the Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, when they stand on the steps of the Embassy. They will be arrested for illegal assembly by the United States Secret Service.

Just one week after Congress voted unanimously to call the slaughter in Sudan a genocide, the Associated Press is reporting that "The United States sent a revised UN draft resolution on Sudan to Security Council ambassadors yesterday, keeping the threat of sanctions despite calls to give the Sudanese government more time to deal with Arab militias blamed for killing thousands."

The organizers applaud the actions of the United States government, but the pressure on the Sudan government to stop the genocide will continue. The arrests of Ben Cohen, Jerry Greenfield, and Rabbi Saperstein represent the continued effort to save lives in Sudan.

On Tuesday, former D.C. Congressional Delegate Rev. Walter Fauntroy hand delivered a letter to the White House calling on President Bush to join the House and the Senate in declaring the horror in Sudan a genocide.

The letter calls on the President to:

-- Accelerate diplomatic, political and military efforts to improve security and access within Darfur

-- Strengthen the mandate of the African Union Protection Force, including protection and assistance for the civilian delivery of humanitarian aid

-- consider a no-fly zone over Darfur and along the Chad/Sudan border to protect civilians and permit the scaling up of rescue and relief operations; ramp up the logistical capacity to double the delivery of aid

-- Seek additional civil and military logistical and material support from UN member states to ensure the civilian delivery of aid

Since June 29th the Sudan Campaign has been putting pressure on the Sudanese government by staging a series of arrests in from of the Sudanese Embassy in Washington. Former Congressman Rev. Walter Fauntroy, Talk Show host Joe Madison, and Father Keith Roderick of Christian Solidarity International DC, are leading the charge...MORE

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=158-07282004

[Pachamama]

1. Um, your post should say "they plan to be arrested"...it hasn't happened

....yet....

[CaTeacher]

2. Ben and Jerry are great patriots!

and their ice cream rocks too!

[psychopomp]

8. Way to miss the point!

It's not just you, either.

Please find out more about the horror unfolding in Sudan:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x714464

[Pastiche423]

3. Kudos in advance to Ben and Jerry!

Thank goodness there are still some real American patriots in this country.

[Mace]

4. I thought freedom of assembly is a first amendment right.

How is that illegal?

[ashling]

5. The embassy grounds are not public property

It is technically the property of Sudan.

[BrotherBuzz]

6. Would you have a problem if unwanted people assemble...

on your front porch?

[sofa king]

7. Cool. I'll stop at the Ben & Jerry's in Georgetown on my way home.

I guess they're keeping the time under wraps, but if I guess right I'll try to get some cell phone pictures for you.

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