Amnesty International Using Satellites To Monitor Darfur

High-Resolution Cameras Watch Over Darfur Villages...
Human-rights activists are using high-resolution satellite cameras to keep watch over imperiled villages in the Darfur region of Sudan and posting the images online to enlist help preventing violence. The new Amnesty International Web site, Eyes On Darfur was launched Wednesday in conjunction with a conference at the University of California, Berkeley."We're hoping that by shining a light that we will deter the abuse from ever happening," said Ariela Blatter, director of the Crisis Prevention and Response Center for Amnesty International USA.Satellite images have been used before to document destruction in Darfur and elsewhere. But the latest project offers clearer, more up-to-date images, allowing experts to better track developments, Blatter said.
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PS:"And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars;see that ye be not troubled:for all these things must come to pass,but the end is not yet.For nation shall rise against nation,and kingdom against kingdom;and there shall be famines,and pestilences...in divers places.All these are the beginning of sorrows"(Matthew 24:6-8)
As in the days of Noah...