Save Darfur, Please !

"Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur" is a compilation album of various artists who covered the songs of the legendary "John Lennon" to support Amensty International's campaign to alleviate the Crisis In Darfur. more than 20 artists appeared in this album with their cover songs to show their tribute to John Lennon and all the benefits of this album will go to Darfur to save this disaster area.

Background of Conflict In Darfur
Wikipedia describes the Darfur Conflict briefly with the following words:
The Darfur crisis is a conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan. The two main military sides is the Sudanese Military and the Janjaweed militia, recruited mostly from tribes of the northern Rizeigat. The other side comprises a variety of rebel groups, notably the Sudan Liberation Movement and the Justice and Equality Movement, recruited primarily from the Fur, Zaghawa, and Massaleit ethnic groups. The Sudanese government, while publicly denying that it supports the Janjaweed, has provided money and assistance to the militia and has participated in joint attacks targeting the land-tilling tribes from which the Darfuri rebels draw support. The conflict began in February 2003. Unlike in the Second Sudanese Civil War, which was fought between the primarily Muslim north and Christian and Animist south, almost all of the combatants and victims in Darfur are Muslim.

The government and Janjaweed attacks upon the non-Baggara civilian populace has resulted in a major humanitarian crisis. There are many casualty estimates, most concurring on a range within the hundreds of thousands. The United Nations (UN) estimates that the conflict has left as many as 450,000 dead from violence and disease.[3] Most NGOs (non-governmental organizations) use 200,000 to over 400,000, a figure from the Coalition for International Justice that has since been cited by the UN. Sudan's government claims that 9,000 people have been killed, however this figure is seen as counterfactual.As many as 2.5 million are thought to have been displaced as of October 2006. (See Counting deaths section, below)

The Sudanese government has succeeded in suppressing information by jailing and murdering witnesses starting in 2004 and tampering with evidence such as disturbing mass graves and by doing so eliminating their forensic value.In addition, by obstructing and arresting journalists, the Sudanese government has been able to obscure much of what has gone on.The mass media once described the conflict as both "ethnic cleansing" and "genocide," and now do so without hesitation. The United States government has described it as genocide, although the UN has declined to do so. (See List of declarations of genocide in Darfur) In March 2007 the U.N. mission accused Sudan's government of orchestrating and taking part in "gross violations" in Darfur and called for urgent international action to protect civilians there.

After fighting worsened in July and August 2006, on August 31, 2006, the United Nations Security Council approved Resolution 1706 which called for a new 17,300-troop UN peacekeeping force to supplant or supplement a poorly funded, ill-equipped 7,000-troop African Union Mission in Sudan peacekeeping force. Sudan strongly objected to the resolution and said that it would see the UN forces in the region as foreign invaders. The next day, the Sudanese military launched a major offensive in the region. (See New proposed UN peacekeeping force) In the meantime, the conflict expanded into part of the broader Central African War.

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Back To Instant Karma
"Instant Karma", the album, is a follow up to John Lennon's activities for human rights. Warner Brothers and Amnesty International will release this album on June 12, 2007 in U.S. and June 25, 2007 in UK. buying this album will show your supports to Amnesty International's goal "Saving Darfur". "Working Class Hero" song from John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band Album covered by Green Day and the music video for this song premiered some days ago on MTV. the music video shows the faces of Darfur's people, who describe the most tragic events what they experienced in Darfur. Let's take our hand to save Darfur.


Tracklist

Disc One
"Instant Karma" by U2
"#9 Dream" by R.E.M.
"Mother" by Christina Aguilera
"Give Peace a Chance" by Aerosmith featuring the Sierra Leone Refuge All-Stars
"Cold Turkey" by Lenny Kravitz
"Whatever Gets You thru the Night" by Los Lonely Boys
"I'm Losing You" by Corinne Bailey Rae
"Gimme Some Truth" by Jakob Dylan featuring Dhani Harrison
"Oh My Love" by Jackson Browne
"Imagine" by Avril Lavigne
"Nobody Told Me" by Big & Rich
"Jealous Guy" by Youssou N'Dour

Disc Two
"Working Class Hero" by Green Day
"Power to the People" by Black Eyed Peas
"Imagine" by Jack Johnson
"Beautiful Boy" by Ben Harper
"Isolation" by Snow Patrol
"Watching the Wheels" by Matisyahu
"Grow Old With Me" by The Postal Service
"Gimme Some Truth" by Jaguares
"(Just Like) Starting Over" by The Flaming Lips
"God" by Jack's Mannequin featuring Mick Fleetwood
"Real Love" by Regina Spektor

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