No Where to Run

A lot of people do not understand what is truly happening over in Sudan. The truth is I don't really know as much as I would like to. Some people look at what is going on over in Sudan and say "well why don't the people just run away." The truth is that they have no where to run.

In the United States citizens have the opportunity to go to the police or the government in order to find a safe haven or to bring about justice. Over in Sudan that is not the case. If someone needs help they can not always go to their government, in fact, their government may be the very thing that is causing their hardships.

Over in Sudan that is exactly what the case is. In the book Escape From Slavery Bok tells his readers about the time that he went to the police station when he was finally able to escape. When he got to the police station he thought that they would be able to help him find a safe place to go where he could find his family. Instead of finding that Bok discovered that the police were not interested in helping him but that they wanted to keep him as a slave for themselves.
So the police were obviously of no help to Bok.

Another example of this can be seen through the president of Sudan Omar Hassan al-Bashir the leader of all of the blood shed that is occuring and that has occured. The Sudanese people can do nothing to defend themselves. Luckly, however, other countries such as the United States have noticed this and they are trying to bring about justice. President al-Bashir has been found guilty on five counts of crimes about humanity.