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    SYSTEM OF A DOWN RAISE AWARENESS OF SUDANESE GENOCIDE

    Blabbermouth.net, NY
    May 2 2006

    SYSTEM OF A DOWN is committed to raising awareness of all human
    rights issues, including the current genocide crisis going on
    the Darfur region of Western Sudan. mtvU has launched a online
    campaign at www.darfurisdying.com to help spread information about the
    genocide. Through a partnership with the Reebok Human Rights Foundation
    and the International Crisis Group, mtvU awarded a development deal
    to group of student digital activists to create an online viral video
    game which will put players in the shoes of the 2.5 million refugees
    who are fighting for survival every day in Darfur.

    Commented SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian: "MTV has been one
    of the early screamers on the Darfur Genocide at a time when no one
    was really paying any attention to it in the press. By calling it a
    genocide and not doing anything about it, our government is setting a
    standard for intervention only in cases of economic gain. I just met
    with a number of Democratic and Republican Congressmen and a Senator
    to talk about the need to have the U.S. Congress formally recognize
    the Armenian Genocide by Turkey in 1915. Part of the conversation was
    spent in explaining that genocide denial will lead to other genocide
    as in Darfur and the need for our government to use its leverage
    financially and otherwise in Africa to make sure that Khartoum gets the
    message that this will no longer be tolerated, along with encouraging
    the United Nations to immediately place an active, effective peace
    keeping contingent of troops in the Darfur region of Sudan."
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