China 'underwriting' atrocities in Darfur: Farrow

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By Agence France Presse | via UNCENSORED Yahoo! News
May 01, 2008

US actress and activist Mia Farrow accused China on Friday of "underwriting the atrocities in Darfur" as she tried to put pressure on Beijing to end years of bloodshed in the Sudanese region.

Farrow, speaking in Hong Kong as the Olympic torch relay was borne through the southern Chinese city, is using the high profile of this summer's Beijing Games to highlight China's support of the Sudanese government.

"It isn't a pretty way to say this, but China is underwriting the atrocities in Darfur through the oil revenues which now top 4 billion US dollars a year," she told AFP in an interview.

"Some 70 percent of that money has been used to attack the population of Darfur."

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