The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) joined Voices for Sudan, Africa Action, Hope for Darfur, and anti-genocide advocates from across the country, today, in marking the second anniversary of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's indictment by the International Criminal Court (ICC), ANCA informed NEWS.am.

ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian, in an interview with al-Jazeera held during the protest, welcomed the ICC's indictment of al-Bashir on charges of genocide and called for decisive action from the Obama Administration to stop the killing in Darfur.  "We are here to fight against the genocide in Darfur but more broadly to end the cycle of genocides", explained Hamparian.  "A genocide isn't just a crime against one nation, it's a crime against all nations, and, as such, it's all our responsibility equally as human beings to see justice served and see genocide stopped."

Last year, when the ICC issued its first warrant for Bashir for crimes against humanity and war crimes, the Sudanese government brutally retaliated against civilians in Darfur by expelling over a dozen international aid groups and forcing an emergency response by the United Nations and others to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in Darfur.