” “"We want Europe to exercise pressure on the Sudan government to accept the presence of international forces". This morning, Salih Osman, Sudan MP and lawyer, arrived in the headquarters of the European parliament in Strasbourg, where he is going to be awarded the Sacharov Prize for 2007. "I am here to remind Europe and the world of the tragedy of my people, with 400 thousand dead people and over two million refugees". "I will make an appeal to European leaders for they have to realize their responsibility with respect to our community". Osman will deliver a speech to the Hemicycle, and then he will be awarded the prize. He was named "the Spokesman of Darfur". He declared his intention to go on "defending the rights of innocent civilians". The lawyer is an exponent of SOAT (Sudan Organization Against Torture) and assures free legal assistance and aids to the victims of war, which has been destroying the country for years. Among his most important commitments, there is the collection of documentation against war criminals. "His work it is written in a note by the European parliament was much help for the International Criminal Court, and his activity for acknowledging sexual violence as war crime was precious". ” “
