Archive for the 'Sudan' Category
Louis Vuitton Sues Darfur Fundraiser
Posted on May 4, 2008 - Filed Under Darfur, Sudan, media
On iConflict this week a user submitting an interesting story about fashion house Louis Vuitton suing an artist for selling posters and t-shirts of a Darfur victim, holding a designer bag inspired by a Louis Vuitton design. It’s an interesting debate.
On the one hand, Louis Vuitton is clearly being depicted in a negative light in […]
Teddy Bear Dipolmacy
Posted on December 3, 2007 - Filed Under Sudan
Yes, sanity did prevail in the now famous Sudan Teddy Bear saga, as Gillian Gibbons received a presidential pardon Monday and was deported from the country.
Time Magazine thinks the real legacy left behind is the attention it gave to the autocratic abusiveness of the Sudanese government.
The BBC reports that approximately 40 people were arrested in […]