Silverman, Rachel
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
04-13-2006
NEW YORK, April 10 (JTA) -- Ruth Messinger has borne witness to some of the
world's most horrific tragedies. A tireless human rights activist,
Messinger has walked through earthquake-devastated villages in Turkey,
traveled to Thailand in the wake of a tsunami and visited Balkan refugee
camps during Milosevic's ethnic cleansing campaign.

Still, the scenes she saw in Darfur during the summer of 2004 were "a
great deal more depressing.

"The people there have no expectation that the world cares about their
situation or that they're going to be able to come home," Messinger said,
sitting in her New York City office last week. "The word I use for ...

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