Desperation in Darfur A Eugene photographer exposes the many horrors of genocide.(International)

The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) | August 25, 2007 | Copyright

Byline: Jeff Wright The Register-Guard

It is not merely the sights that photographer Paul Jeffrey has brought back from the genocide-wracked lands of Darfur. It is also the sounds.

It is the sound of no children laughing in the village of Bela, its terrorized residents having scurried to displacement camps after Arab militias killed 37 people there.

It is the barely perceptible sound of Fatma Omar's hand aimlessly drawing circles in the sand in the Hassa Hissa displacement camp outside Zalingei. The day before, Omar completed a 15-day trek through ...

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