In June, we published a blog with three actions you could take to help the people of Sudan. In case you missed it, here is a link to the original post. We promised a follow up with new actions, so here are a few more ways you can help. First, an Update on the Conflict: […]
Author: Stop Genocide Now
Stop Genocide Now (SGN) seeks to change the way the world responds to genocide by putting a face to the numbers of dead, dying, and displaced.
3 Actions You Can Take Today for Sudan
On April 15, 2023, violent conflict broke out in Sudan between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). It continues today, with both sides leaving the negotiating table and escalating the fighting. In just nine short weeks: 1.4 million people have been internally displaced. More than 476,000 people have fled to […]
A Step Toward Justice in Darfur
For most victims of atrocities, justice feels completely out of reach. Many will never get the opportunity to see their oppressors punished for their crimes. But the Darfuri community is taking hopeful steps toward justice this week. On May 24, 2021, the International Criminal Court (ICC) held a pre-trial hearing to allow the prosecution to […]
We cannot remain silent as the Burmese army marches down the path to the genocide of the Rohingya people. ACT NOW
We write to you in advance of the 39th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council to share our serious concerns over the human rights and humanitarian situation in Sudan.
The US Congress should adopt legislation to enhance targeted sanctions against Burmese military commanders who are implicated in serious human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to congressional leaders with 45 other nongovernmental and faith-based organizations.
Global levels of violence are at a 25-year peak, undercutting global stability, reversing development gains and driving record levels of forced displacement.
Join the Day of Action Campaign and tell your representative it’s the wrong time to accelerate U.S.-Sudan normalization
This timely legislation would require the U.S. government – in collaboration with global civil society – to develop a 10-year strategy to bring down current levels of global violence and better address the root causes of violence, violent conflict, and fragility that drive recurrent global crises.
In advance of the United Nations Security Council’s December 12 meeting on the situation in Myanmar, we, a global coalition of 148 human rights, faith-based and humanitarian organizations, urgently call on the Council to take immediate action to address the campaign of ethnic cleansing and mass atrocity crimes, including crimes against humanity, committed against the […]