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Confirmation Hearing for Scott Gration as U.S. Ambassador to Kenya this Tuesday
For the past two years, as Special Envoy to Sudan, Air Force Major General (ret.) Scott Gration has repeatedly made serious errors of judgment, spoken inaccurately about a range of issues, and has alienated the political leadership in South Sudan, along with civil...
Refugee Response to al-Bashir Guardian Interview
This last week, The Guardian posted an interview with president of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir. In this interview, he said that he took responsibility for what has happened in Darfur but then immediately went to say that what is reported by the “western media”...
Why SGN/i-ACT? And more importantly, why Darfur?
If the second question has yet to be answered for you, I’d suggest reading the beautiful and moving words and images of “Why Darfur… Again?” However, for me, the first reason I emailed SGN asking if they had any need for a writer/editor was...
Why Darfur…Again? 100 Reasons
Didn’t we take care of Darfur years ago? Isn’t it more important to deal with the North-South succession? Why Darfur, again? Why Darfur, now? Our newest online zine weaves together 100 photos, videos, quotes, and journals from our 9th i-ACT Expedition that answers...
Ask Senator Kerry to Stand by Darfur and Vote Against Confirmation of Scott Gration as Ambassador to Kenya
For the past two years, as Special Envoy to Sudan, Air Force Major General (ret.) Scott Gration has repeatedly made serious errors of judgment, spoken inaccurately about a range of issues, and has alienated the political leadership in South Sudan, along with civil...
SUDAN ACTIVISTS ASK SENATE TO BLOCK GRATION’S CONFIRMATION TO KENYA POST
In letter, rights groups cite ongoing “missteps” and “failures in diplomacy” in Sudan FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact – Susan Morgan, 617-797-0451 susan@paxcommunications.org CITIES NATIONWIDE – April 01, 2011 – In advance of a hearing of the U.S Senate Committee...
Horizon
There are so many challenges and obstacles for the refugees to have full, healthy, and dignified lives. The obvious one, they should not be refugees. That status is to give them protection under international law, but it is also a limitation, with a horizon that is...
Sudan Now Welcomes Princeton Lyman as New Sudan Envoy
RIGHTS GROUPS WELCOME PRINCETON LYMAN AS NEW U.S. ENVOY TO SUDAN FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 31, 2011 (Washington, D.C.) – Sudan Now, a group of human rights and anti-genocide organizations, welcomed today’s announcement by the White House that U.S. Ambassador...
There Is A Time For Peace (not a happy story)
Do you maintain hope, Yaya? “Yes. There is a time for war, and there is a time for peace, but it is not soon.” Yaya was sixteen when he had to run from Darfur, and, in the chaos, became separated from all his immediate family. He does not know who is still...