OUR BLOG
South Sudan’s Ceasefire
A permanent ceasefire is a much needed first step towards ending the five-year conflict which began as a duel for power between Kiir and Machar.
Joint Appeal to the UN Security Council to Act on Myanmar’s Rohingya Crisis
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...
Myanmar Military Denies Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya
The Myanmar military is denying all accounts of widespread violence towards the Rohingya population in Rakhine state. While the military has denied the genocide for some time now, Tatmadaw True News Information Team posted the results of a military investigation which...
Tell Bulgari: Stop Selling Burmese Genocide Gems!
Call on Cartier to end the purchase of any gems from Burma (Myanmar) that profit the Burmese army!
#DemandTheSupply of products made with conflict-free minerals from Congo
Conflict minerals have fueled and continue to help sustain the world’s deadliest conflict since World War II, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. These minerals – tin, tungsten, tantalum, and gold – are valuable on the international market because they...
The Syrian Refugee Deportations in Jordan, and Why They Matter
Jordan, despite severely limited water and agricultural resources, has hosted, since 2011, almost 655,000 Syrian refugees, making it the second largest refugee-hosting country in the world, in proportion to its population. According to a Human Rights Watch report,...
Violence at Kalma Camp
On September 22nd, Sudan’s military used live ammunition to disperse protestors at Kalma camp in South Darfur, killing at least three civilians, according to UN News, and wounding 26 more. The number of dead was reported as five, four days later, by multiple sources...
Don’t Embolden the #SudaneseGenocidaires
Ibrahim Ghandour, the Foreign Minister of Sudan, will be in Washington, D.C., this Thursday and Friday to seal the deal on lifting U.S. sanctions on Sudan. On Thursday, September 14, Sudanese are gathering to protest the visit of one of the architects of genocide that...
Tell Congress: We Need Special Envoys
Secretary of State Tillerson is planning to dismantle multiple Special Envoy offices in the State department. Don’t let him!