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From SGN Headquarters: Props to Eric and James
It’s busy times at SGN Headquarters. Elections in Sudan have the team going all out on different fronts, during an April month that is already busy on any year—being Genocide Prevention Month. I have not slept too much during the past two weeks, and my caffeine...
Recognize the Armenian Genocide
The woman helping to update and alter my wedding dress is Armenian. After tea and cookies with my mom, she shared the story of her best friend, who died ten years ago. When her friend was young, and walking on an Armenain death march, she remembers holding her...
Culture of Participation – making global local
In Gabriel’s first blog post, he mentioned that sometimes our entries would be a bit more personal. So here goes. Two days into elections, Sudan is “peaceful” but with so many irregularities, voter fraud, intimidation, and violence leading up to the...
Not What Anyone Was Hoping For, except maybe for al-Bashir
This was supposed to be an exciting time for Sudan, instead it is a scary time. Sham elections are set to begin this Sunday. They are not, as they should be, a step towards peaceful democracy for people that have lived decades of horrible violence and abuse. These...
Sudan Sham Campaign Success
I am overcome with pride as the 50 days of the Sudan Sham Elections 2010 Campaign come to a close. For the last 3 months, I have been working with many of you to bring together activists from all 50 states to raise awareness about the elections in Sudan, and we did it...
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Elections are synonymous with freedom?
I’m deeply concerned about what will happen to our refugee and IDP friends in the coming weeks. Reports by International Crisis Group, Human Rights Watch, Enough Project, and many others have clear details of continued violence, as well as expectations of what...
As election crisis unfolds, Darfuris and U.S. advocates call on Congress to exercise more oversight over faltering Sudan policy
For Immediate Release: April 1, 2010 Contact: Susan Morgan, Investors Against Genocide, 617-797-0451 susan@paxcommunications.org Jonathan Hutson, the Enough Project, 857-919-5130, jhutson@enoughproject.org Mame Annan-Brown, Genocide Intervention Network, 202-559-7409,...
URGENT ACTION: DEMAND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ON SUDAN
Despite rosy reports from Obama Administration officials, very bad things continue to happen in Sudan. The most recent example from a long list of ongoing human rights violations and broken commitments by the Government of Sudan is a recent offensive by the government...