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3 More Actions You Can Take For Sudan

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: […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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People of Darfur Wondering if the Genocide Will Ever End

What began as a violent altercation between two men in a displaced persons camp in El Geneina, the capital city of Western Darfur, quickly spiraled out of control over the weekend of January 15-17. According to current reports, the violence spread to militias–described by many survivors as Janjaweed–who then attacked at least 13 neighboring villages, […]

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A Potential ICC Trial for Bashir Gives Hope to the People of Darfur

The newly formed transitional government of Sudan took a big step in February in announcing its openness to turn former president Omar al Bashir over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to face charges for his crimes against the people of Darfur. For many, this announcement has been decades in the making. Bashir’s violent rule […]

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Why We Must Remember Auschwitz 75 Years On

On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. 75 years later, we are able to reflect on the events of the Holocaust and the atrocities committed at Auschwitz through the lens of time. When the Nazis heard that Soviet troops would soon arrive at Auschwitz, thousands of prisoners were […]

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Violent Attacks in Western Darfur in the Shadow of Peace Agreements

A Region Questions if it Will Ever be Free of Genocide   Fear emanates from Western Darfur in the shadow of the signing of the Darfur Framework Agreement. As the Transitional Government of Sudan takes these important steps toward peace, militia are rolling into the capital of Western Darfur leaving tragedy in their wake. As […]

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Call on Congress Not to Work with War Criminal Hemeti

As Sudan works to build a new government, there is much to celebrate. The country has seen the appointment of its first female Foreign Minister in Asmaa Abdalla, the new Justice Minister is of Darfuri heritage, and the newly appointed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has ordered an independent investigation into the killing of protesters on […]

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China’s War on Faith: A Call to Action

More than 11 million Chinese citizens live under constant threat of re-education, thought transformation, and cultural genocide simply because of their ethnicity and religion.

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The “New Janjaweed” Bring Continued Violence to Darfur and New Violence to Khartoum

In a devastating turn of events, early Monday morning, June 2, Hemeti’s RSF launched an attack on the protesters in Khartoum. It was unexpected, and bloody.