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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 […]
Dear President Trump, CC: The Honorable Mike Pence, Vice President The Honorable Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State The Honorable Nikki Haley, Ambassador to the United Nations We ask that the Administration immediately appoint a Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan in order to bring urgently needed diplomatic leadership to facilitate efforts to bring peace […]
April 29, 2016 Mr. Gerard Baker Editor in Chief The Wall Street Journal 1211 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 Dear Mr. Baker, We write to express our outrage over the genocide denial advertisement published in The Wall Street Journal on April 20, 2016. As you may know, April 24 is the official […]
Citing responsibility to protect, rights groups issue open letter to President Obama FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CITIES NATIONWIDE – July 19, 2011 – Amid reports of government-sponsored aerial bombardment of civilians, summary door-to-door executions and evidence of mass graves in Southern Kordofan, 54 human rights and anti-genocide organizations in 27 states have issued an open letter […]
For Immediate Release: June 15, 2011 WASHINGTON — The international community must acknowledge that an undeclared war is now beginning between North and South Sudan says Sudan Now, a group of anti-genocide and human rights organizations. The escalating violence in the Nuba Mountains of the country’s tense border region of South Kordofan is the latest […]
For Immediate Release: May 23, 2011 Contact: Jonathan Hutson, Enough Project, jhutson@enoughproject.org, 202-386-1618 Ann Brown, GI-NET/SDC, abrown@annbrowncommunications.com, 301-633-4193 Washington D.C. – The U.S. government’s incentive-oriented policy toward Sudan has not achieved its objectives. The Khartoum regime has militarily occupied Abyei, escalated bombing and aid cut-offs in Darfur, and increased support for ethnic militias throughout the […]
For Immediate Release: May 20, 2011 Washington, D.C. – Sudan Now, a group of human rights and anti-genocide organizations, today called on the Obama Administration to condemn the Government of Sudan for conducting air strikes against civilians in Darfur and preventing humanitarian assistance from accessing the affected sites. The administration should demand that access for […]
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 on Foreign Relations regarding President Obama’s nomination of Air Force Major General (ret.) Scott Gration to […]
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 Princeton Lyman will be the new U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan. Ambassador Lyman recently led […]