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One hundred fourteen Darfuris and 27 Associations and Organizations in North America issued a statement today calling on the international community to act on their Responsibility to Protect (R2P), particularly the United States: “Currently, our people in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp of Kalma are under threat of violence, homelessness, and lack of basic […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : August 6, 2010 CONTACTS: Jonathan Hutson, jhutson@enoughproject.org, 857-919-5130 Janessa Goldbeck, goldbeck@genocideintervention.net, 202-559-7405 Ann Brown, abrown@savedarfur.org, 301-633-4193 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Human rights advocacy organizations expressed dismay today following reports that the Obama Administration is not approaching the situation in Sudan with the urgency it demands. In a New York Times article published […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact -Susan Morgan, 617-797-0451 susan@paxcommunications.org CITIES NATIONWIDE – July 22, 2010 – In an open letter to President Obama and leading members of his administration, 43 human rights and anti-genocide organizations representing citizens from 20 states and actress Mia Farrow wrote that the “administration appears to be AWOL on the U.S. Sudan […]
For Immediate Release: May 28, 2010 Contact: Susan Morgan, Investors Against Genocide, 617-797-0451, susan@paxcommnications.org Jonathan Hutson, the Enough Project, 857-919-5130, jhutson@enoughproject.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – Several U.S.-based human rights groups have criticized the U.S. government’s decision to send a representative to the inauguration of Omar al-Bashir as president of Sudan. Bashir, the sole sitting head of […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact -Susan Morgan, 617-797-0451 susan@paxcommunications.org CITIES NATIONWIDE – May 5, 2010 – Today Darfur advocates and Sudanese expatriates from around the country commended Congressman Frank Wolf for his bold call to President Obama for a change of course in dealing with Sudan. Twenty five regional groups representing 18 states have joined together […]
State Department officials’ leadership needed to guide Obama administration’s stalled policy on Sudan WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following this month’s flawed national elections in Sudan, a group of anti-genocide and human rights organizations is calling on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice to increase their oversight of the faltering U.S. policy […]
For Immediate Release: April 20, 2010 Contact: Jonathan Hutson, the Enough Project, 857-919-5130, jhutson@enoughproject.org Andrea Clarke, Save Darfur Coalition, 202-460-6756, andrea@savedarfur.org Susan Morgan, Investors Against Genocide, 617-797-0451, susan@paxcommunications.org Suzanne Offen, American Jewish World Service, 240- 620- 5207, soffen@ajws.org IN WAKE OF RIGGED ELECTION, RIGHTS GROUPS CALL ON WHITE HOUSE TO TAKE FIRM STANCE TO ENSURE […]
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, annan-brown@genocideintervention.net WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Sudan’s national election descends into crisis amid growing opposition boycotts, U.S.-based Darfuris and policy experts from Sudan Now, a campaign led by a […]
They call for full diplomatic pressure towards peace, protection and justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CITIES NATIONWIDE—February 19, 2010—Activists nationwide call for the withholding of US support for illegitimate Sudanese elections, currently scheduled for April 11, 2010. The Sudan Sham Elections 2010 campaign begins February 20th. For the 50 days leading up to the Sudanese elections, […]
For Immediate Release October 19, 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Sudan Now campaign, which comprises several human rights and anti-genocide groups, commends the Obama Administration for constructing a clear statement of U.S. policy in support of a sustainable peace in Sudan. However, the Administration’s diplomatic efforts to date have led member organizations to question whether […]