Private reports indicate that President Obama and his senior advisors are expected to meet this week regarding the future of the U.S. Sudan policy. The situation in Sudan is urgent. President Obama and his administration should act now to provide the leadership necessary to prevent a return to war – a war that could be […]
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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 […]
Today the International Criminal Court issued a second arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al Bashir – it has now added charges of three counts of genocide to his previous seven counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. It is the first time ever the Court has issued an arrest warrant for genocide. Yesterday […]
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 mother’s hand as tightly as possible. A […]
Urgent Action: Upcoming Elections in Sudan are a Sham! ACTION ALERT! Under the current climate of violence and political intimidation, the Sudanese elections currently scheduled for April 2010 will be anything but free and fair. The electoral reforms laid out by Sudan’s 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement – necessary for a credible election – have been […]
ACTION ALERT
President Obama, the time to impose pressure and consequences is now! In wake of pre-election human rights violations by Government, please join over 50 organizations representing Sudan advocates and Sudanese expatriates from around the country, together with activist-actress Mia Farrow and Sudan expert Eric Reeves, in asking President Obama to impose consequences on the Khartoum […]
Join @iact in twitter change: sign and tweet this petition asking Obama for Peace, Protection and Justice for Sudan. Become personally engaged in bringing Peace, Protection, and Justice to Sudan. The new US policy on Sudan is about engagement, incentives, and pressures. As you have often stated, the government of Sudan is guilty of genocide […]
In these crucial days for Darfur and all of Sudan, as violence erupts and tension builds, it is crucial to keep pressuring our leaders to do what is right for innocent civilians. Please take action to support immediate and effective implementation of U.S.’s new Sudan policy. The recently released Sudan Policy could be very effective, […]
President Obama: The Time is Now
In these crucial days for Darfur and all of Sudan, as violence erupts and tension builds, it is crucial to keep pressuring our leaders to do what is right for innocent civilians. Share on Facebook Please e-mail President Obama. Copy and paste this message, and feel free to add your own thoughts. Dear President Obama: […]
Keeping a promise
I met Adam and Abdal at Obama School in Camp Djabal. We (the i-ACT team) were going over the logistics of a live video broadcast that we would do from the school later in the day. They came up to me, each holding a piece of folded paper. They told me that they had letters […]