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Escalating War in Sudan:Urgent U.S. Policy Responses Needed

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 […]

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Senior Darfur diplomat should help revitalize peace process for Darfur, press human rights and humanitarian concerns

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sudan Now applauds the appointment of Dane Smith as the senior U.S. diplomat for Darfur, and strongly urges President Obama and Secretary of State Hilary Clinton to appoint a team under the diplomat to help focus efforts on revitalizing the Darfur peace process, securing humanitarian access, and introducing accountability for human rights […]

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Advocacy Groups Urge UNSC to Ensure Security and Protect Human Rights in Sudan

UNSC Visit Praised Amid Call for Intensified Protection Efforts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 19, 2010 Contact: Jonathan Hutson, 857-919-5130, jhutson@enoughproject.org Janessa Goldbeck, 202-559-7405, goldbeck@genocideintervention.net Ann Brown, 301-633-4193, abrown@savedarfur.org Susan Morgan, 617-797-0451, susan@paxcommunicaitons.org Joshua Berkman, jberkman@ajws.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the reported targeting by the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) of displaced Darfuris who […]

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ADVOCACY GROUPS PRAISE ADMINISTRATION’S STEPPED-UP LEADERSHIP ON SUDAN

Call for Intensified Diplomatic Efforts on Darfur, Justice, Human Rights FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
September 27, 2010. 10 a.m. Eastern CONTACTS: Joshua Berkman, jberkman@ajws.org, 212-792-2893 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. – Following the United Nations High Level Meeting on Sudan on September 24, 2010, leading Sudan advocacy […]

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RIGHTS GROUPS CONDEMN U.S. DECISION TO ATTEND BASHIR INAUGURATION

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 […]

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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, 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 […]