Act For Sudan
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Darfur remains under attack by the Government of Sudan. Aerial bombings followed by ground attacks on civilians, their livestock and other means of livelihood have resulted in at least 20,000 newly displaced people in the first few days of 2015. These attacks resemble those of 2003-2004. The media, U.S. government and international community remain silent…
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63 Sudanese and Human Rights Groups Petition United Nations FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Download the PDF of the Press Release Here CONTACT: Martina Knee 703-989-1955 martinaknee@gmail.com NEW YORK, NY (December 10, 2014) – Today, on International Human Rights Day, 63 signatories sent a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon in support of the Darfuri groups’ letter…
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November 27, 2014 Act for Sudan’s co-founder Eric Cohen of Investors Against Genocide was interviewed on South Sudan in Focus. The interview was prompted by the attack and murder of Darfuris near Hamada. The interview begins at 11.20 and can be listened to here.
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On November 1, 2014, residents of Tabit, Darfur, Sudan reported the mass rape of women and girls in the town by hundreds of Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers from a nearby garrison. Since then, the Government of Sudan has repeatedly denied access to UNAMID personnel to investigate and has intimidated victims and witnesses; UNAMID has…
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The world remains shocked by the mass rapes of women and girls by soldiers of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in Tabit, Darfur, Sudan on October 31- November 1, 2014. And, the world is once again appalled by the impunity of the Sudanese government’s continued use of rape as a weapon in the ongoing genocide…
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October 8, 2014 (WASHINGTON) Sudanese activists living in the United States of America called on president Barack Obama to rejects efforts conducted by the African Union to lift economic sanctions on their country. “We are writing to you today because we are deeply concerned about the recent actions by the African Union (AU),…
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October 08, 2014 The Honorable Barack H. Obama President of the United States of America The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20600 Download the letter and full list of signatories here. Dear President Obama: We, the undersigned, are sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, of the marginalized people in the war zones in Sudan (Darfur, Nuba…
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The Darfur People’s Association of NY invites you to RALLY IN NEW YORK CITY Saturday, 20 September 2014 from 12-4 PM Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza on East 47th Street, between 1st and 2nd Aves STOP THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN FROM: Protecting International Terrorists Killing IDPs In UNAMID Protected Camps Committing Genocides Against the Marginalized People in…
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In Darfur, South Kordofan/Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile the Khartoum regime has escalated bombing attacks, including bombing the only hospital in the Nuba Mountains. The government of Sudan unleashed a new deadlier version of the brutal Janjaweed militias, now named “Rapid Support Forces,” heavily armed, in uniform, flying the national flag, and with an official…
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Issued letter to President Obama and African Leaders; Rally at Sudan Embassy For Immediate Release Contact: Elizabeth Blackney, 541.390.1913, eliz@medializzy.com Download the PDF of this Press Release here. (Washington, DC) As President Obama hosts the US-Africa Leaders Summit this week, 64 Sudanese diaspora groups and activist organizations based in the US released a letter calling…