September 27, 2012 The Honorable Susan Rice U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations United States Mission to the United Nations 799 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 Dear Ambassador Rice, On September 17, 2012, the following organizations sent a letter to the Permanent Representatives of the Member States of the UN Human Rights Read More…

Recently the United States helped to facilitate an oil agreement between Sudan and South Sudan that fails to address the ongoing atrocities committed by the regime in Khartoum against its own civilians. We would like you both to address this question: “How will you act to stop the continuing mass atrocities against civilians by the Read More…

We are asking the candidates, “What about Sudan?” We want to know what their plans are for Sudan and we are prepared to push them until their foriegn policy represents a path towards true peace for every Sudanese.

Since 2011, the government of Sudan has waged war against the citizens of Sudan living in the Nuba Mountains/South Kordofan and Blue Nile. The government has blocked humanitarian access to the affected areas, using food as a weapon of war. As a result, 650,000 people are internally displaced and face ongoing deadly threats while 250,000 Read More…

Tweet Share this letter! The Honorable Barack Obama President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 September 7, 2012 Dear President Obama, We, the undersigned human rights organizations, are deeply concerned about the prospect of the U.S. government encouraging unconditioned pledges of financial support to Sudan to cover Read More…

The Obama Administration is actively working to help provide financial relief for the genocidal Sudan regime. We are concerned and outraged by this development that, if implemented, has the potential to fund more atrocities by the Sudan regime.  Disturbingly, reports indicate that the State Department will help facilitate the transfer of $3 billion to the regime Read More…

Act for Sudan, a bipartisan alliance of American citizen activists and Sudanese U.S. residents who advocate for an end to genocide and mass atrocities in Sudan, today welcomed the letter to the Obama administration from the global genocide scholar and expert community concerning Sudan. In the letter, 62 genocide scholars stated, “Sufficient evidence exists for Read More…

Earlier this month it was announced that Sudan, led by a genocidial President wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, was bidding for a seat on the United Nation’s Human Rights Council. The United Nation’s African group of states supports the bid and we have until November 12th Read More…

The Government of Sudan has ramped up its campaign of bombing Darfur and killing civilians. Instead of pressuring the government to stop these atrocities, President Obama’s Administration is actively working to help provide financial relief for the genocidal regime in Khartoum. Tell President Obama to uphold the spirit of U.S. sanctions against Sudan by actively Read More…

On August 3, 2012 Act for Sudan and 95 other civil society organizations wrote a letter to the UNSC addressing the need for urgent aid to be delivered.  Soon after there was deal between Sudan and South Sudan that paves the way for relief supplies into two border states for first time in more than Read More…