On the 4th Anniversary of the Second Genocide (pdf version here) June the 6th, 2015 To the UN Secretary General, President of the United States, US Administration, European Union, UN Security Council, African Union, and the Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom, Norway, and Canada: The undersigned representatives of the Nuba Mountains civil society organizations across Read More…
This letter to President Obama was sent on March 30, 2015 as part of Moving Beyond Witness. Moving Beyond Witness is a Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month (GAPM) national campaign to inspire community led initiatives to mark April 2015 as a month that nationally commemorates the past century of genocide and creates solidarity among people Read More…
Please sign this important letter that will go to President Obama and James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, to notify them of the recent cyber attack against our friend, Professor Eric Reeves. Let them know we will not accept this intimidation as we continue to raise awareness of the genocides and mass atrocities that Read More…
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 Read More…
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 Read More…
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.
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 Read More…
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 Read More…
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), Read More…
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 Read More…