Written by Josh Rogan on ForeignPolicy.com The State Department tried something new last Friday, answering selected questions posed via Twitter. Today, a Sudan human rights organization that was one of the selected questioners called the answer it got on Sudan policy “unconvincing,” “unacceptable,” “a broken record,” and “condescending.” The Twitter press conference, where State Department Read More…
Guest blog post by Act for Sudan co-founder, Esther Sprague, for United to End Genocide. On Friday, December 16, 2011, Act for Sudan joined by representatives from United to End Genocide, the Enough Project, American Jewish World Service, the Washington-based Darfur Interfaith Network, and Sudanese Diaspora, protested Bart Fisher’s representation of the Government of Sudan Read More…
A Huffington Post blog by Act for Sudan Co-founder, Susan Morgan: “Sometimes I just wonder if the president and men and women around him are made of stone. Or if they have lost that moral compass inside their hearts,” Mohamed wrote. “There will be NO peace with al-Bashir and his regime in power.” While the Read More…
by Act For Sudan member, Faith McDonnell What’s the going rate for souls these days? How about $20,000 a month? Such was the deal offered by the National Islamic Front (also known as the National Congress Party) government of Sudan to Washington, DC attorney Bart S. Fisher for help getting Sudan removed from the U.S.’s Read More…
Today a group of international organizations delivered to Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and Members of the UN Security Council a petition regarding the dire humanitarian situation in Sudan, and specifically in Nuba Mountains/South Kordofan, Blue Nile, and Darfur. The petition was signed by 74 organizations and calls for international pressure on the NCP-led government Read More…
Rep Frank Wolf and Act for Sudan members protested in front of Bart Fisher’s office on Friday, December 16, 2011. The Washington Post published this recent article on Bart Fisher’s new client: The hiring has angered U.S. human rights activists and some lawmakers because of the Sudanese regime’s history of alleged genocide and other atrocities Read More…
Our recent press release was featured on SudanJEM.com. You can view it and learn more about the Sudan Justice and Equality Movement here.
Act for Sudan hosted a call with Sudan Revolutionary Front leaders on December 1, 2011. In keeping with our mission to elevate the voices of Sudanese inside and outside of Sudan, Act for Sudan recently hosted a telebriefing with representatives from the Sudan Revolutionary Front and representatives from the marginalized regions of Sudan on December Read More…
A US based advocacy group, formed by American activists, Sudanese diaspora and a representative of Sudanese rebels, said today that the UN has to condemn Khartoum before because it used to aggress the Sudanese people. “In condemning the new rebel alliance and calling for more fruitless talks, Secretary General Ban and the Read More…
Faith McDonnell, one of our members, wrote an article for Frontpagemag.com: Sudan is a kind of diabolical Groundhog Day. In the film by that name, Phil Connors (Bill Murray) re-lives the same day over and over again until he learns the lessons needed to change his life and save the lives of others. In Sudan Read More…