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Take Action! Tweet this: International outcry re #Germany’s #Sudan investment conference. NGOs and #genocide scholars request cancellation http://bit.ly/140p6je [tweetbutton] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, [Download PDF Here] Conference will “help to fund more atrocities against civilians,” say groups January 21, 2013 – As Germany prepares for a conference in Berlin on January 29 to promote investments in Sudan,…
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December 12, 2012 Voice of America’s South Sudan in Focus featured an interview with Act for Sudan Founder, Eric Cohen. The interview begins at minute 7:50 of the 30 minutes daily show. Listen to the interview here.
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December 11, 2012 Hours after the announcement that Ambassador Lyman would be stepping down from Sudan Special Envoy, Act for Sudan released a letter to President Obama demanding a shift in U.S. Sudan Policy. The letter was signed by 76 U.S.-based organizations, 12 genocide scholars and other notable human rights advocates. Josh Rogin…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [tweetbutton] Share this Press Release HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS ASK OBAMA FOR U.S. SUDAN POLICY SHIFT At onset of second term, policy “revamp” needed to stop mass atrocities WASHINGTON, DC – December 11, 2012 – As President Obama transitions to his second term in office, human rights organizations across the country and Sudan experts…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Susan Morgan, 617 797 0451, susan@paxcommunications.org Elizabeth Blackney, 541 390 1913, eliz@medializzy.com MEDIA AVAILABILITY AT HOFSTA – Act for Sudan representatives will speak in the Free Speech area at approximately 3:40 PM, 8:40 PM, 9:00 PM, 9:10 PM and 9:30 PM. Activists will be available for interviews throughout the afternoon and evening. DURING DEBATES,…
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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…
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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…
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[tweetbutton] 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…
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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…
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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…