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Asks U.S. government and American people for help restoring the rights of displaced Darfuris FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Susan Morgan, 617 797 0451, susan@paxcommunications.org Elizabeth Blackney, 541 390 1913, eliz@medializzy.com WASHINGTON, DC – February 1, 2014 – From her camp near the Sudan-Chad border, with her children by her side, Achta, a 33-year-old Darfuri mother and refugee, has…
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December 12, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – US president Barack Obama has been urged to provide better protection for Sudanese women and children in the conflict-affected South Kordofan and Blue Nile states as part of his “legacy on Sudan.” Long-time human rights activist Zeinab Blandia, who is from the Nuba Mountains region, made the plea in an…
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Published by Josh Rogin, December 10, 2013 One human rights group criticized President Obama Tuesday for not doing enough to combat human rights abuses in Sudan. President Obama is in South Africa honoring human rights champion Nelson Mandela today, but back in Washington, a leading Sudan advocacy group is criticizing Obama’s record on protecting Africans in danger.…
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Act for Sudan issued the following statement today regarding the death of Ambassador Richard Williamson. Download the Press Release here. We’ve lost a true hero for Sudan’s people. Upon becoming U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan, Ambassador Williamson quickly understood the nature of the Sudan regime and that sticks, not carrots, were needed to change the…
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Redding News Review radio interviewed Act for Sudan’s Mohamed Suleiman on Dec 11, 2013. The interview begins at 18:22. Listen to the podcast here: http://podcast.gcnlive.com/podcast/redding/1211131.mp3
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Download Zeinab’s letter here. December 10, 2013 The Honorable Barack Obama President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: I am Zeinab Blandia, Executive Director and Founder, of Ru’ya (Vision) Association and a human rights defender from the Nuba Mountains in Sudan. I am one of…
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Asks president to protect Sudan’s women and children in war zones as part of his legacy FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Susan Morgan susan@paxcommunications.org Elizabeth Blackney eliz@medializzy.com Download the pdf of the Press Release here. WASHINGTON, DC – December 10, 2013 – Today, on Human Rights Day, Zeinab Blandia, a Sudanese woman and human rights defender from the…
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Joseph E. Spinnato, Esq., CAE, President Hotel Association of New York City, Inc. 320 Park Avenue, 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10022-6838 Dear Mr. Spinnato, We write with great concern to inform you that a man wanted on charges of genocide may be seeking to stay in one of your hotels. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir,…
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September 24, 2013 (WASHINGTON) An American advocacy group has urged the UN chief not to insist on Washington’s obligation to grant a visa to the Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir as international diplomats expressed doubts on his arrival to New York. The Sudanese foreign ministry has previously reiterated its demand that a visa is issued…
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September 15, 2013 Sudan Tribune covered the release of Bishop Andudu’s letter as part of the campaign Obama’s Stained Legacy: September 15, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – A Sudanese bishop has written to United States President Barack Obama, calling for prompt actions to save lives of those still alive in the country’s Nuba mountains, Blue Nile and…