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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…
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September 9, 2013 Following the release of his letter to President Obama, Act for Sudan member Bishop Adam Andudu Elnail was interviewed by South Sudan in Focus on Voice of America regarding his letter and AFS campaign Obama’s Stained Legacy. The interview begins at 8.20 and can be listened to here.
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September 8, 2013 On her blog, Greta Van Susteran posted Bishop Andudu’s letter to President Obama along with this note: As you know, I traveled to the Nuba Mountain region with Reverend Franklin Graham and Samaritan’s Purse. I saw the President Bashir’s air force bombers overhead looking to drop bombs on innocents, the people dying…
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September 8, 2013 On her blog, Greta Van Susteran encouraged her followers to call the new Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan, Ambassador Booth, Phone number for new US envoy to Sudan (click to get it) — call him and “urge him to protect civilians and end the genocide in Sudan” Few post…
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Second in series of letters from Sudanese highlights need for new approach to Sudan WASHINGTON, DC – September 6, 2013 – Today, the Right Reverend Andudu Adam Elnail, Bishop of Kadugli Diocese in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan, sent an open letter to President Obama asking for “prompt action to save those still alive” in…
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Dear Mr. President, I am Bishop Adam Andudu Elnail, Bishop of the Diocese of Kadugli, Episcopal Church of the Sudan. I hope you remember my earlier letters to you in March this year and August 2011. For over two decades the civil war tore apart my home region of Nuba Mountains, where I have suffered…
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September 6, 2013 “As the world’s attention is focused on Syria, Bishop Andudu’s letter is a powerful reminder to President Obama that the people of Sudan continue to be plagued by government-sponsored crimes against humanity.” — Faith J.H. McDonnell, IRD Religious Liberty Director Contact: Jeff Walton, Institute on Religion and Democracy, 202-682-4131, 202-413-5639 cell, jwalton@TheIRD.org…
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Just after the appointment of Donald Booth as the Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan, Josh Rogin of The Daily Beast wrote the following appointment highlighting Act for Sudan’s Obama’s Stained Legacy Campaign. April 29, 2013 On Wednesday, President Obama appointed his administration’s third special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan. The advocacy…