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  • Letter to Michael R. Pompeo

    Honorable Michael R. Pompeo Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street, NW Washington, DC   20520 Dear Mr. Secretary, We, the undersigned 85 Sudanese, friends of the Sudanese people, and long time observers of the Sudan regime, write to warn you regarding U.S. engagement in Sudan.  The leaders of Sudan have outlasted and…

  • Letter to Secretary Pompeo on Sudan policy

    DOWNLOAD PDF The Honorable Michael Pompeo Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC   20520 Dear Mr. Secretary: We, the undersigned 84 Sudanese, scholars, human rights organizations and leading activists, urge you to take a fresh, clear-eyed look at U.S. policy on Sudan.  Despite decades of engagement by hundreds of…

  • Letter to Mark J. Ruehlmann, CEO, Squire Patton Boggs

    Mark J. Ruehlmann, Esq. Chairman / Global CEO Squire Patton Boggs 221 E. Fourth St., Suite 2900 Cincinnati, OH 45202 Dear Mr. Ruehlmann, We, the undersigned 130 Sudanese, scholars and human rights organizations, write to request your help. Your firm is lobbying for the government of Sudan, a regime comparable to the Nazis whose leaders…

  • Letter to President Trump on Sudan Sanctions

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    August 2, 2017 The Honorable Donald J. Trump President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: We the undersigned 67 U.S.-based Sudanese and American human rights organizations, faith-based organizations and leading advocates write out of concern about the possibility of the United States permanently lifting sanctions…

  • ACTIVISTS IMPLORE GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO INTERVENE TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF SUDAN

    Download a pdf of this press release here. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Faith McDonnell, 202.682.4131, fmcdonnell@theird.org German Embassy in Washington to follow up with Berlin after meeting delegation from Act for Sudan WASHINGTON, DC – August 20, 2016 – Officials from the German Embassy in Washington, DC, committed to follow up with the German Foreign…

  • Sudan Tribune: Activists urge UN to waive Bashir’s immunity as diplomats express doubts over his arrival

    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…