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The letter is also posted online here. April 28, 2023 President Joseph R. Biden 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 RE: Human rights concerns in Sudan Dear President Biden, We, the undersigned organizations, are writing with deep concern over the catastrophic situation unfolding in Sudan. Since 15 April, fighting between the Sudan Armed Forces…
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Act for Sudan sent a letter to Prime Minister Hamdok registering our concerns regarding ongoing violence and insecurity in Darfur and calling attention to the urgent need for progress on the ground. Please help by sharing the letter with your contacts and posting and tweeting about the letter. Post this message on facebook: @actforsudan letter…
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Given the terror and destruction associated with Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), we are shocked the U.S. would issue a visa to Mohammed Atta al-Moula, the former Director of NISS, and accept Atta as Sudan’s top diplomatgy in Washington, DC. Atta’s presence in the U.S. is not only an affront to the victims…
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Ibrahim Ghandour, the Foreign Minister of Sudan, will be in Washington, D.C., this Thursday and Friday to attempt to seal the deal on lifting U.S. sanctions on Sudan.
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We are writing now to express our dismay that the OPCW has greeted these violations with yet more impunity, by instituting Sudan as Deputy Chairperson of its Executive Council.
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Written by Act for Sudan co-founder Esther Sprague and originally posted here on Huffington Post. Economic sanctions, though imperfect, can be a powerful tool to advance U.S. foreign policy goals, particularly if those sanctions are broad-based, employed over a long period, and are strongly enforced. That has been the case with U.S. sanctions against Iran…
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October 08, 2014 The Honorable Barack H. Obama President of the United States of America The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20600 Download the letter and full list of signatories here. Dear President Obama: We, the undersigned, are sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, of the marginalized people in the war zones in Sudan (Darfur, Nuba…
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AFS Note: National Catholic Reporter interviewed activists who are members of Act for Sudan and highlighted AFS’ Obama’s Stained Legacy Campaign in a recent two-part series. February 15, 2014 NEW YORK Editor’s note: The following is Part 1 of a two-part series on decade-long humanitarian efforts in Sudan, a country plagued by war and other…
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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.…