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by Josh Rogin This article was originally posted on Foreign Policy on March 19, 2013. The Obama administration is getting close to nominating a new special envoy to Sudan, but a major Sudan advocacy organization is asking Secretary of State John Kerry not to nominate former U.S. Ambassador to Sudan Tim Carney.…
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March 19, 2013 Honorable John F. Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20520 Dear Mr. Secretary, We understand the President, in coordination with your office, is in the process of selecting a new U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan. We urge you to select an…
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Government-sponsored genocide continues in Sudan. Innocent civilians are bombed, starved and displaced by the hundreds of thousands. For the past four years, the Obama administration has frequently expressed grave concerns, but has pursued a policy of engagement, employing conciliatory diplomacy rather than confronting the regime in Sudan with consequences for genocide and crimes against humanity.…
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February 3, 2013 On January 21, 2013 Act for Sudan and genocide scholars wrote a letter to the German Foreign Minister asking them to cancel their Sudan investment conference. Several news agencies have since reported on the issue. (MintPress) – At least two Sudanese nationals were arrested last Tuesday by German authorities…
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January 30, 2013 The Niles KHARTOUM – The Sudan-South Sudan Economic Conference took place in Berlin on Tuesday, January 29, with Germany pledging that economic development would safeguard against conflict and radicalism. Initially scheduled for last October, the conference was postponed when protestors stormed the German embassy in Khartoum following a Youtube film by an…
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The original press release and letter from Act for Sudan to Germany can be found here. January 28, 2013 International human rights organizations and a Sudanese activist are calling on the German government to cancel a Sudan economic forum to be held in the country’s capital, Berlin, on Tuesday. Agencies from the USA,…
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Image courtesy of Operation Broken Silence Take Action! As government-sponsored genocide continues in Sudan, the German government is hosting an international conference to promote investment in Sudan on January 29, 2013 in Berlin. Outrageously, this conference places Germany squarely in the role of generating financial support for the genocidal Sudanese regime. The Sudan regime, led…
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January 22, 2013 The Voice of America radio program, South Sudan in Focus, aired a radio interview with Eric Cohen representing Act for Sudan. The interview focused on Act for Sudan’s letter to Germany protesting the upcoming investment conference. The interview begins at 7:48 of the 30 minute interview. Listen to the interview here.
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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 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…