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  • Christian Newswire: Sudanese Bishop and Genocide Survivor Asks President Obama for ‘Prompt Action to Save Those Still Alive’

    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…

  • Secretary Clinton: THEY CAN’T WAIT!

    Dear Secretary Clinton: Like Syrians under attack by their own government, innocent civilians in Sudan need immediate protection from the Government of Sudan. Please Act for Sudan – protection and aid are needed now! Hundreds of thousands of lives are at stake.

  • State’s first Twitter press conference angers Sudan activists

    Written by Josh Rogan on ForeignPolicy.com The State Department tried something new last Friday, answering selected questions posed via Twitter. Today, a Sudan human rights organization that was one of the selected questioners called the answer it got on Sudan policy “unconvincing,” “unacceptable,” “a broken record,” and “condescending.” The Twitter press conference, where State Department…

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STATE DEPARTMENT’S RESPONSE TO SUDAN QUESTION “UNCONVINCING”

    Members of Act for Sudan, a bipartisan, interfaith alliance of 59 American and Sudanese grassroots advocacy organizations across the country, are expressing widespread dissatisfaction with the State Department’s answer to its question regarding the U.S. government’s approach to the ongoing government-sponsored genocide in Sudan. According to Eric Cohen, an Act for Sudan member and spokesman,…