Last week, The Huffington Post published the following Op-Ed by Mohamed Suleiman, a Darfuri and an Executive Committee Member of the San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition. We hope you’ll read his powerful commentary.
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A Darfuri Speaks Out: Sudan’s President Treats My People Like Bargaining Chips
Mohamed Suleiman – March 18, 2009
The Huffington Post
On March 4th 2009, [...]
Gerri Miller, an Executive Committee Member of the San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition, recently sent the letter below to President Obama.
We urge you to read it. It was impassioned advocacy like this that got President Obama to appoint a special envoy to Sudan last week. Let’s keep up the pressure!
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Dear Mr. President,
When I first [...]
As Lynsey Addario and Lydia Polgreen report in their new NYTimes article (“Expulsion of Aid Groups Raises Risks in Darfur”), Omar al-Bashir’s explusion of major aid organizations from Darfur was the plan all along:
“The decision to expel the aid groups appears to have been made well before the International Criminal Court announcement [to issue an [...]
Retired Air Force Major General Scott Gration will be the new U.S. special envoy to Sudan.
The reaction from the experts and media commentators has been generally positive. Tim Fernholz at The American Prospect writes:
“Many take heart in Gration’s strong personal relationship with President Obama; Gration was an early supporter and national security adviser during the [...]
Thank you to all of you who called, texted, emailed, demonstrated, and organized…President Obama has finally appointed a special envoy to Sudan. More on this soon. For now, see this coverage from The New York Times.
For sure, the Sudan advocacy movement is immensely grateful to President Obama for speaking out against Omar al-Bashir’s decision to expel thirteen humanitarian aid groups from Sudan. Yesterday, the President stated that “[it is] not acceptable to put that many people’s lives at risk,” referring to the more than one million Darfuri civilians and other [...]
“Lives of Over 1 Million Displaced Darfuris Threatened”
Washington, DC, March 9, 2009 — The Government of Sudan’s expulsion of more than a dozen non-governmental organizations from Darfur has put the lives of over a million displaced people at risk. It should immediately rescind its decision and allow these organizations to resume operations. The Government of [...]
[Based on a SF Bay Area Darfur Coalition action alert:]
The people of Sudan need your voice more than ever.
Send a text message to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at 90822 telling her that urgent, intense, and sustained action by the United States NOW is critical to (1) restore humanitarian aid to Sudan, and (2) [...]
Today saw a flood of news analyses, press releases, editorials, blog posts, and action alerts in response to the International Criminal Court’s issuance of an arrest warrant against Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir for crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur.
What follows is our roundup of and our take on today’s developments.
GENOCIDE IN ONE OF [...]
This is a top story across the major news outlets this morning. See The New York Times and BBC News. More on this later — we’ll be posting some analysis as well as some reactions from the political and activist spheres.
