A press release from the Save Darfur Coalition:
Members of Congress, Darfur Activist Leaders Protest Deteriorating Humanitarian Situation
Participants arrested for civil disobedience at Sudanese Embassy
WASHINGTON – Members of Congress – including Representatives Jim McGovern (D-MA), John Lewis (D-GA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) – and Darfur activist leaders were today arrested [...]
An important reminder from Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai about designing and executing an effective and just peace process for Sudan (hat tip to Enough).
“It is vital that any and all peace talks include the women of Sudan, who are already building a path to peace through their efforts to create dialogue and a consultation process. [...]
Important bullet points from yesterday’s UN Secretary-General briefing:
- “…the Secretary-General describes as an extremely negative development the Sudanese Government decision to expel or dissolve 16 humanitarian and human rights non-governmental organizations, and cautioned that the removal of such a large amount of humanitarian capacity puts well over 1 million people at life-threatening risk.”
- “He notes [...]
“Now Mr. Bashir is preparing to kill people en masse, not with machetes but by withholding the aid that keeps them alive.” – Nicholas Kristof, March 7, 2009
The words above were published about one month ago. We need to revisit them. Indeed, we’d do well to revisit Nick Kristof’s entire Op-Ed about the drastic endgame [...]
An action alert from the Genocide Intervention Network:
Tomorrow [Friday, April 3, 2009] is Day 75 of the Obama Administration. Congress has taken some important steps toward protecting civilians in Darfur this year, but major humanitarian groups such as Oxfam and Mercy Corps are still barred from operating in Sudan, putting more than a million people [...]
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