Darfuris and other Sudanese are rallying in DC today, delivering advocacy letters to President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton. You can join and support these activists from wherever we are.
Recently, in response to a flood of calls, faxes, and emails from Sudan activists, the White House sent out a public letter restating its on-paper Sudan policy. In this letter, President Obama promises: “I will work to ensure that tough sanctions on the Khartoum government continue as a part of a growing global effort.”
Building off of Michelle’s great post on the matter:
It looks like the White House has finally replied to some Sudan activists’ letters, faxes, emails, and phone calls. The key excerpt from the administration’s email response:
As President, I will build on America’s efforts that I previously championed in the Senate. I led in calling for the joint African Union/United Nations peacekeeping force now on the ground, and insisted on comprehensive sanctions against the Khartoum government. Going forward, my Administration will continue this work with unstinting resolve to end the genocide.”
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The reviews have come in about President Obama’s Ghana speech this last weekend. Nicholas Kristof wrote: “I liked Obama’s speech in Ghana. He emphasized the need for good governance…” (Read more…)
Nobel Laureates Desmond Tutu, Wangari Maathai, Wole Soyinka, and a number of African civic leaders and human rights advocates have signed a letter urging African Union leaders to support the International Criminal Court’s pursuit of justice and accountability in Sudan.
An excerpt: “We are convinced that the ICC can be one effective vehicle, alongside national and regional mechanisms, for achieving justice for the gross violations committed by all sides in the conflict in Darfur. The people of Darfur deserve more than negotiating warlords forgiving each other for the violence–including brutal sexual violence–they have perpetrated primarily against women, children and other non-combatants. There can be no real peace without justice and security.”
The letter was released last week. Read it in full on the Save Darfur Coalition’s website.
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