Please join us in these easy actions against genocide
- Join the latest action sponsored by Act for Sudan, here.
- Call the State Department, leave a message for Secretary Clinton on the
Department of State comment line. Dial 202-647-6575 and press 1 to
record your comment, any time. Suggested message:
This is [your name] calling from [city, state] with a message for Secretary Clinton on Sudan: It's time for the US to support regime change in Sudan. Please adopt tough, punitive measures to help protect civilians and do not relax sanctions on Sudan. - Call the White House comment line at 202-456-1111, Monday - Friday,
9-5 EST, with this suggested message:
This is [your name] calling from [city, state]. I'm calling to tell President Obama that it is time for the US to support regime change in Sudan. Please adopt tough, punitive measures to help protect civilians and do not relax sanctions on Sudan. - Call 1-800-Genocide to be connected directly to your elected officials for free. All you need is your zip code.
- Sign the petition here that asks your representative in the House of Representatives to do what he/she can to support genocide-free investing. Read more about the hearing on "Investments Tied to Genocide" and the details of the legislative recommendations from Investors Against Genocide here.
Activism and the news
- October 4: Sudan hearing in Congress, featuring Ker Deng, Gerard Prunier, John Prendergast, and Princeton Lyman, with Prunier and Prendergast supporting a no-fly zone, among other measures. Hearing starts at 36:30 mark in the video.
- September 8: What the Arab spring means for Sudan, by John Prendergast, calls for a democratic transformation in Sudan to change the regime and for strong measures to protect civilians, including acceleration of decisions regarding how to protect Nuba, Blue Nile, and Darfuri populations from air attacks, either through a no-fly-zone or destruction of offensive aerial assets
- September 2: Sudan army attacks SPLA forces and governor’s residence in Blue Nile: SPLM-N
- August 4: A new US policy for two new Sudans, by John Prendergast calls for considering all options to protect civilians from terrorizing airstrikes, including a no-fly zone, targeted strikes against government air assets that are carrying out attacks, and the provision of appropriate air defense capabilities for the Nuba.
- July 19: Activists around the country send letter to Obama calling for selective, limited military action against Sudan's Armed Forces
- July 15: Internal UN Report: Summary Executions, Mass Graves in Sudan
- July 14: Mass Graves Identified in Kadugli, South Kordofan: The End of Agnosticism, by Eric Reeves
- June 22: Genocide in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan, by Eric Reeves
- June 19: Sudan’s Bashir threatens a repeat of Abyei and S. Kordofan "lessons"
- June 16: Roger Winter testifies in Congress, providing this statement and these recommendations
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