Disappointing news this Thanksgiving Day, as human rights activist Simon Deng received an update that the Sudan Peace and Stability Act, sponsored by Senator John Kerry, is “on hold.” Kerry’s office did not share the […]
Fighting in Southern Sudan’s disputed Abyei region claimed the lives of more than 30 people over the weekend, but voting that will allow the country’s Southerners – mostly Christians and animists, or practitioners of native […]
This week all eyes are on Egypt. It is uncertain who will succeed President Hosni Mubarak and what kind of government will be in power. But we should not miss other important developments. In a […]
Press Release April 6, 2011 Contact: Charles Jacobs – charlesjacobs123@gmail.com, 617 835 3584 Prominent Hillel Rabbi leads Seder in Sudan Boston – Only moments after gaining their freedom, 150 slaves were eating matzah, hard-boiled eggs […]
Press Release Blacks still enslaved, as South Sudan chooses independence March 3, 2011 Boston – As South Sudan’s Christians and animists voted overwhelmingly to secede from the Arab Muslim north, rights groups are concerned about […]
As South Sudan begins the process of nation building, we are concerned about the fate of estimated tens of thousands of Southerners still enslaved in the north. Those freed report daily beatings, rape (of girls, […]
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