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Invasion of Abyei, Test for America

On May 20 Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) invaded Abyei, a disputed region situated on the border between South and North Sudan. The Khartoum regime reportedly razed villages and used tanks and helicopters to indiscriminately shell […]

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Will Freedom Come for Sudan’s Slaves?

Will Freedom Come for Sudan’s Slaves? As the South votes to become independent, tens of thousands remain enslaved. January 14, 2011 By JOHN EIBNER AND CHARLES JACOBS Juba, Sudan On Jan. 9, the people of […]

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A barefoot walk for freedom

A barefoot walk for freedom November 18, 2010 By Charles Jacobs and Sasha Giller Most Jews think we have a special responsibility to educate the world about the horrors of genocide – and to prevent […]

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Emancipated Nation

By Francis Bok Most people can think of a day that changed their lives. I can think of two. The first happened twenty four years ago, when at the age of seven I became a […]

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Ignoring the slave trade

This article originally appeared in The Jewish Advocate By Charles Jacobs & Sasha Giller January 6, 2011 Friends of Israel have long fumed over what they felt was the human rights community’s disproportionate and unfair […]