تحالف جديد لناشطين أمريكان يدعو لإستخدام كل الوسائل للجم البشير

BIPARTISAN ALLIANCE ASKS OBAMA TO HELP PROTECT MILLIONS OF SUDANESE FROM SLAUGHTER, DISPLACEMENT AND STARVATION



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:

Susan Morgan, 617 797 0451, [email protected]

Elizabeth Blackney, 541 390 1913, [email protected]

CITIES NATIONWIDE – November 3, 2011 – It is an uncommon alliance. Republicans and Democrats. Evangelicals and Jews. Americans and Sudanese. Together, they are asking President Obama, through an open letter signed by 66 organizations across the country, to “take up as urgent matters” civilian protection and humanitarian assistance for millions of Sudanese facing government-sponsored attacks and obstruction of humanitarian assistance. The letter was coordinated by Act for Sudan, a new alliance of American citizen activists and Sudanese U.S. residents from across the country. (Full text of letter below)

The urgency of the letter is underscored by the dire and underreported current events in Sudan, particularly in the regions of South Kordofan and Blue Nile. The letter states, “hundreds of thousands of civilians in South Kordofan and Blue Nile face relentless aerial attacks, violent displacement, and starvation due to the Sudanese government’s ongoing military assaults.”

Among other recommendations, the letter asks Obama to instruct the National Security Council to accelerate decisions and related actions regarding protection of Nuba, Blue Nile, and Darfuri populations from air attacks and to seriously consider the destruction of offensive aerial assets and/or the imposition of a no-fly zone. It also requests the immediate initiation of a cross border emergency aid program to the Nuba Mountains, Darfur, Blue Nile and Abyei regions.