Vote for Genocide-Free Investing!

Do you hold shares in Fidelity funds?
If so, you may have the opportunity to vote for genocide-free investing! Click here for more info.
What does your vote mean? Your vote will work toward instituting “procedures to prevent holding investments in companies that, in the judgment of the board, substantially contribute to genocide or crimes against humanity, the [...]

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“Trapped in Places of Perpetual Insecurity”

A recent study conducted by US-based Physicians for Human Rights reports that over 50% of Darfuri women at a refugee camp in Chad continue to feel threatened by sexual violence.
Many of these women experienced rape in Darfur, fleeing to Chad to escape suffering. Yet in Chad, their place of refuge, sexual violence is alive and well.
According to [...]

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Obama’s first meeting with Ban Ki-moon focuses on Darfur

President Barack Obama met with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for the first time since the inaguration yesterday.  And they discussed Darfur.  The president declared “the violence in Darfur and inaction in the face of its worsening humanitarian crisis are “not acceptable,” and pledged to work more closely with the United Nations to bring peace [...]

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Sudan, Congo, and Zimbabwe Hurt Africa’s Human Rights Record

Today, the US State Department presented to Congress its annual report on global human rights.
The report revealed that “human rights worsened across Africa despite some bright spots”.
The major contributors to Africa’s lamentable human rights record?
Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Zimbabwe.
Recently, these three countries have been ravaged by government-sponsored genocide, sexual violence, use of [...]

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Genocide Investigator Killed

I am sure that all of you are aware of Thursday’s Flight 3407 crash outside Buffalo, NY, which killed 50 people.
However, you may be unaware that the crash took the life of an individual who spent a large portion of her existence defending human rights for those unable or afraid to speak up.
Doctor Alison Des Forges was the [...]

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UN – Sudanese Government Shot Darfur IDPs

The UN has released a report stating that the Sudanese government is responsible for killing several civilians residing in the Kalma IDP camp in South Darfur in August of 2008.
According to the office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights -
Security forces failed to abide by international law principles of proportionality and of necessity. Witness testimonies [...]

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Defending Human Rights in Sudan

Human Rights defenders (HRDs) have collectively created the Sudan Human Rights Defender Platform in the wake of continuing risks to their advocacy efforts and their lives. Common risks include arrest and torture.
The Platform will work to “enhance and support HRDs’ work across the country to reduce/end human rights violations in collaboration with Sudanese and International Human [...]

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