Sudan arrests opposition SPLM leaders; prevents Al Jazeera from covering the demonstration

The Sudan Tribune is reporting that the Sudanese government arrested “SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amum and his deputy Yassir Arman”,  opposition leaders from the Sudanese People Liberation Movement (SPLM). In addition, Al Jazeera was prevented from covering the demonstration and had their tapes confiscated.
The detention of these SPLM leaders is a troublesome sign that the [...]

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Gration: We don’t have all the monitoring mechanisms that we need yet

Yesterday, Special Envoy to Sudan, Scott Gration and National Security Council Director, Samantha Power sat down with Jerry Fowler of the Save Darfur Coalition and Layla Amjadi of STAND.  They discussed a wide range of topics regarding the recently released policy by the Obama Administration.
Click here to watch the complete webcast.

Gration:  [...]

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Darfur update: New United States policy for Sudan

Hi everyone,
The Obama Administration finally released their long-awaited official foreign policy on Sudan. Here is a quick summary. The administration’s policy lays out three strategic U.S. objectives:

A definitive end to conflict, gross human rights abuses, and genocide in Darfur.
Implementation of the North-South CPA that results in a peaceful post-2011 Sudan, or an orderly path toward [...]

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IDPs To Boycott US Envoy

Unless he changes his position and takes account of our demands, he is not welcomed in our camps because he does not consider us.
Those words were spoken by a representative of Darfur’s internally displaced persons, who have decided against meeting US special envoy to Sudan Scott Gration when he visits their camps.
The IDPs feel that Gration has [...]

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Text Secretary of State Clinton

US Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration has asked for an “easing” of sanctions against the country.
Help the Enough project’s efforts to keep sanctions in place  -
Text Hillary Clinton at 90822 – “DO NOT END SUDAN SANCTIONS WITHOUT REAL PROGRESS”.

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Darfur… still genocide

Special envoy to Sudan, General Scott Gration does not seem to be in-sync with the US State Dept.  This past Wednesday, after a series of visits with the government of Sudan, he released a statement saying
“What we see is the remnants of genocide. What we see are the consequences of genocide, the results of genocide.”
On [...]

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Darfur – Only “Remnants of Genocide”

What we see is the remnants of genocide.
Those words were spoken today by US Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration whose recent trip to Darfur did not convince him that a genocide is TAKING place – only that a genocide TOOK place.
Gration also remarked that the humanitarian gap caused by Sudan’s expulsion of major aid groups [...]

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