Archive of: Reports
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In Sudan, Genocide Anew? posted June 20, 2011
from The Washington Post, June 18, 2011 by Eric Reeves We are, once again, on the verge of genocidal counterinsurgency in Sudan. History must not be allowed to repeat itself. By early 2004, it was clear that the ideologically Arabist and Islamist regime in Khartoum was waging a genocidal counterinsurgency war throughout the western region of [...]
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Why April Is the right month for genocide awareness posted April 23, 2011
April 21, 2011 By Ellen J. Kennedy, source: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/04/21/kennedy/ It was in April 1915 that the Ottoman government began rounding up and murdering leading Armenian politicians, businessmen and intellectuals, a step that led to the extermination of more than a million Armenians. In April 1933, the Nazis issued a decree paving the way for the “final [...]
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Darfur’s Zamzam camp population explodes by 83000 since January posted March 14, 2011
By Radio Dabanga — ZAMZAM CAMP 14 Mar 2011 http://www.radiodabanga.org/node/11735 The number of refugees who arrived at Zamzam camp between 25 January and 13 March reached 83,000. The new arrivals came from the areas East Jebel Marra, Shangil Tobaya, Shaddad, Tutumarre, Wadi Murra, Mashru Sag Al Na’am and Abu Deleig. The refugees from these regions comprise [...]
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Gutting Our Government’s Peace Agency: Savings Equals 3 Hours in Afghanistan posted March 6, 2011
Posted: February 26, 2011 by Rep. Mike Honda and Stephen D. Krasner From a national security standpoint, the recent decision by the U.S. House of Representatives to eliminate the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is not only wrong, but unwise. Cutting $42 million — what we spend in 3 hours in Afghanistan — not [...]
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Widening the Scope: The Expanding Use of Capital Punishment in Law and Practice in Sudan posted December 11, 2010
This report discusses the increased usage of the death penalty legally and in practice in the context of the historical development of law in Sudan. It offers an overview of the role of the death penalty in Sudanese law, recent cases, and the rights and guarantees to which individuals accused of offences punishable by the [...]