This site will cover issues of interest to Sudanese Americans in the North East region of the US (New England and New York).
This Blog is under construction.. It was originally started in Oct 2006 and continued for 3 months then stopped for technical problems.
Here are some of the contents of the original Blog:
Friday, January 12, 2007
Press Release from Group Against Torture in Sudan
في خطابه يوم الأحد 7 يناير2007 بمناسبة ذكري الإستقلال أطلق الرئيس البشير ماأسماه "نداء المصالحة الوطنية لاستعادة الحقوق والتراضي" ولم يفصح أكثر عن ماهية هذا النداء الغامض
.إن إستعادة الحقوق وتراضي النفوس التي يتحدث عنها الرئيس لن تتم في رأينا إلا وفق مبدأ الإعتراف التفصيلي بالجرائم التي أرتكبت ومازالت ترتكب في حق عشرات الألاف من ضحايا العنف والتعذيب في بيوت الاشباح علي امتداد الوطن
: إننا نري إن كان الرئيس جادآ في نداءه هذا أن يشرع في إتخاذ الخطوات التالية1الإعتذار العلني من قبل رئيس الجمهورية للضحايا وأسرهم وللشعب السوداني والمجتمع الدولي مع التعهد باجراء اللازم في جهاز الدولة لعدم تكرار هذه الجريمة دون حساب2
تكوين لجان كشف الحقيقة لكشف كل جرائم التعذيب والقتل التي تمت منذ 30يونيو 1989 مهمة هذه اللجان استماع علنآ لشهادات ضحايا العنف وأن تستدعي كل المتهمين ليدلوا بحقيقة دورهم في العنف ويطلبوا العفو من الضحايا وأسرهم
3تكوين لجان لتعويض الضحايا وأسر الشهداء وفق مبادئ الأعراف والقوانين الدولية
إن تراضي النفوس لن يتم إلا بعد ان يتقدم نافع علي نافع ; صلاح قوش; وغيرهم من كبار المسؤلين إلي لجان كشف الحقيقة ويقرواامام الضحايا ماارتكبوه من تعذيب في بيوت الأشباح
المجموعة السودانية لمناهضة التعذيب
Amherst, MA, USA-Jan 11, 2007
posted by التحالف الديموقراطي - Democratic Alliance at 1:37 AM
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Monday, January 01, 2007
Sudan Independence Day
فلتتحد الارادة لإســــقاط عصاباتحزب المؤتمر الحاكم فى الخرطوم
في الذكرى الواحد والخمسين للاستقلال نحني هاماتنا اجلالاً وتقديراً لشهداء الديمقراطية والسيادة الوطنية. ونحي الرعيل الاول من الوطنيين السودانيين الذين بذلوا الجهد من اجل استقلال خالٍ من آفة المعاهدات والتحالفات الأجنبية.ولقد اسهم حزبنا بجهد مقدر وتضحيات جسام من اجل استقلال الوطن وتحقيق التنمية والعدالة الاجتماعية، وعلى شرفة التاريخ لا تزال منحوتة اسماء الشهداء من الشيوعيين السودانيين امثال الشهيد قرشى الطيب والشهيد احمد القرشي طه والشهيد جوزيف قرنق والشهيد عبدالخالق محجوب والشهيد الشفيع احمد الشيخ والشهيد على فضل ورفاقهم الابرار.الان وبعد واحد خمسين عاماً من الاستقلال تتعمق معاناة شعب السودان و تستفحل ازمة الوطن والتى تتمثل في:-*- حرب ابادة تقودها عصابات السلطة الفاشية الحاكمة في الخرطوم ضد شعب دارفور.*- تسويف ومماطلة في تنفيذ اتفاقية نفياشا وابوجا والقاهرة.*- نهب فاحش لموارد البلاد الاقتصادية بواسطة القطط السمان لعصابة مايسمى بالمؤتمر الوطنى.*- وافقار وتشريد لشعب السودان ومحاولة إفساد اكبر قطاع من السودانيين!.ان الخروج من الازمة يبدأ باسقاط عصابات المؤتمر الوطنى وتحقيق الديمقراطية وتنفيذ كل الاتفاقيات والمعاهدات ومحاكمة مجرمى الحروب وانتهاكات حقوق الإنسان وهذا ممكن اذا توحدت ارادة السودانيين وقواهم السياسية، لخوض المعركة الانتخابية القادمة بقائمة موحدةو عبر برنامج واضح لصالح مجمل الشعب يقر بان السودان بلد متعدد الاعراق والثقافات والاديان. ويسعى لانجاز التنمية المتوازية وترسيخ قيم الديمقراطية حقوق الإنساناننا نهيب بكافة السودانيين في الخارج بصفة عام وبكندا بصفة خاصة بالتمسك بممارسة حقهم الديمقراطي واسقاط عصابات حزب المؤتمر ، واننا في فرع الحزب الشيوعي باتوا على استعداد للتعاون مع كافة الوطنيين السودانيين احزاب ومنظمات وشخصيات لإنجاز هذه المهمة الوطنيةعاش نضال الشــعب الســــــــــــودانيوالخزى والعار لعصابات حزب المؤتمر
فرع الحزب الشيوعي السوداني – اتوا١⁄ يناير⁄۲۰۰٧
posted by التحالف الديموقراطي - Democratic Alliance at 1:21 PM
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Saturday, December 02, 2006
al-Bashir found Guilty...
From: http://ghosthouses.blogspot.com/"It was horrible situation after the jangawid attacked and left. Everything was destroyed, burned. Many children or elderly were wounded and laid down helpless on the street. Women and girls were raped. It is a picture I can not forget all my life."Eye-witness: Jarelnabi Abbas Abusikkin"I suffered the worst types of physical and mental pain during the 4-month detention at Citibank Ghost House. As a victim of torture I don't ask to impose the same kind of pain they had inflicted on me to them. I just want justice, I want them to recognize what they did and say sorry, sorry and then I will decide what to do next." Eye-witness: Mohamed Elgadi""the scenes of his crimes covered wide area of Sudan: from the villages of the Beja people in the East to the towns of Darfur in the West; from the homes of the Dinka and Nuer in the South to the habitat of the Nuba people in the center.....We, the judges of the International Citizens' Tribunal on Sudan find the defendant Omer Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir guilty as charged"Judge Wole Soyinka"Today, we are a panel of six judges, mostly of African descent, men and women, Muslims and Christians; we find the defendant Omer Ahmed Hassan al-bashir Guilty...Guilty...Guilty"Judge Gloria White-Hamond"it was not the first time that this regime has used rape as weapon of war in Sudan as the eye-witnesses testified it'd used it again and again in Southern Sudan and Nuba Mountains.The fact that there is no Sudanese woman witness today in the court tells us a lot about the fear and harassement that followed them even in their refuge counytries....Trying al-Bashir was always my dream as a Sudanese woman and Sudanese lawyer....The insult and humilation al-Bashir regime brought to the legal system go beyond its Penal Code and Public order laws of 1990. The prosecutor presented to the court documents and testimonies showing that the Sudan Bar Association building had been confiscated and turned into another torture Ghost House.From all these testimonies and provided evidences I hereby announce al-Bashir guilty as charged."Judge Eithar Abutaha"From the evidences the prosecution team provided today; from the testimonies, from the stories we heard...I'm sure and quite convinced of my decision. I find the defendant guilty."Judge Oban MethoWatch part of the media coverage in this video clip by Reuters news agency: http://www.ibctoday.com/News/ViewNewsItem.aspx?newsItemId=10311&rootVideoPanelType=1#
posted by التحالف الديموقراطي - Democratic Alliance at 10:42 PM 0 comments
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Wole Soyinka to Preside over al-Bashir Court
11/1/ 2006 Nigerian Nobel laureate and human rights activist Wole Soyinka will be the presiding judge when Sudan’s President Omar al Bashir is tried for genocide and crimes against humanity at Judgment on Genocide: The International Citizens’ Tribunal for Sudan (JOG Tribunal).Soyinka is one of a number of internationally renowned human rights activists participating in the trial.The trial will take place Monday, November 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the UN Church Center, New York, NY. A press conference announcing the verdict is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. At this time, trial participants, including Soyinka, will be available to answer questions from the media. Due to limited audience seating, admission is by invitation only.The JOG Tribunal is being convened by a coalition of grassroots groups and anti-genocide activists to hold Bashir and his regime accountable for crimes committed against the people of Darfur and Sudan since the Bashir regime came to power by coup in 1989. “The Tribunal will reveal, for the first time anywhere, the full extent of the criminality of the military dictatorship of President Bashir – the longest ruling genocidal regime in modern history. This regime has intentionally launched, orchestrated, and knowingly enabled genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and other gross human rights abuses against 10 different Sudanese peoples,” said Elvir Camdzic, trial director.“Bashir and his co-perpetrators must face justice for the crimes they have committed against the people of Sudan. It is absurd and morally reprehensible to negotiate peace agreements with this regime or to seek their permission to protect the victims of their crimes,” Camdzic added.An indictment, detailing the crimes of the Bashir regime, has been produced and will be delivered to the Sudanese Embassy in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Nov. 9. The indictment charges Bashir and his co-perpetrators with crimes against humanity, genocide, and violations of the laws and customs of war."The world cannot live with genocide. A regime that is criminal to its core, led by men responsible for 400,000 deaths of innocent civilians and 3.5 million displaced persons, cannot be allowed to commit crimes against its own people with impunity,” said Tim Nonn, JOG Tribunal project director. The JOG Tribunal will demonstrate the importance of the ongoing investigation on Darfur at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Though the citizens’ trial will not carry legal authority, it will provide a forum for those who have been victimized to speak out. These crimes, which are currently under an investigation by the ICC, are in contravention of international criminal law and international treaties to which Sudan is a state party.“Compassion is completed by justice. Government by genocide cannot defeat the inevitable force of justice that is kept alive by the voices of the survivors and remembrance of the victims. There can be no peace in Sudan until Bashir and his co-perpetrators are arrested and tried for their crimes before the International Criminal Court,” added Nonn.The tribunal will include all of the regular components of a trial – a prosecuting attorney, a defense attorney, a panel of distinguished judges and eyewitness and expert testimony. The evidence will be presented and the judges will deliberate before verdicts are delivered.The JOG Tribunal has drawn upon the expertise of more than 20 scholars, law professors and lawyers, foreign policy specialists and non-governmental organizations to produce the indictment and construct the case and tribunal. Survivors of genocide, including refugees from Sudan, and expert witnesses will present evidence in support of the indictment.Wole Soyinka won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986. He spent 22 months in prison, most of it in solitary confinement, after being arrested by the Nigerian government for trying to broker a peace agreement between warring parties in 1967 during the Nigerian Civil War. About the genocide in Sudan, he said: “A heinous crime is going on in the Sudan…It’s a blot on the conscience of the world and particularly on the African continent, especially so soon after the Rwanda.” Other participants joining Soyinka include David Kilgour, formerly Canadian Secretary of State for Latin America & Africa and a member of the Canadian House of Commons; and Tomo Kriznar, the Slovenian President’s Former Special Envoy for Darfur who was recently held in a Sudanese prison on spying charges. Beth Van Schaack, assistant professor of law at Santa Clara University, who served on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, wrote the indictment and will serve as a prosecutor. Dr. Gregory Stanton, former U.S. State Department official and author of the United Nations resolutions creating the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, serves on the advisory board.The current crisis in Darfur began in spring 2002. In the three-plus years, more than 400,000 Darfuris have been murdered by a Khartoum-supported militia called “janjaweed” or died as a result of violence, starvation or disease related to the genocide. More than 3.5 million are living in displaced person camps in Darfur or refugee camps in neighboring Chad.The U.S. Congress declared the situation genocide in July 2004, and President George W. Bush has called it genocide as recent as August 2006. Since the Darfur Peace Agreement was signed on May 5, 2006, hostilities have increased and numerous humanitarian aid workers have been killed. On Oct. 9, Louise Arbour, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and a participant in the ICC case on Darfur in The Hague, issued a report documenting the complicity of the Sudanese government in coordinated militia attacks on 47 villages in south Darfur that left several hundred civilians dead and many more missing. The report offers detailed evidence that the attacks by janjaweed militia “appear to have been conducted with the knowledge and material support of government authorities.” The ICC has added the report to its case documentation.The Judgment on Genocide Tribunal is sponsored by a broad range of organizations and grassroots groups working together to end the genocide in Darfur. Included are Darfur Alert Coalition, Genocide Watch, My Sister’s Keeper, Stop Genocide Now!, Camp Darfur, Dear Sudan, San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition, and the International Campaign to End Genocide.For information on the JOG Tribunal, please visit the website at www.judgmentongenocide.org.
posted by التحالف الديموقراطي - Democratic Alliance at 10:31 PM
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