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Human Rights and the Escalation of Violence in Sudan

Date:
Location:
210 Cannon House Office Building

Announcement

Please join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a briefing on the human rights situation in Sudan.

The crisis in Darfur and the conflict in the Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile continue to intensify, while the Sudanese government and the international community fail to find a solution that will end the violence. The Darfur conflict, ongoing for more than a decade, has rapidly escalated since the beginning of 2014, with renewed government bombardments of civilians and attacks by government-backed militias; the government offensive in Blue Nile and the Nuba Mountains has continued unabated since 2011. In Darfur alone, more than 320,000 people have been displaced since February of this year. The Sudanese government has continuously engaged in direct violence against civilians, violent crackdowns on student protests, and arbitrary arrests and detention of human rights activists in the capital city of Khartoum and other urban centers.

The panelists will address the escalating level of violence in Darfur, Blue Nile, and the Nuba Mountains, discuss the protests in Khartoum, and will offer suggestions for improvements in US policy and congressional action in relation to the ongoing crisis in Sudan.

Hosted by:

James P. McGovern
Member of Congress
Co-Chairman, TLHRC
Joseph R. Pitts
Member of Congress
Co-Chairman, TLHRC
Witnesses

Panelists

  • Omer Ismail, Senior Enough Advisor, The Enough Project
  • Ryan Boyette, Founder, Nuba Reports
  • Ambassador Princeton Lyman, US Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan (2011-2013), and Advisor to the President, United States Institute of Peace

Moderator

  • Lauren Ploch Blanchard, Specialist in African Affairs, Congressional Research Service
Meeting Documents

Video

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Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
4150 O'Neill House Office Building
200 C Street SW
Washington, D.C. 20515
United States of America

Phone: +1 (202) 225-3599
Fax: +1 (202) 226-6584
TLHRC@mail.house.gov

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