Rep. McGovern on Sudan: ‘We’ve Been Silent Too Long’
Congressman James McGovern (D-MA), a long-time advocate of human rights, addressed Congress last week about the ongoing violence in South Kordofan, Blue Nile, and Darfur, imploring Congress to recognize that “once again, the world is standing by, silent and passive, while the Government of Sudan wages war on its own people.” ...
Invisible Children’s Jason Russell on KONY 2012
Invisible Children's latest film, KONY 2012, premiered online today at 12 p.m. PST. It will serve as the cornerstone of a new joint campaign of Invisible Children, Resolve, and the Enough Project to make this year Joseph Kony's last as the leader of Africa's longest running insurgency. This Q+A with Invisible Children's Jason Russell, written by Krista Morgan, is cross-posted from IC's blog ...
AOL Feature: ‘You’ve Got John Prendergast’
John Prendergast tells AOL how he got started as an activist and why "you've got to fight for human rights." ...
Evidence of Bombing at South Sudan Oilfield as Officials Blame Khartoum
At 1:20 p.m., on February 29, oil technicians who had just arrived at El Nar oilfield in South Sudan were thrown into a momentary state of panic by a round of bombings that South Sudanese leaders allege came from the Sudanese army. Journalists, Enough, and staff from the petroleum ministry in Juba were shown three craters left by the impact of the bombs, in sites approximately 10 to 15 kilometers from the North-South border, on a recent trip sponsored by the South Sudan government ...
Betty Bigombe, the ‘Mother’ of Uganda’s Acholi
Since the early 1900s countries around the world have celebrated International Women’s Day as a time to recognize the role of women in society and mobilize against injustices specifically impacting half of the world’s population. At Enough, rather than confining our commemoration to just one day—March 8—we’re giving a special focus to women all this week, to highlight how the conflicts we’re working to end affect women and girls, and to recognize the work of heroes advocating on their behalf. For Day 1 of our International Women’s Week coverage, Enough’s Kampala based LRA researcher Kasper Agger spoke to Betty Bigombe, ...
Fashioning a Trend for Human Rights in Congo
New York City Fashion Week is always filled with the latest styles, hottest designers and the who's who in the fashion industry. So when Gen Art asked me to host its fashion show this spring, I saw it as an opportunity to promote emerging fashion artists, and support a cause that has been very close to my heart—the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa's largest nation ...
ICC Issues Arrest Warrant for Sudanese Defense Minister Hussein
On March 1, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court, or ICC, issued an arrest warrant for the Sudanese Defense Minister First Lieutenant-General Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein on 41 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity—including murder, rape, forcible transfer, torture, destruction of property, pillaging, and attacks against civilians—committed in the Darfur region of Sudan ...
Jewish World Watch and Enough Partner to ‘Hear Her Voice’ in Washington, D.C.
Activists from across the country descended upon the nation’s capitol this week to discuss and bring awareness to the raging conflicts in eastern Congo and Sudan. Jewish World Watch, or JWW, organized and hosted the two-day event “Hear Her Voice” that featured an advocacy training and meetings with legislators and foreign policy experts. It brought together Jewish, Congolese, and Sudanese activists and other allies in the fight against genocide to collectively bring a voice to the women affected by violence in eastern Congo and Sudan ...
U.N. Report Singles Out Worst Offenders of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
A recent U.N. report has for the first time explicitly named a number of armed groups and military forces around the world suspected to be the worst perpetrators of conflict-related sexual violence. The annual report, which was released in January, identifies extreme cases of sexual violence, provides examples of how sexual violence has threatened security and impeded peacebuilding in post-conflict situations, and makes strategic recommendations on how to prevent such offenses in the future ...
Sudan’s Weapons of Mass Starvation
The sustained aerial bombardments by the Sudanese Armed Forces, or SAF, over the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan have displaced thousands of families from their homes. While some have fled into the region’s caves for shelter, 25,000 people have migrated over the Sudan-South Sudan border to seek safety in refugee camps. For those who have remained in the Nuba Mountain caves, the paralyzing fear of Antonov airstrikes have prevented any farming from taking place. Without the ability to harvest the land, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network believes the remaining population will be in emergency conditions by March. As for ...
