Enough Project Reactions to Appointment of New UN Special Envoy on Congo
The United Nations Secretary-General announced yesterday that the new UN Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region will be senior Algerian diplomat Said Djinnit, replacing Mary Robinson. His mandate is focused on peace and security in the D.R. Congo and the region. The Enough Project warmly welcomes Ambassador Djinnit in his new appointment ...
السودان يطلق العنان لجيش الحرب الإجرامي
صدر اليوم تقرير لمشروعي منظمة كفاية، والقمر الصناعي سنتنيل، والذي يرصد حملات قوات الدعم السريع التي استهدفت المدنيين في مناطق متعددة من السودان. ويقدم التقرير أدلة متكاملة على مسؤولية كبار قادة النظام عن جرائم حرب، وتورطهم الجنائي في جرائم ضد الانسانية، ارتكبتها قوات الدعم السريع. وأشار التقرير إلى أن السودان يشهد الآن موجة من الجرائم الفظيعة بعد أن حلت هذه القوات محل جماعات الجنجويد التي كانت تنشط في السابق ...
Sudan Unleashes a War Criminal Army
June 26, 2014 (Washington, DC) -- One decade after Darfur’s Janjaweed militiamen earned global infamy as “devils on horseback,” Sudan is experiencing a wave of atrocities at the hands of their new incarnation as an official military entity, the “Rapid Support Forces” (RSF). An original report published today by the Enough Project and the Satellite Sentinel Project tracks the RSF in a cross-country campaign of civilian targeting, and presents the case for the individual criminal responsibility of high-level Sudanese government officials for both the war crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated by the RSF ...
Groups Urge U.S. Policy Reset on Sudan, South Sudan Wars
June 17, 2014 (Washington DC) --- The Enough Project, Humanity United, and 76 other international human rights groups joined together today to call for a fresh approach to U.S. policy on the war-torn countries of Sudan and South Sudan ...
George Clooney and John Prendergast’s Wake-Up Call: Sudan’s Silent War May be World’s Most Murderous
George Clooney and Enough Project co-founder John Prendergast, in an opinion piece published today, call for urgent attention to a resurgence of the war by Sudan’s government against its own people. The statement comes in advance of a new investigative report by Vice Media’s Ben Anderson premiering this Friday on HBO, which reveals violence in Sudan rising to unprecedented levels ...
Armed Groups Cede Control of Mines in Eastern Congo
Just four years after enactment of historic Dodd-Frank “conflict minerals” legislation, a new investigative report by the Enough Project identifies early signs of success, as armed groups responsible for mass atrocities, rape, and grave violations of human rights have ceded control of two-thirds of mines surveyed in eastern Congo producing tantalum, tin, and tungsten ...
Enough Project on Historic Dodd-Frank Conflict Mineral Disclosures to SEC
Today is the deadline for companies to disclose any conflict minerals in their product supply chains to the Securities and Exchange Commission in compliance with Section 1502 of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ...
George Clooney Announces Expansion of Satellite Sentinel Project
During a speech yesterday, May 20, at the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity dinner, George Clooney announced a significant expansion of the Satellite Sentinel Project, an initiative he co-founded three years ago. While it will continue to use satellite imagery to monitor and warn against human rights abuses in war-torn Sudan and South Sudan, the Satellite Sentinel Project will expand its focus to undertake forensic investigations to reveal how those committing mass atrocities are funding their activities and where they are hiding their stolen assets ...
STATEMENT: Enough Project on Sanctions Against Individuals in Central African Republic
Following the announcement that President Obama is authorizing the imposition of sanctions against five individuals for fueling violence in the Central African Republic, Kasper Agger, field researcher at the Enough Project, issued the following statement ...
STATEMENT: Enough Project on Peace Deal Reached between South Sudan President Kiir and Rebel Leader Riek Machar
Today, South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar have agreed to a peace deal after a five-month conflict ...
