Congressional Testimonies
Testimony of John Prendergast: Protecting Civil Society, Faith-Based Actors, and Political Speech in Sub-Saharan Africa
Testimony of John Prendergast, Enough Project Founding Director and Co-Found of The Sentry, given on May 9th, 2018 before the U.S. Congress’ House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on “Protecting Civil Society, Faith-Based Actors, and Political Speech in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Read the full testimony here. Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Bass, thank you for the opportunity to testify on this critical and timely subject. The ability of civil society to exercise their fundamental rights to self-expression and assembly are increasingly under siege in Sub-Saharan Africa due to the targeted violence and draconian restrictions on communication that allow autocratic rulers to suppress ...
Testimony of Brad Brooks-Rubin: The Questionable Case for Easing Sudan Sanctions
Testimony of Brad Brooks-Rubin, Enough Project Policy Director, given on April 26th, 2017 before the U.S. Congress’ House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on “The Questionable Case for Easing Sudan Sanctions.” Read the full testimony here. Chairman Smith, Ranking Member Bass, Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for holding this important hearing and providing The Enough Project and our financial investigative initiative, The Sentry, with the opportunity to share our perspective on a country that has long vexed U.S. policymakers. Congress has a deep and bipartisan history of leading U.S. efforts to promote peace, human rights, religious freedom, and counterterrorism objectives in Sudan, ...
Testimony of Omer Ismail – Sudan: Human Rights and Sanctions
Testimony of Omer Ismail, Enough Project Senior Advisor, given on April 4th, 2017 before the U.S. Congress’ Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission hearing on “Sudan: Human Rights and Sanctions.” ...
Testimony of Sasha Lezhnev – Democracy and Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Testimony of Sasha Lezhnev, Enough Project Associate Director of Policy, given on November 29, 2016 before the U.S. Congress’ Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission hearing on “Democracy and Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.” ...
Testimony of Brian Adeba – “The Growing Crisis in South Sudan”
Testimony of Brian Adeba, Associate Director of Policy, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations' hearing on “The Growing Crisis in South Sudan,” given on September 7, 2016 ...
Testimony of Brad Brooks-Rubin – U.S. Sanctions Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Testimony of Brad Brooks-Rubin, Enough Project Policy Director, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy's hearing on “U.S. Sanctions Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa," given on June 8, 2016 ...
Testimony of John Prendergast – South Sudan’s Prospects for Peace and Security
Testimony of John Prendergast, Enough Project Founding Director, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations' hearing on “South Sudan’s Prospects for Peace and Security,” given on April 27, 2016 ...
Testimony of John Prendergast – Independent South Sudan: A Failure of Leadership
Testimony of John Prendergast, Enough Project Founding Director, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's hearing on “Independent South Sudan: A Failure of Leadership,” given on December 10, 2015 ...
Testimony of Sasha Lezhnev – Ridding Central Africa of Joseph Kony: Continuing U.S. Support
Testimony of Sasha Lezhnev, Enough Project Associate Director of Policy, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations hearing on “Ridding Central Africa of Joseph Kony: Continuing U.S. Support,” given on September 30, 2015 ...
Testimony of Akshaya Kumar- The Current Human Rights Situation in South Sudan
Testimony of Akshaya Kumar, Enough Project Sudan and South Sudan Policy Analyst, before the United States Congress Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission hearing on “The Current Human Rights Situation in South Sudan,” given on July 10, 2015 ...