Media Interviews and Questions
Jonathan Hutson
Director of Communications
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Books by John Prendergast
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May 12, 2010
In a hearing today before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the U.S. special envoy to Sudan, retired Major General Scott Gration, testified on the Obama administration’s approach to Sudan. Four leading anti-genocide and Sudan advocacy organizations -- the Enough Project at the Center for American Progress, American Jewish World Service, Genocide Intervention Network, and the Save Darfur Coalition– jointly issued the following statement in response.
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May 6, 2010
The report released today, “A Benchmark Report Card for Sudan,” analyzes 28 leading indicators of progress across nine overarching categories of benchmarks over the past six months. The report concludes that 17 indicators show significant worsening of the situation on the ground, while the remaining 11 indicators show a stalemate.
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Apr 29, 2010
A return to full-scale war can be headed off, say eight leading anti-genocide and Sudan advocacy organizations, but only if the Obama administration quickly implements its policy to pressure parties who are backsliding on benchmarks crucial to a durable peace in Sudan.
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Apr 26, 2010
Following this month’s flawed national elections in Sudan, a group of anti-genocide and human rights organizations is calling on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice to increase their oversight of the faltering U.S. policy on Sudan.
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Apr 20, 2010
As the White House issued a statement that Sudan’s recent elections fell short of international standards and that political rights and freedoms were violated, leading human rights groups are calling on the Obama Administration to implement a policy of pressure and consequences to reduce the risk of full-scale war and prevent further manipulation by spoilers in Khartoum during the run-up to the January 2011 referendum on independence for Southern Sudan.
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Apr 16, 2010
As the vote count begins in Sudan amid continued reports of electoral rigging and widespread political oppression, leading human rights organizations call on the Obama administration to be honest with itself, the Sudanese people and the international community in evaluating the results.
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Apr 16, 2010
Following this month’s flawed national elections in Sudan, a group of anti-genocide and human rights organizations is calling on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice to increase their oversight of the faltering U.S. policy on Sudan.
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Apr 6, 2010
Even as violence continues in the Jebel Marra area of Darfur, negotiators in the Qatari city of Doha are attempting to hammer out a peace deal for this western region of Sudan. While some observers have hailed these talks between rebel forces and the Government of Sudan as a major breakthrough, there are numerous reasons why enthusiasm should be tempered.
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Apr 1, 2010
As Sudan’s national election descends into crisis amid growing opposition boycotts, U.S.-based Darfuris and policy experts from Sudan Now, a campaign led by a group of prominent anti-genocide and human rights organizations, are calling for Congress to step up its oversight of the current U.S. Sudan policy.
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Mar 31, 2010
The current trend of deal making between the two ruling Sudanese parties suggests that the NCP and SPLM will be able to hammer out their differences in the run-up to a vote for independence next year. Nevertheless, a far better coordinated international approach is needed to facilitate future negotiations that could make the difference between a return to violence or peace.
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Mar 24, 2010
Launched in March 2009, the Darfur Dream Team’s Sister Schools Program, co-founded by NBA star Tracy McGrady and John Prendergast of the Enough Project, has raised more than $300,000 to support six schools in Djabal refugee camp in eastern Chad.
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Mar 19, 2010
The Enough Project at the Center for American Progress congratulates CBS's "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley, producers Solly Granatstein and Nicole Young and editor Tom Honeysett for winning the first annual Media for Liberty Award for their November 2009 piece, "Congo's Gold."
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Mar 16, 2010
All signs indicate that Sudan, Africa’s largest state, will very soon split in two – either peacefully or violently. The Obama administration must do its utmost to prevent a return to full-scale war in Sudan, argues a new report from the Enough Project at the Center for American Progress.
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Mar 11, 2010
The Enough Project confirms that a contingent of the deadly Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, has taken refuge in areas of south Darfur, Sudan, controlled by the Government of Sudan. The possibility of rekindled collaboration between LRA leader Joseph Kony and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir—both wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court, or ICC—should alarm policymakers and demands urgent international investigation and response.
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Mar 10, 2010
The Enough Project confirms that a contingent of the deadly Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, has taken refuge in areas of south Darfur, Sudan, controlled by the Government of Sudan. The possibility of rekindled collaboration between LRA leader Joseph Kony and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir—both wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court, or ICC—should alarm policymakers and demands urgent international investigation and response.
