For the past seven years, the Amherst Town Human Rights Commission (HRC) continued to receive monthly update on the human rights situation in Sudan, and recently on South Sudan (the newest independent country in the UN). This was mainly due to active members of Amnesty who attended the monthly meeting of the Commission (Magda, Fanny, Samia, Mohamed).
This month, HRC will get the following update:
1) Congresswoman Niki
Tsongas, of Lowell, MA signed on and co-sponsored last month The Sudan Peace, Security,
and Accountability Act of 2012 (HR 4169), which was introduced by Jim McGovern last March. By signing on
this Bill, Rep. Tsongas joined John Olver, William keating, and Michael
Capuano in supporting peace in Sudan.
The HR 4169 summary is "To require the development of a comprehensive strategy to end serious human rights violations in Sudan, to create incentives for governments and persons to end support of and assistance to the Government of Sudan, to reinvigorate genuinely comprehensive peace efforts in Sudan, and for other purposes"
2) Amnesty International called last week upon South Sudanese authorities to investigate and end horrific acts of violence and rape of civilians by its security forces. Read more on this here.
Thank you HRC for bringing the voice of the oppressed and standing for human rights worldwide...
This month, HRC will get the following update:
The HR 4169 summary is "To require the development of a comprehensive strategy to end serious human rights violations in Sudan, to create incentives for governments and persons to end support of and assistance to the Government of Sudan, to reinvigorate genuinely comprehensive peace efforts in Sudan, and for other purposes"
2) Amnesty International called last week upon South Sudanese authorities to investigate and end horrific acts of violence and rape of civilians by its security forces. Read more on this here.
Thank you HRC for bringing the voice of the oppressed and standing for human rights worldwide...
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