UAE Complicity in Mass Atrocities in Sudan

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Spotlight: Speak Out on Sudan

This weekend, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be hosting the NBA pre-season games between the Boston Celtics and the Denver Nuggets in Abu Dhabi.?

While hosting these games, the UAE is simultaneously supplying arms, cash, and diplomatic cover to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan . The RSF is committing mass atrocities and likely genocide in Darfur today, much as their predecessor, the Janjaweed, did twenty years ago. Yet the war in Sudan is receiving very little international attention or action.?

We called on the NBA to take a stand by canceling the games and show solidarity with the Sudanese peoples. The UAE must immediately halt any further military support to the RSF.?

Read more:

Boston Globe: How the Celtics could protest a cruel war in Sudan

New York Times: How a U.S. Ally Uses Aid as a Cover in War

Washington Post: Biden needs to pressure the UAE to help end Sudan’s civil war

My People are Stranded: Bearing Witness to the Struggle of Sudanese Refugees in Egypt

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Without a more widespread and enduring course-correction on aid access, civilian protection, and humanitarian security, there remains a grave risk of famine conditions spiraling once again. Read more in the latest from Jesse Marks and Jeremy Konyndyk .

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Gaza Dispatches: An UNRWA Worker on Providing Aid Under Siege

Gaza Dispatches: Hunger and Siege

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