Evidence of Sudan's Ethnic Cleansing Campaign in South Kordofan

Views:
 
     
 

Presentation Description

Evidence of the Government of Sudan's Ethnic Cleansing Campaign in South Kordofan. Photos courtesy of Ryan Boyette and the team of citizen journalists. Satellite imagery provided by DigitalGlobe for the Satellite Sentinel Project. With gratitude to Avaaz for its support of citizen journalists. This slideshow was originally presented at a Congressional briefing hosted by the Tom Lantos Commission on Human Rights in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC, on 13 October, 2011.

Comments

Presentation Transcript

Evidence of the Government of Sudan’s Ethnic Cleansing Campaign in South Kordofan Photos courtesy of Ryan Boyette and the team of citizen journalists : 

With gratitude to Avaaz for its support Evidence of the Government of Sudan’s Ethnic Cleansing Campaign in South Kordofan Photos courtesy of Ryan Boyette and the team of citizen journalists

Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) indiscriminately bombard civilians nearly every day. : 

Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) indiscriminately bombard civilians nearly every day.

Ryan Boyette photographed this SAF fighter, as well as an Antonov, flying over Kauda, from the north.: 

Ryan Boyette photographed this SAF fighter, as well as an Antonov, flying over Kauda , from the north.

Ryan thought the fighter was a Mig. He sent these photos to the Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP). SSP’s analysts at Harvard Humanitarian Initiative – identified the fighter as a SAF Frogfoot. : 

Ryan thought the fighter was a Mig . He sent these photos to the Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP). SSP’s analysts at Harvard Humanitarian Initiative – identified the fighter as a SAF Frogfoot .

Harvard and DigitalGlobe analysts found the Frogfoot’s external fuel tanks give it added range.: 

Harvard and DigitalGlobe analysts found the Frogfoot’s external fuel tanks give it added range.

DigitalGlobe satellite imagery shows SAF aircraft – including an Antonov, helicopter gunships and Frogfoot ground attack fighters – at El Obeid, within range of the Nuba Mountains.: 

DigitalGlobe satellite imagery shows SAF aircraft – including an Antonov, helicopter gunships and Frogfoot ground attack fighters – at El Obeid, within range of the Nuba Mountains.

Nuba civilians seek refuge in the caves of the Nuba Mountains. : 

Nuba civilians seek refuge in the caves of the Nuba Mountains.

Due to Sudan’s bombardment, Nuba people can’t plant or tend crops. Famine approaches. : 

Due to Sudan’s bombardment, Nuba people can’t plant or tend crops . Famine approaches.

Sudan has targeted Nuba Christians, Muslims, and animists. A SAF jet fired 10 rockets at a mosque in Kauda during Friday prayers. …They missed. : 

Sudan has targeted Nuba Christians, Muslims, and animists. A SAF jet fired 10 rockets at a mosque in Kauda during Friday prayers. …They missed.

Slide 22: 

Ryan and other citizen journalists, a long with the Enough Project, interviewed eyewitnesses to mass killings and mass burials in and around Kadugli.

DigitalGlobe imagery captured for the Satellite Sentinel Project shows apparent mass graves in and around Kadugli.: 

DigitalGlobe imagery captured for the Satellite Sentinel Project shows apparent mass graves in and around Kadugli.

DigitalGlobe image, analyzed by Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, showing three apparent mass graves south of the Tilo School in Kadugli.: 

DigitalGlobe image, analyzed by Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, showing three apparent mass graves south of the Tilo School in Kadugli.

210,000: Number of displaced people in areas of the Nuba Mountains controlled by SPLM-North. : 

210,000 : Number of displaced people in areas of the Nuba Mountains controlled by SPLM-North.

Tens of thousands more starving refugees have walked 7 days to the Yida refugee camp in South Sudan. : 

Tens of thousands more starving refugees have walked 7 days to the Yida refugee camp in South Sudan.

DigitalGlobe image of Yida Refugee Camp, Unity State, South Sudan: 

DigitalGlobe image of Yida Refugee Camp, Unity State, South Sudan

5 Recommendations for U.S. Policy on Sudan… : 

5 Recommendations for U.S. Policy on Sudan…

1. Don’t give Omar Bashir and the Khartoum Regime a lifeline.: 

1. Don’t give Omar Bashir and the Khartoum Regime a lifeline.

2. People in Sudan are calling for transition to democracy. Support democratic transformation.: 

2. P eople in Sudan are calling for transition to democracy. Support democratic transformation.

3. Stop Sudan’s indiscriminate bombing campaign.: 

3. Stop Sudan’s indiscriminate bombing campaign.

4. Provide future leaders with the tools to establish an accountable, democratic government.: 

4. Provide future leaders with the tools to establish an accountable, democratic government.

5. Open cross-border humanitarian access for food, water and medicine. : 

5. Open cross-border humanitarian access for food, water and medicine.