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Emergency in Sudan

Emergency in Sudan
Right now, Sudan is hell on Earth.

A genocidal army has raped and massacred thousands. There's evidence of child soldiers fighting and dying, and mass graves dot the desert.

Now Darfur’s capital is under attack, with 800,000 terrified refugees trapped inside -- they’re calling it a “killbox.”

These unspeakable atrocities can only happen because there’s a near-total information blackout. Sudan has shuttered the internet, arrested local reporters, and blocked foreign journalists -- meaning very little media coverage, or pressure on governments to act.

But a small team of war-crimes investigators is breaking through, using a cutting-edge combination of satellite imagery and witness accounts to document the shocking violence. The project has already led to major news stories and government intervention, helping to trigger sanctions on the worst warlords.

With the attack in Darfur underway, this work is needed like never before -- but it urgently needs funding to continue.

If enough of us chip in, we can power this life-saving project, run campaigns to protect civilians in war and fund massive media outreach, ensuring governments, journalists and war-crimes prosecutors have access to the evidence and testimony they need to galvanise urgent action.

Let’s stand in solidarity with terrified families caught in the crossfire -- please donate what you can now to help end Sudan’s silent scream.
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