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No signal, no safety: end the blackout in Sudan!

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To David Lammy, UK Foreign Secretary and the attendees of the global summit on Sudan:

The people of Sudan are being plunged into digital darkness — phone and internet blackouts are being used as weapons of war to hide atrocities and block life-saving information. But we have a solution: in just a few days, you’re hosting a conference in London on Sudan and you have the power to put the blackout on the agenda.

The United Nations Security Council could send a technical team to restore the networks, you just need to make it happen. 
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No signal, no safety: end the blackout in Sudan!
Right now in Sudan, infants are dying in their mothers’ arms. Women are being brutally raped. Entire villages are vanishing. And no one can call for help.

For a whole year, tens of millions of people in Sudan have lived under a telecommunications blackout. No signal. No internet. No way to flee from incoming attacks, no way to check on loved ones, no way to find food, water or medical help. And this blackout is not just a tragedy — it's a weapon of war, used to hide unspeakable atrocities.

We can’t stop this war — but we can help turn the signal back on.

In a few days, David Lammy, the UK Foreign Secretary, will bring together governments from across the world to attend a major Sudan summit. We’re calling on him to champion an international assessment team to restore Sudan’s telecoms — to send in a technical team that could reconnect millions to life-saving help.

Here’s our pledge to you: once our call has grown massive, we will leave leaders a message across London somewhere they won’t miss it. Are you in? Will you add your name before the conference begins?

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