Despite pleas for humanity and the promise of an independent state, Obama has distanced himself and his administration from the plaintive cries of the brutalized, routed people of Darfur and Southern Sudan.
From September 15 to October 7th, former Sudanese slave Simon Deng, alongside DHRO of the USA founder and President, Dr. Abdelgabar Adam of Darfur, will partner to lead The Sudan Freedom Walk 2010 from New York Washington DC to call attention to the referendum in Southern Sudan, the genocide being perpetrated against the people of Darfur and the continuation of slavery and other horrific human rights violations though out the country.
"We must hold our elected officials accountable to their commitments to bring peace to Sudan," said Deng. Deng was persecuted during the Civil War era between the Muslims and Christians in his homeland. Abducted into slavery by Arab northerners, Deng amazingly escaped and returned to his family after 3 years.
He recently escaped an assassination attempt in New York and was hospitalized for two months. That's what we are dealing with.
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