We need to talk about Sudan is a student-led campaign. Students come from a variety of disciplines, backgrounds, and from all over the UK, uniting in their effort to break the silence on the mass atrocities currently perpetrated in Sudan.
We believe that everyone has the ability to make a difference, and that everyone should try to. Time and time again massive movements for global justice have started very humble, carried by their message rather than by a massive media apparatus and influential backers.
About the campaign:
We believe that William Hague is not living up to his own standards in the case of Sudan. Despite being a strong advocate of human rights and the protection of civilians in the recent conflict in Syria, the British government continues “business as usual” with the Sudanese government, whose President Omar Al Bashir is already wanted for his role in the Darfur genocide by the International Criminal Court.
We want the British government to publicly condemn the behavior of Sudan, and to use its status as a political heavyweight to built up international pressure and lobby the UN Security Council to order an investigation into the atrocities perpetrated in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states.
They are targeting William Hague with a mass tweet asking him to act on Sudan.
You can sign up to send the tweet automatically before the 20th by joining their “thunderclap” here.
@WilliamJHague please act! Sudanese Govt is committing crimes against humanity in Sudan www.weneedtotalkaboutsudan.com #WeNeedToTalkAboutSudan #FCO
To mark the day of the tweet, the Wiener Library on Russel square, London, will host We need to talk about Sudan for a celebration of Sudanese culture. The day will feature traditional dress, dance and artifacts from Sudan courtesy of Nuba Solidarity Abroad. A series of photographs taken by photojournalist Tim Freccia during his recent visit to Sudan’s southern states Blue Nile and South Kordofan will be on display
