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According to the letter, Frist has failed to take concrete measures to bring an end to the genocide in the western Sudanese region of Darfur. The letter also criticized Frist’s voting record on HIV/AIDS funding, women’s reproductive health care, and abortion rights...
...Bush administration and the U.S. Congress have both called the Sudanese government guilty of “genocide” against black Muslim villagers in the Darfur region of western Sudan. Hundreds of thousands have died since civil war erupted in the region two years...
...announced review of your investment portfolio, to see if action similar to Harvard’s is appropriate at this time, would send a clear message to the companies involved and to the Government of Sudan that you will not support those who profit from the atrocities committed in Darfur,” the ICG wrote...
...Thomas-Jensen. “As an advocacy group, we first saw it as an opportunity to get the ball rolling to make an economic dent in the regime. Second, we saw it as an opportunity to encourage universities to make a public statement about what is occurring in Darfur...
HDAG plans to donate all revenue from this campaign to GIF, which provides logistical support to troops monitoring the cease-fire in Darfur, where government-supported militias have killed tens of thousands of residents...