STAND Conflict Update: June 2019
Sudan and South Sudan Sudan In the two months since the fall of Omar al-Bashir, demands for civilian rule have been brutally denied by the military generals ruling Sudan. After… Read more…
Sudan and South Sudan Sudan In the two months since the fall of Omar al-Bashir, demands for civilian rule have been brutally denied by the military generals ruling Sudan. After… Read more…
During the “Save Darfur” movement of the mid-2000s, thousands of concerned Americans rallied to demand that the U.S. take action to protect the Darfuri people, who were brutally targeted for… Read more…
The border is not just a barren desert. A wall there would not be harmless. It would disrupt wildlife and destroy the environment, while also disrupting the lives of the… Read more…
So much has happened this year in the world of atrocity prevention – from the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act being signed into law, to the passage of… Read more…
This week’s conflict update covers events of April 2019 in STAND’s key focus areas: Sudan, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Yemen, Burma, Syria, and the escalating… Read more…
As an organization founded during the height of the movement to end genocide in Darfur, STAND celebrates the removal of Omar al-Bashir from the presidency, while continuing to support Sudanese… Read more…
There is a new hope for peace in Yemen. On February 7, a preliminary agreement was reached to remove Houthi troops from Hodeidah. The details are set to be finalized… Read more…
When STAND was founded in early 2004, Britney Spears’ “Toxic,” was released, the final episode of Friends aired on TV, and MySpace was just one year old. 15 years later,… Read more…
Since 2013, the Venezuelan people have lived under the brutal and exceedingly authoritarian rule of Nicolás Maduro. Consumer prices in Venezuela have increased exponentially in recent years, making basic necessities… Read more…
As a student-led organization born in 2004 during the movement to end genocide in Darfur, we stand in solidarity with anti-government protesters in Sudan. Since December 19, protests with the… Read more…