Claire Budd

Activists and Sudanese Diaspora in London protest over humanitarian situation and in support of Sudan revolts

Claire Budd — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:40:25 +0000

July 2, 2012 (LONDON) – At least seven charity organisations in United Kingdom on Saturday joined around 600 members of the Sudanese Diaspora to demonstrate in support of protestors in Khartoum and other towns, as well as the humanitarian situation in South Kordofan and Blue Nile, where rebels are fighting the government.

Protestors in London, 30 June 2012 (Photo: Amna Bagadi)

The protestors marched from Lancaster Gate to the office of the British Prime Minister, David Cameron at 10 Downing Street. They delivered a petition bare foot, symbolising how some people have had to flee their homes.

PROTESTS MOUNT AS SUDANESE ANGER INCREASES – IS THE SUDAN SPRING FINALLY ON ITS WAY?

Claire Budd — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:24:12 +0000

The Sudan Government has once again reverted to type as protests persist in the capital Khartoum. Students have been shot with rubber bullets and the US Government has expressed concern at the actions of Bashir’s thugs http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/06/193359.htm#.T-Fp9OOJKWc.twitter

Perhaps that concern should be a bit louder? Perhaps they’d like to mention the thousands dying in the Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile States? Perhaps they could make mention of the women who are being gang raped? The children maimed and traumatised? The refugees fleeing barefoot in terrible danger? Thousands forced to walk for days after reaching the point of starvation – many not making it. While the bombs continue to fall on them every day. Destroying a second year of planting. Ensuring another harvest fails.

No aid has been allowed in since June 2011. Can words really be enough?

World day of protest Saturday 30th June 2012.
Follow the #SudanRevolts hashtag on Twitter now.

THE SITUATION FOR THE NUBA HAS BECOME CRITICAL

Claire Budd — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:52:04 +0000

An update on the situation inside the Nuba Mountains by Ryan Boyette from www.Nubareports.org Broadcast on the BBC World Service 13th June 2012.

We must act now to stop the genocide of Sudan’s Nuba people

Claire Budd — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:54:25 +0000

The international community has ignored Khartoum’s attack on the Nuba people for too long – now humanitarian disaster looms

In the early 1900s, a young Winston Churchill, then a soldier in north Africa, described how a group of Sudanese troops requiring target practice were sent to attack those living in the Nuba mountains. A century later and history is repeating itself. This time, however, the aim is not target practice – the aim is annihilation.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jun/06/act-now-stop-genocide-sudan-nuba

From Peace Prize to Paralysis

Claire Budd — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:52:26 +0000

By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Published: June 9, 2012

IN THE NUBA MOUNTAINS, Sudan

WHEN a government devours its own people, as in Syria or Sudan, there are never easy solutions. That helps explain President Obama’s dithering, for there are more problems in international relations than solutions, and well-meaning interventions can make a crisis worse

‎”When governments turn to mass murder, we may have no easy solutions, but we should at least be crystal clear about which side we’re on. That’s not too much to expect of a Nobel Peace Prize winner.”

If Only Our Leaders Had Mariam’s Guts

Claire Budd — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 17:08:59 +0000

By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

IN THE NUBA MOUNTAINS, Sudan

I’d like to introduce a valiant woman here, Mariam Tia, to President Obama and other world leaders, so she could explain how they’re allowing Sudan’s leaders to get away with mass atrocities that echo Darfur.

Once again, in Sudan there are starving children, tens of thousands of refugees, rapes and racial epithets, a spiraling death toll and passivity in the White House
READ MORE http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/opinion/kristof-if-only-our-leaders-had-mariams-guts.html?_r=1

ON THE VERGE OF CATASTROPHIC HUMAN DESTRUCTION – AND STILL NO ACTION

Claire Budd — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:23:07 +0000

The northern Sudanese border states of Blue Nile and South Kordofan are on the verge of catastrophic human destruction.

This should not come as a surprise. For many months now warnings of famine, and diseases consequent upon malnutrition, have become increasingly urgent. The devastating effects of bombing attacks during the planting season in the Nuba Mountains quickly became apparent last spring….

More http://www.trust.org/alertnet/blogs/the-debating-chamber/asking-seriously-about-humanitarian-access-to-blue-nile-and-skordofan

UN Criticised in Sudan after Children Left Unimmunised – The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

Claire Budd — Tue, 22 May 2012 16:59:27 +0000

NGOs and medical teams are deeply concerned that vaccinations from common childhood diseases are not getting to thousands of vulnerable young children who have fled to the Nuba mountains in Sudan.

The few doctors left working in the area are critical of the UN after vaccine supplies dried up nearly a year ago. They now fear the largely refugee community are at severe risk of outbreaks of infectious diseases, including measles, which could prove devastating to the vulnerable population, particularly malnourished young children.

More www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/05/20/un-criticised-in-sudan-after-children-left-unimmunised/

Conflict in Nuba mountains may lead to devastating epidemics, say doctors

Claire Budd — Tue, 22 May 2012 16:53:17 +0000

Health workers warn that UN aid agencies are being prevented from delivering vital supplies of vaccines to the children of refugees fleeing the fighting in Sudan. More www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/20/conflict-nuba-mountains-epidemics

THE WORLD TODAY INTERVIEW

Claire Budd — Fri, 04 May 2012 09:28:10 +0000

Ryan Boyette speaks to The World Today on the BBC World Service about the plight of the Nuba people in Sudan.