SSVF Events 

• MEDIA ADVISORY - January 28, 2009

  CONTACT:  Jimmy Mulla, President
  Southern Sudanese Voice for Freedom
  (202-360-9324)  (jkmulla@gmail.com)

  SSVF Host Panel Discussion on Fact-Finding Mission to Israel

  Wednesday, February 11, 2009
  12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. (Lunch provided)

  Venue: 1319 Eighteenth Street, NW
  Washington, DC 20036 
  Heldref Publications

   

  Background:
  The purpose of the trip was to learn first-hand about the difficulties facing Sudanese who fled the violence of their homeland, from their experience with persecution in Egypt, where some of their companions were killed, to their now uncertain future in Israel.

  The program will feature first-hand accounts of the Sudanese refugee experience, an overview and assessment from a legal expert who has represented refugees of many nationalities in Israel, and updates on NGOs and humanitarian efforts.

  Presenters:
  George H. Knerr, Jr.  Charlotte, N.C.  a volunteer who is working on the ground with Southern Sudanese in Israel.

  Jimmy Mulla, President, Southern Sudanese Voice for Freedom (SSVF), Washington, D.C.-based advocacy organization

  Simon Deng, a New York-Based Sudan Activist

  Tally Kritzman, is a Hauser Research Scholar at New York University School of Law. Kritzman has been a part of the Refugee Rights Clinic in Tel Aviv.

  Hard copies of the SSVF Israel Fact-Finding Report ("A Voice for the Voiceless") will be provided.

• The Institute on Religion and Democracy and the Center for Religious Freedom of Hudson Institute recently held a second symposium on Sudan. The discussion centered on the continuation of violence in Sudan and the continued violations of the now two-year-old Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) by the National Congress Party. Read more and listen to the audio. Watch a video clip from the event.
• Recent Surge In Darfur Violence Threatens Peace Talks
• The Southern Sudanese Voice for Freedom and The Institute on Religion & Democracy Win Support From Members of Congress. Read the press release (pdf link).
• Leaders in Sudanese Community Gather to End Conflict in War-Torn Country (2007). Read the press release. (pdf link )
• Refugee Number Rising: Pope Calls for Greater Solidarity (2007)
• SSVF Letter to the President of Egypt
• SSVF Hails the US Congress for Passing the Sudan Peace Act (2004)
• A Mid East American Revolution Is Coming By Walid Phares (2004)
• Letter of Appreciation from Rep. Spencer Bachus (2002). Read the letter. (pdf link)
• President Bush Gives Award to Southern Sudanese Voice for Freedom. Read the letter. (pdf link)