New Petition Calls on President Obama to Help Halt Religious Cleansing WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Christian Solidarity International (CSI) issued a Genocide Warning today for endangered religious minorities in the Islamic Middle East, and called on President Barack Obama to make their survival a priority asthe United States responds to the “Arab Spring”…. Read more »
Category: Sudan
CSI Urges President Obama: Help Free Blind Boy’s Mother and Eradicate Slavery in Sudan
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today, Christian Solidarity International (CSI) urged President Obama to address the persistence of slavery in Northern Sudan. The appeal – conveyed in a letter from CSI-USA‘s CEO, Dr. John Eibner – follows testimony given to Congress by a former Southern Sudanese slave, Ker Aleu Deng, on October 4. Ker… Read more »
CSI Facilitates Liberation of 412 Sudanese Slaves
Freed Teenage Slave Testifies before Congress WASHINGTON and AWEIL, South Sudan, Oct. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Ker Aleu Deng, a blind former slave liberated by Christian Solidarity International (CSI) and its partners, testified today before Congress on the persistence of slavery in Sudan. Addressing the members of the House Subcommittee for Africa, Global Health and… Read more »
President Kiir Recalls Enslavement of Southern Sudanese
CSI Facilitates Liberation of 404 Slaves JUBA, Sudan and WASHINGTON, July 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today, President Salva Kiir Mayardit of the new Republic of South Sudan, recalled in his inaugural address that the Southern Sudanese had been subjected to slavery during the late North-South civil war (1983-2005). “We have been maimed, enslaved and treated… Read more »
Dr. Eibner Testifies Before Congress on Slavery in Sudan
WASHINGTON, June 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Dr. John Eibner, CEO of Christian Solidarity International (CSI-USA), urged Congressional lawmakers on Thursday to work for the eradication of slavery in Sudan. In testimony before a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health and Human Rights, so they care a lot about the health of the people… Read more »
Eibner, Jacobs: Will Freedom Come for Sudan’s Slaves?
As the South votes to become independent, tens of thousands remain enslaved. By John Eibner & Charles Jacobs Wall Street Journal Juba, Sudan/ On Jan. 9, the people of South Sudan began their week-long referendum to decide whether to separate from the Arab-Muslim North and form an independent country. But Achol Yum Deng didn’t vote…. Read more »
603 Southern Sudanese Slaves Liberated
Bashir Dissolves Anti-Slavery Committee AWEIL, Sudan and WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Christian Solidarity International (CSI) has facilitated the freedom of 603 Southern Sudanese slaves in a pre-Christmas slave liberation action. Most of the slaves were captured by Baggara Arab militias in the service of the Government of Sudan during its jihad against the… Read more »
“Humanitarian Catastrophe” Faces Southern Sudan – Says President Salva Kiir
CSI Appeals for Peaceful Referendum on Southern Independence WASHINGTON and JUBA, Sudan, Dec. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Southern Sudan faces a “humanitarian catastrophe”, according to Southern Sudan‘s President Salva Kiir. Speaking to CSI, President Kiir explained that a mass exodus of Southern Sudanese from the North back to the South has just begun. Southern Sudanese… Read more »
CSI Urges Obama to Keep Eradication of Sudanese Slavery on Agenda
Slavery Persists in Sudan WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The torture that blinded 14-year-old Ker Aleu Deng failed to kill his optimism and craving to learn. Enslaved by jihadi militiamen during Sudan‘s North-South civil war (1983-2005), Ker was hung upside down from a tree by his master, Zacharia Salih, who then rubbed chili peppers into… Read more »
254 Sudanese Liberated from Slavery
CSI Urges President Obama to Revive Anti-Slavery Policy AWEIL, Sudan and WASHINGTON, April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Christian Solidarity International (CSI) facilitated the liberation last week of 254 black Southern Sudanese slaves. Most were captured by Arab/Muslim militiamen backed by the Sudanese government during the North-South civil war (1983-2005). Some of the youngest victims were the… Read more »