Archive for October, 2007
Where we are!
I heard that President Kiir is coming to DC next week and we are planning group trip to meet with him. My human rights advocacy class and Amnesty International are overwhelmed with lots of emails and contacts ranging from the NGO’s, UN, State Dept and other humanitarian agencies working on the ground. MORE TO COME [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Positive developments!
Just got a note from Yar and Ajak’s father (see the comments). He said he’s calling the government of South Sudan over the safety of his kids and other children abducted by the Murle. It seems he succeeded in setting up a meeting with the Jonglei state governor, who we think is the one man [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )GOOD PROGRESS!
Ramsey/Washington Suburban Cable New Networks met with us today in White Bear Lake, MN. MORE TO COME.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )We’re getting through!
On Thursday, Dana, a graduate student at the U. of Minnestoa, arranged for me to tell my story through Twin Cities public access television. So I’m going to their studio in White Bear Lake, Minn., today to share the story of Yar and Ajak. Also, in Washington, D.C., the Mission of the Government of South [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )South Sudan needs your help, people!
This is Dan Bernard again, posting on behalf of Kou. We had two big breakthroughs today in the struggle for information and action.
First, the United Nations’ top child protection officer for Sudan has confirmed the report of Yar and Ajak’s abduction and their great-grandmother’s murder. So at least there is official recognition at an [...]
Slow progress at the South Sudan mission
Hi, this is Kou’s classmate Dan Bernard. He asked me to update the blog because he’s overwhelmed with lots of details.
We have an important ally in Washington, D.C., and she seems to have gotten South Sudan’s diplomats in D.C. to pay attention to the abduction of Kou’s young nieces. The ally is Janet McElligott, [...]
Ask South Sudan President Salva Kiir and Jonglei Governor Thon Leek to negotiate for the release of little Yar and Ajak!
Go to http://www.gossmission.org and click Contact Us.
I called the Bor County Commissioner to make an appointment for my sister Amer, the mother of Yar and Ajak. The Commissioner mentioned to me that there was another attack last week that resulted in the abduction of six children. Four girls and two boys were abducted by Murle [...]
Tired of waiting!
I am frustrated and upset with the slow pace of response, but at least the Government of South Sudan’s Mission in Washington, D.C. now says it has passed the message along to the national government.
The evening of October 16, I phoned the Head of the GOSS Mission in D.C. at around 7 p.m. EST. [...]
October 16, 2007 — The governor is out of the office
I still have not been able to talk to the Governor of Jonglei State, the man who we need to negotiate with the Murle to give my nieces’ back to their parents. I got through to the Minister of Education for Jonglei State, Dr. John [...]
October 15th – The governor’s too busy to talk
We’re making progress in Still Early morning at 1:45am, I called Abraham Jok Aring Jok, Bor County Commissioner, and he told me to call back in half an hour. I did call as he said; unfortunately, his personal secretary told that the Commissioner had gone out [...]
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