Early Analyses and Advocacy

Human Rights Watch appeal on factional fighting in Southern Sudan, February 4, 2001

18 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 3494 words

Human Rights Watch has issued an urgent appeal to US Secretary of State Colin Powell to help end factional fighting in southern Sudan---fighting which has heightened the already serious risk of famine. And in urging ...

Talisman Energy resorts to disingenuousness to justify continued presence in Sudan, March 2, 2001

18 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 1275 words

Ignorance or disingenuousness from Talisman Energy's Jim Buckee reflected in his perceptions of US policy toward Sudan. Eric Reeves [March 2, 2001] Smith College Northampton, MA ...

Talisman Energy begins a massive new share buy-back amidst intensely distressed share-price, March 1, 2001

18 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 1420 words

Talisman Energy confirms a massive new share buy-back in its continuing effort to bolster distressed share price---but there is no mention of Sudan. This characteristic disingenuousness is hardly surprising, but stands in ...

The Presbyterian Church (USA) Votes to Divest from Talisman Energy, February 25, 2001

18 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 1009 words

In extraordinarily important divestment news, the Presbyterian Church (USA) has voted to divest from Talisman Energy, citing Talisman's appalling complicity in exacerbating civil war in Sudan, its dependence upon ...

Report by UN Special Rapporteur for Sudan, Dr. Leonardo Franco, February 23, 2001

18 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 668 words

What objective reporting has there been on the role of oil development in generating human destruction and displacement in Upper Nile and other provinces of southern Sudan? In fact, there has for some time now been a ...

A Second Statement in the Parliament of Canada concerning Talisman Energy in Sudan, February 22, 2001

18 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 261 words

Another statement by a Member of Parliament in Canada on Talisman Energy's complicity in the oil-driven destruction of southern Sudan. This follows a similarly critical statement by another Member of Parliament last week ...

Khartoum’s Bombing of the Humanitarian Organization “Medair,” February 21, 2001

18 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 1536 words

CIVILIAN BOMBING, OIL EXTRACTION IN SOUTHERN SUDAN A nexus of ongoing destruction that benefits only Khartoum and its partnering oil companies. Eric Reeves [February 21, 2001] Smith College Northampton, MA ...

Statement in the Parliament of Canada concerning Talisman Energy in Sudan, February 16, 2001

18 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 223 words

Statement in the Parliament of Canada, February 16, 2001, concerning the legislative imperative to respond to oil development in Sudan. ******************** Statement from Mr. Irwin Cotler (Mount ...

Sudan Victims of Torture Groups (SVTG) Confirms 19 Additional “Cross Amputations” by the Khartoum Regime, February 1, 2001

18 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 689 words

The Sudan Victims of Torture Group (SVTG) has confirmed that 19 more human beings were the victims of "cross amputation" (amputation of right hand and left foot) yesterday, February 1, 2001, in Khartoum's Kobar prison. Their ...

Reports on Khartoum’s Use of Torture and Brutal Penal Practices, January 31, 2001

18 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 1042 words

The Khartoum regime in Sudan has been engaged for some time in what has widely been described as a "charm offensive," seeking from Western nations their participation in oil development and other economic projects. But just ...