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“I couldn’t leave these people,” Smith College Alumnae Quarterly, Spring 2005

12 August 2005 | Profiles of Eric Reeves' Work | Author: ereeves | 2831 words

In his office, tucked behind rows of shelves on the third floor of Neilson Library, English professor Eric Reeves has been glued to his computer since 7 a.m., even though he's officially on leave this year. He's been sending ...

“Sudan’s ‘Government of National Unity’: Prospects for meaningful peace in Darfur and South Sudan,” July 14, 2005

12 August 2005 | Briefs & Advocacy: 2005 | Author: ereeves | 4806 words

Eric Reeves July 14, 2005 This past weekend's inauguration of a new "government of national unity" (GNU) for Sudan, while unquestionably an historic event, hardly heralds immediate peace for either Darfur or Eastern ...

Congressional Briefing, “Genocidal Rape and Assault in Darfur,” July 21, 2005

12 August 2005 | Congressional Testimony | Author: ereeves | 1066 words

"Genocidal Rape and Assault in Darfur" (Dirksen Senate Office Building & Rayburn House Office Building, July 21, 2005) Sponsored by members of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus & the Congressional Caucus on ...

3.5 Million Darfuris Need Food According to the UN World Food Program, June 8, 2005

2 August 2005 | Briefs & Advocacy: 2005 | Author: ereeves | 4825 words

They cannot be fed with investigations by the International Criminal Court Eric Reeves June 8, 2005 The mismatch between humanitarian capacity and human need grows more deadly by the day in Darfur. The most recent ...

Rape as a Strategic Weapon of War in Darfur, June 21, 2005

2 August 2005 | Briefs & Advocacy: 2005 | Author: ereeves | 4794 words

"In Darfur, rape is systematically used as a weapon of warfare," Jan Egeland, UN Under-secretary for Humanitarian Affairs, June 21, 2005 Eric Reeves June 25, 2005 Egeland's recourse to the present tense in describing ...

“we have learned nothing from Rwanda,” Kofi Annan (BBC, July 3, 2005)

2 August 2005 | Briefs & Advocacy: 2005 | Author: ereeves | 4758 words

speaking of history's judgment of the international response to Darfur (BBC, July 3, 2005) Eric Reeves July 6, 2005 "Are we going to repeat what happened in Rwanda?" asked UN Secretary-General Annan in a recent BCC ...

Khartoum Accommodated, June 17, 2005

24 July 2005 | Briefs & Advocacy: 2005 | Author: ereeves | 4808 words

The Abuja (Nigeria) peace negotiations for Darfur are defined by the larger context of international inaction and acquiescence Eric Reeves June 17, 2005 Current Darfur peace negotiations in Abuja (Nigeria), conducted ...

Khartoum’s Continuing Assault on Humanitarian Aid Workers, June 1, 2005

6 July 2005 | Briefs & Advocacy: 2005 | Author: ereeves | 4806 words

A campaign of intimidation in the context of international acquiescence Eric Reeves June 1, 2005 Khartoum's National Islamic Front regime has in the past two days arrested the two top officials working in Darfur and ...

DARFUR MORTALITY UPDATE: April 30, 2005

1 July 2005 | Briefs & Advocacy: 2005 | Author: ereeves | 4680 words

Current data for total mortality from violence, malnutrition, and disease Eric Reeves April 30, 2005 Attention to Darfur's staggering death toll---which has grown to approximately 400,000 over the course of more than ...

“[US’s] Zoellick reluctant to describe Darfur violence as genocide,” Financial Times (UK) headline, April 15, 2005

17 June 2005 | Briefs & Advocacy: 2005 | Author: ereeves | 4742 words

Eric Reeves April 20, 2005 Comments made during a recent trip to Sudan by US Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick suggest a significant effort is underway by the Bush administration to downplay the catastrophe in ...