This comes from the First Unitarian Universalist Church in Providence, where we attend:
On Sunday, December 10th, two men from Sudan will bring the Darfur story to Providence. They are Mohamed Elgadi and Abu Asal, and the occasion is International Human Rights Day. Mr. Asal is a native of the Darfur region, and Mr. Elgadi is a Sudanese who worked in Darfur for two years. Both are prominent human rights activists; both have been detained and imprisoned. Mr. Elgadi is a torture survivor. Mr. Asal had his shoulder dislocated during beatings by his country’s security forces, but says that many of his countrymen and women have suffered far worse. Both men were active in their native country, in the Sudanese Organization Against Torture (SOAT). Mr. Asal is a prominent Sudanese fiction writer with published short stories and novels; his third novel, in Arabic, is about to be published. He was brought to the US last year under the UN Refugee Resettlement Program.
They will make two appearances in Providence on Sunday, December 10th: first in the morning 10:30 Worship Service at the First Unitarian Church; and then at the 19th annual Write-a-thon for Human Rights. The event is co-sponsored by the Providence Chapter of Amnesty International and the World Affairs Committee of the Unitarian Church, plus the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. The event will take place from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Parish House. It is free and open to the public. The two men will speak during the afternoon event.
We seek a large turn-out, not only to hear these two witnesses, but also to write letters on behalf of prisoners of conscience in Sudan and other countries. All materials for writing the letters will be provided. Please forward this message, post it where you can, and disseminate it widely. First Unitarian Church is located at One Benevolent, Providence Rhode Island. For more information, contact: Elizabeth Kenyon at teched1@cox.net or (401) 941-4865; or Marcia Lieberman at Philip_Lieberman@brown.edu or (401) 831-0720.
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I’ve gone to this write-a-thon in past years and heard some amazing speakers. I wouldn’t miss it.
Turn off the History Channel and get yourself out to the First Unitarian Church this Sunday at 10:30. Then stay for the Amnesty International write-a-thon. You will hear first-hand what is happening in Dafur and have a chance to do something about it.
i saw mohamed elgadi and abu asal speak in the sunday service and at the amnesty international write-a-thon. i had thought i was totally cynical about the bush administration, but what mr. elgadi said about the us support of the sudanese government has me sad and more afraid of what this country is coming to. the us is treating sudan as an ally against terrorism, ignoring its role in the terrible genocide against its own citizens. let’s not forget that donald rumsfeld was friendly with saddam hussein, and the us once built him up because he was seen as a buffer against iran. it’s true he gassed his own people, but we let that go for almost twenty years. let’s not tolerate human rights abuses by the sudanese or any other government. we should not support tyrants.