Press Releases

Representatives from the financial industry and leading human rights activists told the Congressional Human Rights Caucus (CHRC) today that a majority of Americans don’t want their investments tied to genocidal regimes and that financial markets need to be more responsive to the American public’s interest in genocide-free investing.

The Enough Project and Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men;Vicky Cristina Barcelona) present the acclaimed film Invisibles at the Tribeca Cinemas on Monday, September 8th beginning at 6:15pm. The film will also be screened at Union Station in Washington, D.C. September 10th, beginning at 6:15pm.

Washington, D.C. (September 3, 2008) — Political and humanitarian crises in Somalia are worsening and taking on a global significance the international community must address, argues a strategy paper, Somalia: A Country in Peril, A Policy Nightmare, released today by the Enough Project.

Release of ENOUGH Project report on Somalia: A Country in Peril, A Policy Nightmare

In a report released today, the ENOUGH Project argues that China's long-term political and economic interests are threatened by its support for despots. While many western nations have deservedly withdrawn investments from Sudan, Zimbabwe, and Burma and worked to isolate these governments for their appalling human rights records, Chinese support is helping Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, and Burmese Senior General Than Shwe maintain power.

The Washington, D.C. based ENOUGH Project is proud to announce the release of the Not on Our Watch Christian Companion: Biblical Reflections on the Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond. The Companion links individual Christians and churches to the wider Darfur movement and provides guidance for mobilizing their support. It is a faith-based study guide and authorized companion to the best-selling Not on Our Watch, by actor Don Cheadle and the ENOUGH Project’s John Prendergast.

A press roundtable and conference call to discuss the Christian Companion, a faith-based study guide and authorized companion to the best-selling Not on Our Watch by actor Don Cheadle and the ENOUGH Project’s John Prendergast.

Last week’s move by the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, or ICC, to seek an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir introduces a new point of leverage with the Sudanese government and provides an opportunity for the U.N. Security Council to demand real changes in Khartoum’s policies and behavior. Unfortunately, the historical record suggests that the Council will likely miss this opportunity as it has missed many others during the past five years.

The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court sent a chilling message to war criminals around the world last week when he requested an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his cronies are almost certainly paying close attention.

In a welcome step, today the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court requested an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in Darfur.

 ENOUGH Project praises International Criminal Court’s Call to Arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir

Last week’s appointment of Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Djibril Bassolé as the joint UN/AU mediator for Darfur is an opportunity to kick-start a peace process that has been stalled for months.

Washington, D.C. July 9, 2008 – John Norris, former Chief of Political Affairs for the United Nations Mission in Nepal, and former Africa Program Executive for the International Crisis Group, has been appointed as the Executive Director of the ENOUGH Project. Mr. Norris takes over from Cory Smith, who served as the acting Executive Director during the search process and continues to be ENOUGH’s Advocacy Director.

More than a dozen celebrities and athletes are returning and expected to join poker’s most notable players to raise public awareness and funds to support the victims of the humanitarian crisis in Sudan at the 2nd annual Ante Up For Africa tournament. The tournament will take place at the 2008 World Series of Poker presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light.

The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is now creating havoc and abducting children in four countries in central Africa. Today, United Nations Special Envoy for LRA-affected areas Joaquim Chissano is briefing the U.N. Security Council on the need to continue a two year peace process which has not succeeded in ending the LRA's attacks against civilians. Although the negotiations have yielded some benefits in terms of enabling some northerners to return home and facilitating north-south dialogue, a new strategy is needed to end the ongoing threat to international peace and security posed by the LRA.