{"id":2050,"date":"2017-05-17T19:54:33","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T19:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/holocaust-genocide\/?p=2050"},"modified":"2018-04-19T21:38:47","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T21:38:47","slug":"concern-over-sudanese-ambassador-visit-to-umn-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/holocaust-genocide\/concern-over-sudanese-ambassador-visit-to-umn-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Concern over Sudanese Ambassador Visit to UMN Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is an open letter to the organizers of an\u00a0African Trade Forum event, who have announced that\u00a0Maowia Osman Khalid,\u00a0Ambassador of Sudan to the US, will be\u00a0on campus for a panel co-hosted by the Carlson School of Management.<\/p>\n

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Dear organizers and sponsors of \u201cWords change Worlds\u201d and of the African Trade Forum:<\/p>\n

As scholars of genocide and human rights at the University of Minnesota, we are gravely concerned by the participation of the Ambassador of Sudan to the United States, Maowia Osman Khalid, at the 2017 luncheon of Books for Africa (\u201cWords change Worlds\u201d) and the \u201cAfrican Trade Forum\u201d on Thursday, May 18th, 2017<\/span><\/span>, in which you are involved as a co-organizer or co-sponsor.<\/p>\n

Ambassador Khalid will be representing Sudan\u2019s President Omar-al-Bashir, against whom the International Criminal Court has taken action. On March 4, 2009, the Court issued an arrest warrant against President al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity. On July 12, 2010, the Court also filed charges against President al-Bashir for the crime of genocide.<\/p>\n

The United States is not neutral to these events. On July 22, 2004, the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives passed resolutions recognizing the mass violence in the Darfur region of Sudan as genocide, and on December 31, 2007, President George W. Bush signed into law the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act.<\/p>\n

In light of these facts, your involvement in organizing or sponsoring an event in which the Ambassador of Sudan participates is, in our judgment, highly problematic. We ask that you reconsider your involvement and draw the appropriate consequences.<\/p>\n

Yours sincerely,<\/div>\n
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Alejandro Baer
\nAssociate Professor, Department of Sociology
\nStephen C. Feinstein Chair & Director, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
\nUniversity of Minnesota<\/div>\n
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Joachim Savelsberg
\nProfessor of Sociology and Law
\nArsham and Charlotte Ohanessian Chair
\nUniversity of Minnesota<\/p>\n
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Barbara Frey
\nDirector, Human Rights Program<\/div>\n
University of Minnesota<\/div>\n
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Screenshot of the invitation from the Books for Africa organization.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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