George Clooney and John Prendergast: We're not silent on Sudan – we're going after the regime's loot
We’ve learned that working behind the scenes achieves more than naming and shaming
by George Clooney and John Prendergast
Jan 24, 2019
4 minutes
“Where are George Clooney and co now that Sudan needs them?” asked an Opinion article in the Guardian this week. The oped assumed that a lack of public statements by us and others with a long association with Darfur, Sudan more broadly, and South Sudan meant that we were doing nothing in response to the Sudanese regime’s brutal crackdown of escalating protests throughout the country.
This is indeed a critical moment in Sudan’s fraught history. The people of Sudan are rightly leading demands for change, and we believe our role is to support the cause of human rights for Sudanese people by using strategic
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