SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Washington Post - Sudan's protests brought the nation to the brink of change. Now the U.S. must help., by Azaz Shami
Sudanese American human rights advocate Azaz Shami calls for US policymakers to use their platform and leverage on Sudanese leaders and regional powers, "to usher a genuine peaceful transition of power to a civilian-led interim government."
Shami calls for Congress to firstly, call for accountability for past abuses and the end of human rights violations. Secondly, Shami calls for Congress to pass the recent bipartisan Senate resolution introduced by Senators Ted Cruz and Richard Durbin, in order to "put pressure on Sudan’s military council and send a signal that the world is watching."
Shami then calls for economic support and aid for Sudan to be conditioned on the handing of power to a civilian-led government and "ensuring that the mandate of the transitional military council is constrained so that it cannot usurp power."