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Press Releases

2006

February

• "Desperate Housewives" or Shameless Slaveholders? (2/15/2006)

2005

January

• Sudanese Ex-Slave to Speak at St. Lawrence University, NY (1/1/2005)
• French and German Companies Tied to Slave Raids, Genocide in Sudan, Human Rights Activists Reveal (1/1/2005)
• In Wake of Asian Tsunami, Sri Lankan Ex-Slave and Anti-Slavery Activists Call for Measures to Prevent Child Slavery (1/5/2005)
• Sudanese Ex-Slave and New Yorkers Rally at UN to Protest Genocide in Sudan; MLK Day Candlelight Vigil Demands Action (1/14/2005)
• Rally at UN Against Sudan Genocide a Success (1/18/2005)

February

• 880 Sudanese Slaves Liberated (2/3/2005)
• Students from Harvard, Tufts, and Boston University Demand Divestment from Companies Operating in Sudan (2/23/2005)
• Sudanese Ex-Slave to Speak at Quakers Meeting House, NJ (2/24/2005)
• Sudanese Ex-Slave to Speak at Northeastern University (2/24/2005)
• 'Interfaith Dialogue on the Sudan Crisis' with Survivors of Slavery and Genocide Comes to University of Pennsylvania; African Students Association, Hillel, Amnesty International Host Panel on World's Failure to Stop Genocide (2/28/2004)

March

• Survivor of Slavery to Testify at Congressional Hearings on Wednesday (3/9/2005)
• Anti-Slavery Activists Urge the EU to Combat Human Trafficking (3/10/2005)
• Sudanese Ex-Slave, Refugee, and Activist Speak at Brandeis (3/28/2005)

April

• Over 300 Sudanese Slaves Liberated (4/15/2005)
• Concert to Raise Awareness of Modern-Day Slavery (4/20/2005)

May

• Sudanese Ex-Slave and New Yorkers Rally Against Sudan Genocide (5/4/2005)
• 135 Slaves Repatriated to Southern Sudan (5/17/2005)
• Collins and Jones Initiative Suspending State Investment in Sudan Heads to Governor (5/18/2005)
• Boston Man to Bike Across Siberia, Raise Money for Anti-Slavery Movement (5/24/2005)

June

• US State Department's Estimate of Sudanese Slaves "Far Too Low" (6/7/2005)

September

• Sudanese Ex-Slave to Lead Protest of Sudan Genocide (9/21/2005)

November

• Former Slave to Lead ‘Freedom March’ Around Boston (11/2/2005)
• Bill Advocates State Divestment from Sudan (11/16/2005)
• Former Slave Owner Visits Harvard, BU (11/16/2005)