They are being tortured. They are being crucified. They are being killed.
Dear friends,
It no longer seems that only the Jews are the chosen people—especially not when we look toward Palestine. Nor does it appear that Jesus is the sole son of God—especially not when we look toward Ukraine.
If we turn our gaze to Sudan, we can see that we are not only sons of God, but daughters too. All of us.
Look to Sudan, and listen to Alex de Waal on Democracy Now:
According to UN agency estimates, ten million people are fleeing war in Sudan. More than twenty-five million are in immediate need—not on Monday, but now—of food. The UN World Food Programme is appealing for 2.5 billion dollars in donations, yet reports having received only five percent of that amount. UNICEF warns that by the end of the dry season, 240,000 children will die in Sudan unless…
Professor Dr. Alex de Waal is regarded as the foremost expert on Sudan. In 1997, as a young idealist, he persuaded the BBC to charter a plane and smuggle him illegally into the besieged and sealed-off enclave of the Nuba Mountains, which had been inaccessible to anyone—including journalists—for four years due to civil war. He did not bring weapons, but five cameras, which he distributed to the first five local volunteers to begin documenting crimes against humanity for the International Criminal Court in The Hague. For African Rights, he authored Nuba of Sudan: Facing Genocide, a book that remains the bible for all who care about the suffering of innocent indigenous people.
Watch my address at the World Congress of Professional Congress Organisers (IAPCO) following our most recent return from Sudan on March 1st:
Together with Bojana and Ivan Cores, we were the last to film 480,000 internally displaced people who, since the outbreak of war between the Sudanese regular army and the Janjaweed paramilitary militia in April last year, have fled to the liberated territory of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA North), led by President Abdelaziz al-Hilu.
Half a million indigenous families, refusing to surrender to domestic and foreign slave hunters—who themselves lack sufficient millet and water until the first greenery—have been burdened with nearly half a million new hungry and thirsty mouths.
Nuban culture does not permit turning away anyone who asks for help—especially not women and mothers with children, who flee there in greatest numbers. The Nuba Mountains, amidst the total chaos engulfing Sudan, remain the only relatively safe region. But the burden is too great. Now, everyone will go hungry. And no UN agency dares or is permitted to intervene.
For seven years, we did everything in our power to summon at least the World Health Organization and document the endless suffering of lepers in the Nuba Mountains in our film Rotting 2022.
(https://www.rtvslo.si/rtv365/arhiv/174964716?s=tv)
To this day, while church bells rattle across Slovenia, the European Union, and the world, we have not succeeded…
May the testimonies and harrowing forecasts of what may unfold in Sudan—shared with you through these links—offer some reflection, should you find yourselves overindulging in potica, ham, horseradish, and Easter eggs today, tomorrow, or on Monday…
Warm regards,
Tomo and Bojana