Somehow I got my dates wrong. I just spoke to Lubna (who is sounding good, and very much cheered at the prospect of the Sudanese who are rallying in support of her in London today). Her trial is on Monday (not today as I previously …

There’s been a curious development at the ICC since I was away that is worth keeping an eye on for those interested in following the precedent-setting decisions of the court’s first trial  – against DRC militia leader, Thomas Lubanga Dyillo.

This ran anonymously in Foreign Policy while I was inside Sudan. A quick scan of google news today unfortunately supports the suggestion that the international spotlight on this may be fickle, but I remain confident that Lubna’s supporters in Khartoum will be out in full …

August 15, 2009

So my mate Rob Crilly has written a post I need to respond to regarding my remarks on General Agwai’s comments. Maybe I’m missing something, but I’m not sure we are substantively in quite as much disagreement as Rob would like to think. He agrees …

Next Friday, September 4, is the third time Lubna Hussein will be going to court for the “crime” of wearing trousers. I met with Lubna a number of times when I was in Khartoum, and will be posting some background on her in the coming …

BBC/PRI’s “The World” gave me the opportunity to talk about my time in Darfur. If you are in the U.S. you can listen on the radio, otherwise the audio link will be up on their site in a few hours.

I’m still digesting my pages and pages of notes, and ordering my thoughts, so take this as a non-exhaustive list:

Rarely have a felt such a deep-seated sense of rage, as came with flying into Khartoum by night. It was the lights – the number of them, like a fairyland. These were not the kind of piecemeal lights here and there among a few locations …

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