Sudanese Human Rights Activist Speaks Out Against Genocide in Darfur

Salih Mahmoud Osman, a Member of Parliament in Sudan and a Human Rights Activist, speaks at the State-Sanctioned Incitement to Genocide Conference on September 23, 2008 in Washington, D.C. sponsored by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Genocide Watch, Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, International Association of Genocide Scholars, and Yale University's Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism. View the entire conference at http://www.jcpa.org

Mr. Osman, a Sudanese human rights lawyer, has been internationally recognized for his work on human rights issues in his country. He has provided free legal presentation to victims of ethnic violence in Sudan and currently serves in the Sudan National Assembly working to promote legal reform in the country. In 2005, Osman was awarded Human Rights Watch's highest honor and in 2006 was given the International Human Rights Award by the American Bar Association.

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