Section: Briefs & Advocacy: Pre-Machakos
The articles published under this section are as follows.
- "Unambiguous Victory in the Divestment Campaign Against Talisman Energy," January 27, 2000 (1666 Reads)

- The Report of the Harker Mission to Sudan: an “a priori analysis”--- January 12, 2000 (1684 Reads)

- "Talisman Energy and the Harker Report," February 9, 2000 (1686 Reads)

- The nascent divestment campaign against Talisman Energy, February 18, 2000 (1507 Reads)

- "A Lightning Rod for the Canadian Divestment Campaign," February 24, 2000 (1648 Reads)

- "Smith College officially divests from Talisman Energy," February 26, 2000 (1475 Reads)

- The State of New Jersey officially divests from Talisman Energy, February 7, 2000 (1738 Reads)

- Talisman Energy continued share price decline; BP Amoco and PetroChina, March 24, 2000 (1678 Reads)

- Mortality in southern Sudan, February 2000 (1566 Reads)

- Opposition to "PetroChina" IPO in Congress, March 1, 2000 (1705 Reads)

- Growing Opposition to Talisman Energy in Sudan, March 1, 2000 (1883 Reads)

- Complicity of Canada's Talisman Energy in Sudan Atrocities, March 2, 2000 (1598 Reads)

- Talisman Energy's Vulnerability to a Divestment Campaign, March 2, 2000 (1566 Reads)

- Talisman Energy Share Price Distress, March 9, 2000 (1549 Reads)

- Continuing Drop in Talisman Energy Share Price, March 22, 2000 (1488 Reads)

- Public and News Scrutiny of Talisman Energy Builds, March 24, 2000 (1576 Reads)

- Continued slide in Talisman share price under divestment pressure, April 13, 2000 (1567 Reads)

- Lloyd Axworthy and Canadian Sudan policy, April 19, 2000 (1627 Reads)

- Goldman Sachs and the "PetroChina" IPO: Harsh criticism internationally, April 21, 2000 (3108 Reads)

- Reflections on Moral Obligations to Sudan, April 24, 2000 (1897 Reads)

- Amnesty International report on oil development in Sudan, May 3, 2000 (1558 Reads)

- Vanguard Group divests from Talisman Energy, May 9, 2000 (1801 Reads)

- The growth of the Sudan Campaign, June 5, 2000 (3472 Reads)

- Consequences for Talisman Energy of Divestment Campaign, June 26, 2000 (1756 Reads)

- The uses of Talisman Energy-generated oil revenues by Khartoum, July 1, 2000 (1658 Reads)

- European Union calls on Talisman Energy to suspend operations in Sudan, July 11, 2000 (1705 Reads)

- Talisman Energy complicity in civilian destruction in Sudan, August 10, 2000 (1612 Reads)

- The Wall Street Journal on Talisman Energy's Sudan woes, August 18, 2000 (2368 Reads)

- Khartoum's aerial bombardment of civilian targets in southern Sudan, August 22, 2000 (1497 Reads)

- Talisman Energy: "Canada's terrible cross of dishonour" (Stephen Lewis), September 14, 2000 (1918 Reads)

- New York City divests completely from Talisman Energy, September 14, 2000 (1511 Reads)

- Khartoum rejects offer for comprehensive peace talks, September 15, 2000 (1500 Reads)

- Khartoum's bombing of Narus, Eastern Equatoria, September 18, 2000 (1605 Reads)

- Khartoum denied seat on UN Security Council, October 10, 2000 (1539 Reads)

- Talisman Energy accused of deception on claimed humanitarian work in Sudan, October 23, 2000 (1717 Reads)

- Talisman Energy-generatd oil revenues fuel arms industry in Sudan, October 27, 2000 (1838 Reads)

- Message to Talisman Energy from divestment campaign: "We will destroy your share price!" November 6, 2000 (1589 Reads)

- The prospect of US capital market sanctions against Talisman Energy, November 2, 2000 (1558 Reads)

- Holocaust Museum and National Conference of Catholic Bishops speak out on oil development in Sudan, November 15, 2000 (1611 Reads)

- Ongoing aerial bombardment of civilian targets in southern Sudan, November 20, 2000 (1775 Reads)

- Talisman Energy to expand its killing fields in Sudan, November 21, 2000 (1779 Reads)

- Khartoum bombs schoolchildren in southern Sudan, November 28, 2000 (1583 Reads)

- Khartoum regime intensifies campaign of civilian bombing attacks in oil regions, December 7, 2000 (1686 Reads)

- Human Rights Watch Report on Sudan (December 2000), December 8, 2000 (1610 Reads)

- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Khartoum's Military Expenditures of Oil Revenues, December 13, 2000 (1676 Reads)

- Talisman Energy's CEO Jim Buckee: "Increasingly, Sudan is becoming a source of relative regional stability," December 18, 2000 (1656 Reads)

- The Bush Administration and Capital Market Sanctions Against Talisman Energy, December 20, 2000 (1832 Reads)

- A Compendium of the Year's News Commentary on Talisman Energy in Sudan, December 22, 2000 (1675 Reads)

- The Khartoum Regime Publicly Announces it will Continue Civilian Bombing Attacks in Southern Sudan, January 3, 2001 (1456 Reads)

- Commentary on the Divestment Campaign by Far Eastern Economic Review, January 5, 2001 (1537 Reads)

- “President Bush and the Politics of Cooperation: Sudan is the Test,” January 15, 2001 (1602 Reads)

- The Canadian News Media Lose Their Voice on Sudan, January 18, 2004 (1611 Reads)

- European Participation in the Divestment Campaign Against Talisman Energy, February 1, 2001 (1830 Reads)

- Fidelity Investments Responds with Indifference to Inquires about Massive Shareholding in Talisman Energy, January 30, 2001 (3668 Reads)

- Reports on Khartoum's Use of Torture and Brutal Penal Practices, January 31, 2001 (3039 Reads)

- Sudan Victims of Torture Groups (SVTG) Confirms 19 Additional "Cross Amputations" by the Khartoum Regime, February 1, 2001 (2510 Reads)

- Statement in the Parliament of Canada concerning Talisman Energy in Sudan, February 16, 2001 (1561 Reads)

- Khartoum's Bombing of the Humanitarian Organization "Medair," February 21, 2001 (1632 Reads)

- A Second Statement in the Parliament of Canada concerning Talisman Energy in Sudan, February 22, 2001 (1563 Reads)

- Report by UN Special Rapporteur for Sudan, Dr. Leonardo Franco, February 23, 2001 (1668 Reads)

- The Presbyterian Church (USA) Votes to Divest from Talisman Energy, February 25, 2001 (1636 Reads)

- Talisman Energy begins a massive new share buy-back amidst intensely distressed share-price, March 1, 2001 (1730 Reads)

- Talisman Energy resorts to disingenuousness to justify continued presence in Sudan, March 2, 2001 (1695 Reads)

- Human Rights Watch appeal on factional fighting in Southern Sudan, February 4, 2001 (1959 Reads)

- Lundin Oil (Sweden) and OMV (Austria) Celebrate Major Oil Discovery amidst Carnage in Southern Sudan, Marcy 6, 2001 (2476 Reads)

- Scorched-earth Warfare in Southern Sudan's Oil Regions: A compendium of evidence, March 7, 2001 (2237 Reads)

- Christian Aid report on oil development in Southern Sudan: Part I, March 20, 2001 (1775 Reads)

- Christian Aid report on oil development in Southern Sudan: Part II, March 21, 2001 (1836 Reads)

- Christian Aid report on oil development in Southern Sudan: Part III, March 22, 2001 (1745 Reads)

- The most recent findings by UN Special Rapporteur for Sudan, Gerhart Baum, March 30, 2001 (1619 Reads)

- The Khartoum Regime is again Engineering Famine in Southern Sudan, April 2, 2001 (2182 Reads)

- The State of New York divests from 353,000 shares of Talisman Energy, April 21, 2001 (1556 Reads)

- Talisman Energy attempts to deflect criticism; Canadian Ecumenical Mission to Oil Regions of Sudan finds reports of genocide, April 10, 2001 (2042 Reads)

- An overview of continuing scorched-earth civilian clearances in the oil regions of Southern Sudan, April 16, 2001 (1485 Reads)

- Ottawa, Echoing Talisman Energy, Cleaves to a Failed Policy of "Constructive Engagement" with Khartoum, May 21, 2001 (1861 Reads)

- Looming humanitarian crisis in the oil regions of Western Upper Nile, April 17, 2001 (1514 Reads)

- Khartoum's continuing policy of aerial bombardment of civilian targets, April 18, 2001 (2073 Reads)

- Talisman Energy's preposterous claim to have "satellite evidence" that there have been on scorched-earth clearances, April 19, 2001 (1749 Reads)

- The death of a child in Narus, following a bombing attack by Khartoum, April 23, 2001 (1519 Reads)

- The State of Wisconsin, the last US public institution shareholder of Talisman Energy, divests from all shares, April 23, 2001 (1620 Reads)

- The Moral Failure of John Manley, Canadian Foreign Minister, in responding to Canadian complicity in the destruction of Southern Sudan, May 4, 2001 (1647 Reads)

- Canadian Foreign Minister John Manley caught in a cover-up on behalf of Talisman Energy, May 4, 2001 (1651 Reads)

- Talisman Energy's Ally: Continuing hypocrisy and disingenuousness by John Manley, Canadian Foreign Minister (2049 Reads)

- Canadian Foreign Minister John Manley refuses to accept responsibility for Talisman Energy's role in civilian destruction, May 8, 2001 (1650 Reads)

- The shooting death of an aid worker for the ICRC, May 10, 2001 (1545 Reads)

- Talisman Energy under investigation by SEC for "failing to disclose material information with respect to their operations in Sudan," May 11, 2001 (1704 Reads)

- Another authoritative report on Talisman Energy's complicity in scorched-earth civilian clearances, May 15, 2001 (1628 Reads)

- Report on Canadian Corporate Complicity in War Crimes, May 16, 2001 (1544 Reads)

- Talisman Energy continues to supply aviation fuel to Khartoum's genocidally destructive air force, May 18, 2001 (1911 Reads)

- The anger of the people of Sudan at Canada and Talisman Energy, May 22, 2001 (1796 Reads)

- Canadian Foreign Minister John Manley's continuing temporizing on Sudan, May 24, 2001 (1771 Reads)

- An Open Letter to Thomas Ekvall, Chair of United Nations Systems, Khartoum, Sudan, concerning human destruction in the oil regions of southern Sudan -- from Eric Reeves, May 25, 2001 (1595 Reads)

- The European Campaign against oil deveopment in Southern Sudan, May 30, 2001 (1956 Reads)

- Is Chester Crocker fit to be US special envoy for Sudan? -- June 1, 2001 (1620 Reads)

- Khartoum's accelerating genocidal destruction in the Nuba Mountains, June 4, 2001 (1765 Reads)

- UN Special Rapporteur for Sudan declares, "It is a fact that oil is fueling the war," June 28, 2001 (1558 Reads)

- Continuing deterioration in military situation in Western Upper Nile, June 29, 2001 (1673 Reads)

- The Truth about Talisman Energy's Claims of "Construction Engagement" in Sudan, July 5, 2001 (1574 Reads)

- The Capital Martket Fate of Talisman Energy's Share Price, July 10, 2001 (1500 Reads)

- Bush Administration official refuses to accept full realities of oil development in Southern Sudan, July 11, 2001 (1401 Reads)

- New York Times editorial offers a morally slovely response to capital market sanctions against oil companies operating in Sudan, July 22, 2001 (1548 Reads)

- The Role of Kenya in the Sudan Peace Process: A moment of truth, July 24, 2001 (1657 Reads)

- Khartoum again intensifies its aerial bombardment of civilian targets in Southern Sudan, July 25, 2001 (1530 Reads)

- Talisman Energy share price continues to take ferocious beating from the international divestment campaign, July 30, 2001 (1758 Reads)

- South African spurns Sudan bid for further corporate complicity in oil development, August 1, 2001 (1498 Reads)

- Canadians investing in the Canadian Pension Plan are investing in Talisman Energy, August 3, 2001 (1681 Reads)

- Documenting Talisman Energy's Complicity in Civilian Destruction in the Oil Regions of Southern Sudan, August 6, 2001 (2059 Reads)

- Yet again, Khartoum intensifies bombing of civilian targets in Southern Sudan, August 8, 2001 (1700 Reads)

- Sudan Liberation Army Strikes at Heart of Oil Operations in Southern Sudan, August 7, 2001 (1795 Reads)

- Confirmation of Sudan People's Liberation Army Attack on Heglig, nerve-center of Talisman Energy operations in Sudan, August 8, 2001 (2015 Reads)

- Boston newspapers speak out on slavery and oil development in Southern Sudan, August 13, 2001 (1727 Reads)

- Khartoum's escalating war on civilians and humanitarian operations in Southern Sudan, Aguust 15, 2001 (1635 Reads)

- The Fate of the Sudan Peace Act in the US Senate, August 16, 2001 (1612 Reads)

- An open letter to Kofi Annan, concerning his silence on the threats of oil development to humanitarian aid in Southern Sudan --- from Eric Reeves, August 17, 2001 (1468 Reads)

- Implications of the Sudan People's Liberation Army attack on Heglig oil facilities, August 29, 2001 (2190 Reads)

- UN Report on slavery in Sudan, genocide in the Nuba Mountains, and "ethnic cleansing" in Blue Nile, August 30, 2001 (3617 Reads)

- The Human Realities of Khartoum's Unrelenting Campaign of Aerial Bombardment in Southern Sudan, August 31, 2001 (1568 Reads)

- Catholic Bishops of Sudan on Oil Development, September 7, 2001 (1451 Reads)

- The AFL-CIO supports capital market sanctions against oil companies operating in Sudan, September 14, 2001 (1509 Reads)

- JP Morgan oil analyst declares that "Sudan discount" in Talisman Energy share price may have grown to 35%, September, 26, 2001 (2536 Reads)

- Osama bin Laden's Ongoing Commercial and Financial Connections to Khartoum, September 19, 2001 (2031 Reads)

- A war on terrorism and the betrayal of Southern Sudan, September 24, 2001 (1485 Reads)

- The "war on terrorism" takes focus off Khartoum's bombing campaign against humanitarian operations in Southern Sudan, October 8, 2001 (1562 Reads)

- Sudan and the financing of Osama bin Laden’s empire of terror, September 27, 2001 (2628 Reads)

- Canadian Security Intelligence Service finds deep connections between Khartoum and al-Qaeda, September 28, 2001 (1600 Reads)

- Khartoum's central role in the assassination attempt on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, October 3, 2001 (3313 Reads)

- News reports reveal an expanding set of links between Osama bin Laden and Khartoum, October 12, 2001 (1635 Reads)

- Khartoum bombing attacks force suspense of UN humanitarian relief efforts, October 9, 2001 (1433 Reads)

- UN Special Rapporteur for Sudan again confirms that oil development is exacerbating conflict, October 11, 2001 (1512 Reads)

- Canadian/British human rights investigation of oil development in Southern Sudan produces an authoritatively damning indictment, October 16, 2001 Part I (1543 Reads)

- Canadian/British human rights investigation of oil development in Southern Sudan produces an authoritatively damning indictment, October 17, 2001 Part II (1559 Reads)

- Canadian/British human rights investigation of oil development in Southern Sudan produces an authoritatively damning indictment, October 18, 2001 Part III (1557 Reads)

- Khartoum again accelerates its bombing attacks against civilians in Southern Sudan, October 22, 2001 (1608 Reads)

- The Episcopal Church (US) formally resolves to divest from shareholding in Talisman Energy, October 25, 2001 (1496 Reads)

- Bush administration gives ominous signs it abandoning commitment to self-determination for Southern Sudan, October 31, 2001 (1501 Reads)

- Khartoum and a "financial war on terrorism": connecting the dots, November 2, 2001 (1823 Reads)

- US State Department's growing expediency in dealing with Khartoum's terrorist connections, November 5, 2001 (2887 Reads)

- Historic lawsuit filed against Talisman Energy in US Federal District Court, November 7, 2001 (1566 Reads)

- Khatoum's military forces shell UN relief planes in the Nuba Mountains, November 12, 2001 (1844 Reads)

- Talisman Energy share price continues to suffer, November 19, 2001 (1501 Reads)

- US "strongly suspects" Khartoum of developing biological weapons of mass destruction, November 19, 2001 (1600 Reads)

- US Special Envoy Danforth challenges Khartoum on its commitment to peace, November 26, 2001 (1405 Reads)

- Despite Khartoum's denials, evidence of continued aerial bombardment of Southern Sudan civilians is indisputable, November 27, 2001 (1553 Reads)

- Khartoum equivocates on Danforth's four "confidence-building measures," November 29, 2001 (1644 Reads)

- Senate Republicans now blocking passage of the Sudan Peace Act, December 3, 2001 (1398 Reads)

- Playing politics with the Sudan Peace Act, December 5, 2001 (1375 Reads)

- Washington Post reports on Khartoum's plan to bomb the US embassy in New Dehli (India), December 10, 2001 (1746 Reads)

- Diminishing news media attention to Talisman Energy's role in civilian destruction in the oil regions of Southern Sudan, December 12, 2001 (1416 Reads)

- Khartoum refuses to accept international monitoring of ban on bombing of civilians and humanitarian relief efforts, December 17, 2001 (1478 Reads)

- Oil development and Khartoum's denial of humanitarian access to Western Upper Nile, December 20, 2001 (1489 Reads)

- Oil revenues allow Khartoum to purchase advanced MiG-29s from Russia, December 26, 2001 (1952 Reads)

- Talisman Energy: now unable to find a buyer for its stake in Sudan oil development, January 3, 2002 (1440 Reads)

- Khartoum's "jihdad," shari'a (Islamic law), and the stoning to death of an 18-year-old Dinka woman, January 4, 2002 (2236 Reads)

- A reconstituted "Executive Outcomes" provides security for Khartoum in Southern Sudan Oil fields, January 7, 2002 (5026 Reads)

- Kenya to buy crude oil from Khartoum, January 9, 2002 (1530 Reads)

- The chances for peace in Sudan: assessing the Danforth mission, January 14, 2002 (1516 Reads)

- Talisman Energy share price: still in the cross-hairs, January 15, 2002 (1536 Reads)

- How serious are John Danforth's "tests" of Khartoum's willingness to engage in peace negotiations? -- January 16, 2002 (1489 Reads)

- How seriously does John Danforth mean to test Khartoum on its use of human enslavement as a weapon of war? -- January 17, 2002 (1372 Reads)

- Lundin Petroleum (Sweden) forced by military insecurity to suspend oil operations in Western Upper Nile, January 22, 2002 (1530 Reads)

- The Military Situation in Sudan’s Western Upper Nile Oil Regions: An Assessment, January 24, 2002 (1778 Reads)

- Baptist Union of Western Canada divests from Talisman Energy, January 24, 2002 (1541 Reads)

- The Economic rewards of misunderstanding Sudan's civil war, January 30, 2002 (1934 Reads)

- The Bush administration: still in search of a Sudan policy, February 4, 2002 (1412 Reads)

- Is the Bush administration State Department really committed to peace in Sudan? -- February 6, 2002 (1320 Reads)

- Khartoum again bombs civilians and humanitarian operations (in Akuem, Southern Sudan), February 11, 2002 (1338 Reads)

- Without strong, resourceful US leadership, the "oil war" will intensify in Southern Sudan, February 11, 2002 (1520 Reads)

- Canada and the European Union remain characteristically silent in wake of Khartoum's recent bombing campaign in Southern Sudan, February 13, 2002 (1446 Reads)

- Khartoum's spectacular hypocrisy in condemning the bombing of Akuem (Bahr el-Ghazal), a site deliberately targeted despite the absence of military presence, February 14, 2002 (1318 Reads)

- Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres reports Khartoum's bombing attack on Nimne killed one of its aid workers, four civilians, February 16, 2002 (1549 Reads)

- The Military Situation in the Oil Regions of Sudan: An Analysis, February 18, 2002 (1637 Reads)

- Status of the class-action lawsuit against Talisman Energy, now in US Federal District Court, February 26, 2002 (1643 Reads)

- A hypocritical European Union sanctions Mugabe govenment in Zimbabwe, but not Khartoum regime in Sudan, February 19, 2002 (1627 Reads)

- Khartoum's helicopter gunships attack World Food Program distribution in Bieh, Western Upper Nile, February 21, 2002 (1668 Reads)

- The Logic of Khartoum’s War on Civilians and Humanitarian Aid, February 22, 2002 (1424 Reads)

- A full view of Khartoum’s attack on Bieh: Premeditated cvilian destruction, February 25, 2002 (1416 Reads)

- Evidence of Talisman Energy's complicity in scorched-earth warfare in the oil regions of Southern Sudan, February 27, 2002 (1429 Reads)

- Khartoum’s barbaric attack on civilians at Bieh---nine days later, March 1, 2002 (1361 Reads)

- The end of IGAD commitment to self-determination for Southern Sudan, March 4, 2002 (1432 Reads)

- The absurdity of Talisman Energy's claim that there has been no human displacement in the oil regions of Southern Sudan, March 5, 2002 (1571 Reads)

- Prospects for peace in Sudan and the imperatives of oil development: a study in conflict, March 8, 2002 (1510 Reads)

- The Financial Times (UK) reports on explosively damning evidence against Talisman Energy in Sudan, March 24, 2002 (1425 Reads)

- Senate Republicans continue to block conferencing of the Sudan Peace Act, April 1, 2002 (1760 Reads)

- The diplomatic costs to US efforts to marshal support for a war against Iraq, April 2, 2002 (1406 Reads)

- Peace in Sudan and the present burden of advocacy, April 5, 2002 (1333 Reads)

- The nature of Talisman Energy's commitment to the regime in Khartoum, April 8, 2002 (1397 Reads)

- UN World Food Program press release: "Sudanese Government denies humanitarian access to 1.7 million people in Sudan," April 5, 2002 (1595 Reads)

- The Center for Strategic and International Studies "working group" on Sudan, April 10, 2002 (1589 Reads)

- Talisman Energy in Sudan: yet greater news highlighting, April 11, 2002 (1517 Reads)

- The oil regions of Southern Sudan: acclerating genocide, April 17, 2002 (1576 Reads)

- Talisman Energy's "Corporate Social Responsibility Report": How much disingenuousness can money buy? -- April 19, 2002 (1580 Reads)

- The Christian Science Monitor on Khartoum, terrorism, and Talisman Energy, April 22, 2002 (1607 Reads)

- UN Integrated Regional Information Networks: "War raging around southern oilfields," April 24, 2002 (1480 Reads)

- The Danforth Report: will it offer realism or expediency? -- April 30, 2002 (1506 Reads)

- Khartoum rejects key element of Danforth Report, May 2, 2002 (1305 Reads)

- The "Sudan discount" in Talisman Energy share-price: still significant capital market pain, May 7, 2002 (1739 Reads)

- Catastrophe nears in oil regions of Western Upper Nile, May 8, 2002 (1526 Reads)

- Will Talisman Energy end up in the docket of the International Criminal Court? -- May 10, 2002 (1728 Reads)

- Without the House version of the Sudan Peace Act, American capital will continue to finance oil development in Southern Sudan, May 14, 2002 (1649 Reads)

- A report from the European Coalition on Oil in Sudan, May 17, 2002 (1592 Reads)

- Khartoum unleashes another savage aerial attack on civilians, May 22, 2002 (1396 Reads)

- A fuller assessment of Khartoum's bombing attack on civilians in Rier, May 24, 2002 (1474 Reads)

- Khartoum reneges on terms of Operation Lifeline Sudan, precipitating a massive humanitarian emergency, May 28, 2002 (1591 Reads)

- Khartoum continues to renege on terms of the UN's Operation Lifeline Sudan, June 3, 2002 (1546 Reads)

- The deepening humanitarian crisis in the oil regions of Western Upper Nile, June 11, 2002 (1543 Reads)

- Failure of the US Senate to Send the Sudan Peace Act to Conference: humanitarian implications, June 13, 2002 (1521 Reads)

- Khartoum's engineered humanitarian crisis in Southern Sudan still deepening, June 17, 2002 (1535 Reads)

- The real meaning of Talisman Energy's forced exit from Sudan, June 24, 2002 (1986 Reads)

- The international community remains disgracefully silent in the wake of Khartoum's continued aerial assault on civilians in Southern Sudan, June 26, 2002 (1373 Reads)

- The Bush Administration on oil development in Southern Sudan: myopia or hypocrisy? -- June 28, 2002 (1570 Reads)

- In response to Talisman Energy CEO Jim Buckee and his mendacious criticism of Congressional testimony of Eric Reeves, July 2, 2002 (1768 Reads)

- The Machakos Protocol: Peace for Sudan? A Clash of Hope and History, July 22, 2002 (1725 Reads)
