Invitation: Human rights action in Berlin (April 15)

April 15 marks the second anniversary of the beginning of the devastating war in Sudan. On the occasion of the anniversary, the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) is organizing an event under the slogan “Don’t forget Sudan – Voices from two years of war and crisis” in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. You are cordially invited.

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

from 1 pm to 3 pm

Pariser Platz (in front of the Brandenburg Gate) in Berlin

The event will focus on personal messages from Sudanese women, and envelopes with personal reports will be hung on long lines in front of the Brandenburg Gate. Interested individuals will be able to read messages, reports, and news from women who are affected by violence, displacement, and flight. The event is supposed to draw attention to the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe and the suffering of the civilian population – and to call on the German Federal Government to take action.

“The women in Sudan are experiencing terrible suffering every day. Despite this, women’s organizations and individual activists are trying to provide humanitarian aid, to further cohesion within the civil society, and to take a clear stand against the violence. Often under great personal risk, they stand up for one another, holding on to their hopes of a peaceful and democratic future for the country,” stated Sarah Reinke, head of human rights work at the STP.

“With the outbreak of the war, violence against women and children has increased massively. Rape is systematically used as a weapon of war. The new federal government must ensure unhindered access for urgently needed aid deliveries. In cooperation with its European partners, it must strive to protect the civilian population from the escalating violence – and it must put economic and political pressure on those who are fueling the war by providing weapons,” Reinke demanded.

The war in Sudan also has devastating consequences for the civilian population. 13 million people from Sudan are on the run, and 90 percent of them are women and children. Ethnically motivated violence, the partial destruction of the civilian infrastructure, the collapse of the healthcare system, and the lack of an adequate international reaction to the suffering have already claimed tens of thousands of lives.

On the day of the campaign, Elena Dellmuth (Campaigns advisor) will be available for further questions: +49 176 17844447

For press inquiries regarding Sudan, please contact Sarah Reinke (head of human rights work): s.reinke@gfbv.de or +49 551 49906-13