Gavin Knight

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Writer. Author of HOOD RAT (Picador) and THE SWORDFISH & THE STAR (Penguin). Lived in Odesa, Ukraine. Shortlisted for Orwell Prize, Crime Writers Association Dagger. “Book of the Year” FT, Esquire. “10 best books set in Cornwall” Guardian. #Sudan

It’s extraordinary that all the developed nations of the world don’t seem able to name the country who is funding and arming the medieval death squads RSF committing humanitarian atrocities in Sudan. Why not? Don’t they know who is arming and funding them? What is preventing them ? #Sudan

This is Katie Phang From the Midastouch network. Pulitzer is inevitable, but more important, she is hanging the DOJ and Todd Blanche out to dry. Well done Katie, a true hero. -Jack Cannon

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Phang: "The fact that it's taking France and England and other foreign countries to be able to launch investigations, and yet our American DOJ is sitting on it doing absolutely nothing, including not cooperating with those foreign nations, is such a big red flag."

Canada has concluded trade negotiations with the UAE at a time when the UAE faces credible allegations of fuelling the horrific genocide in Sudan. Trade diversification matters but it cannot come at the expense of human rights and International law. nationalnewswatch.com/2026/07/24/c...

Canada, UAE conclude negotiations on a free-trade agreement

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So here's a (not so) fun fact: The RSF is hugely funded and supported by the UAE, who famously gave Trump's cryptocurrency half a billion dollars days before the inauguration. And this is probably the first time you've heard about any of this.

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The UN says Rapid Support Forces attacks in Sudan’s civil war has amounted to a genocide, with experts warning of further mass atrocities. www.semafor.com/article/07/0...

Guardian calls out UK & US for failing to prevent genocide in El-Obeid. The editorial suggests that celebrities and music industry like Macklemore could make a difference where governments vested interests have failed www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Guardian view on atrocities in Sudan: when ‘never again’ becomes again, and again | Editorial

Editorial: The city of El Obeid faces catastrophe. Governments are shirking their duty to challenge all those sustaining this war

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The U.N. Human Rights Council condemna the escalating violence committed by Rapid Support Forces in Sudan's al-Obeid region and set up an urgent inquiry into abuses there. They fail to name their main backer yet again despite requests from NGOs. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

UN rights council orders urgent inquiry into Sudan's al-Obeid

The U.N. Human Rights Council on Monday passed a motion condemning ​the escalating violence committed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan's al-Obeid region, while ‌setting up an ur...

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The genocide in Sudan by United Arab Emirates' proxy RSF / Janjaweed is 'just' one of the multiple ongoing genocides that the United States is allowing. Recent US sanctions have hit the military junta more than RSF & there are no sanctions on its main backer UAE or Ethiopia for its support to RSF.

'A human rights investigator told British MPs... that the UK had evidence linking Ethiopia and the Emirates to the RSF in 2024 – but that officials said they would not divulge it publicly following “significant” UAE pressure. There is evidence of British military equipment being used by the RSF.'