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Angelina Jolie is calling out the Obama Administration for its approach to the crisis in Sudan. In an editorial penned in honor of Human Rights Day, Angie expresses her disappointment over what she perceives as a failure to act that has left “300,000 dead and 2.7 million people internally displaced.”
The Changeling’s star’s challenge to The President follows tabloid reports that the outspoken humanitarian is not a fan of the Democratic’s political agenda.
The actress has been a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador since 2001, devoting a great deal of her time to working for the troubled Darfur region in cooperation with her Jolie-Pitt Foundation.
“There policy, though, raises a number of questions,” the Oscar-winning star wrote in the essay for Newsweek.
“How is the Obama administration’s approach to Sudan an evolution of justice? In addition, when the administration says it intends to work to ‘improve the lives of the people of Darfur,’ I would like to know what that means, besides the obvious point that their lives could hardly get worse.”
Angie continued: “[The administration] has not yet announced any serious moves to enforce the decision of the ICC and execute its warrants…There will be pressure on the United States and its partners to bring stability to Sudan, even at the expense of criminal accountability. Regardless of the rationale, the end would be the same: victims left without justice while perpetrators walk away.”
The Changeling’s star’s challenge to The President follows tabloid reports that the outspoken humanitarian is not a fan of the Democratic’s political agenda.
The actress has been a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador since 2001, devoting a great deal of her time to working for the troubled Darfur region in cooperation with her Jolie-Pitt Foundation.
“There policy, though, raises a number of questions,” the Oscar-winning star wrote in the essay for Newsweek.
“How is the Obama administration’s approach to Sudan an evolution of justice? In addition, when the administration says it intends to work to ‘improve the lives of the people of Darfur,’ I would like to know what that means, besides the obvious point that their lives could hardly get worse.”
Angie continued: “[The administration] has not yet announced any serious moves to enforce the decision of the ICC and execute its warrants…There will be pressure on the United States and its partners to bring stability to Sudan, even at the expense of criminal accountability. Regardless of the rationale, the end would be the same: victims left without justice while perpetrators walk away.”
