Demand the immediate departure of Sudan’s Charge D’affaires (Mohamed Atta) and sanction him under the Magnitsky Act
We urge you to join Senator Bob Menendez (Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee) and Senator Patrick Leahy (Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee) in demanding the immediate departure of Ambassador Atta, the withdrawal of his US visa and making a determination as to whether Mr Atta is subject to sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act.
Mohamed Atta is the former director of the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) and has been appointed at the Embassy of Sudan in Washington since July 2018. As a director of NISS, Mr. Atta was directly involved in the murder of over 200 Sudanese peaceful protesters in 2013, most of them were college students. These crimes and other gross human rights violations including unlawful detention and torture of journalists, opposition politicians and activists have been detailed in the State Department’s annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices and documented by human rights groups like Amnesty and Human Rights Watch.
Atta was also ultimately responsible for Sudan's notorious Rapid Support Forces (RSF) which were created and administered by the NISS. RSF is made of former members of the Arab militia Janjaweed who were responsible for well-documented atrocities in Darfur region including rape, torture and genocide of tribes of African descent.
Given the long history of collaboration between NISS and US intelligence in combating terrorism, Mr. Atta’s appointment was a deliberate and a calculated move by Sudan President Omar Al-Bashir’s regimen to use Mr Atta’s relations with US intelligence officials to convince President’s Trump Administration to remove Sudan from the list of state sponsors of terror. However, turning a blind eye to Mr. Atta’s horrendous actions in Sudan would be a betrayal to all what the US stands for. Holding Mr. Atta accountable for his actions in Sudan is what is expected of the USA and will send a clear message to human rights violators throughout the world.
Mohamed Atta is the former director of the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) and has been appointed at the Embassy of Sudan in Washington since July 2018. As a director of NISS, Mr. Atta was directly involved in the murder of over 200 Sudanese peaceful protesters in 2013, most of them were college students. These crimes and other gross human rights violations including unlawful detention and torture of journalists, opposition politicians and activists have been detailed in the State Department’s annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices and documented by human rights groups like Amnesty and Human Rights Watch.
Atta was also ultimately responsible for Sudan's notorious Rapid Support Forces (RSF) which were created and administered by the NISS. RSF is made of former members of the Arab militia Janjaweed who were responsible for well-documented atrocities in Darfur region including rape, torture and genocide of tribes of African descent.
Given the long history of collaboration between NISS and US intelligence in combating terrorism, Mr. Atta’s appointment was a deliberate and a calculated move by Sudan President Omar Al-Bashir’s regimen to use Mr Atta’s relations with US intelligence officials to convince President’s Trump Administration to remove Sudan from the list of state sponsors of terror. However, turning a blind eye to Mr. Atta’s horrendous actions in Sudan would be a betrayal to all what the US stands for. Holding Mr. Atta accountable for his actions in Sudan is what is expected of the USA and will send a clear message to human rights violators throughout the world.
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