Africa: House Appropriations Committee Adopts Wolf Amendment to Cut Off Non-Humanitarian Aid to Nations That Host President Omar Bashir

Washington, D.C. (May 17, 2012) — As part of an ongoing effort to bring Sudanese President Omar Bashir to justice, the House Appropriations Committee today adopted an amendment cutting off non-humanitarian aid to any nation that allows the indicted war criminal into their country.

The amendment to the fiscal year 2013 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill was offered by Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA), a longtime critic of Bashir and his genocidal government.

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