Ajak, age 1.5, and her sister Yar, 3, shown in this picture, were abducted October 3, 2007. We implore the government of Southern Sudan to take urgent action to negotiate the peaceful release of all children abducted by the Murle in Bor County.

End Child Abductions in S. Sudan! Save Yar and Ajak!

Target:
Government of Southern Sudan Mission to the United States

     On October 3, 2007 Yar Mading (picture) and her sister Ajak were violently abducted from their family home in Jonglei State, Southern Sudan by gunmen from the Murle tribe. Abductions of this kind are a recurrent problem yet the local government has made no effort to find or free these abducted girls saying that they lack the police force and communications equipment to coordinate a rescue. Visit www.save-yar.org for up-to-date info.
   Higher levels of government need to address this issue by encouraging and facilitating negotiations with the Murle for the peaceful and immediate release of Yar, Ajak, and any other children that have been abducted.
   Click on "letter" to the left and sign the petition to request urgent government action and manifest your solidarity with the suffering families. 

     On October 3, 2007 Yar Mading (picture) and her sister Ajak were violently abducted from their family home in Jonglei State, Southern Sudan by gunmen from the Murle tribe. Abductions of this kind are a recurrent problem yet the local government has made no effort to find or free these abducted girls saying that they lack the police force and communications equipment to coordinate a rescue. Visit www.save-yar.org for up-to-date info.
   Higher levels of government need to address this issue by encouraging and facilitating negotiations with the Murle for the peaceful and immediate release of Yar, Ajak, and any other children that have been abducted.
   Click on "letter" to the left and sign the petition to request urgent government action and manifest your solidarity with the suffering families. 

We the undersigned request that the Government of Southern Sudan take immediate action to convince the Jonglei State Government that it can no longer turn a blind eye to the child abductions taking place in Bor County.

We write you in response to the violent abduction of Yar and Ajak Mading
from their family home in Jonglei state on October 3, 2007. The abductors
were gunmen from the Murle tribe. A report by the UN Secretary General in August 2007 held the Murle responsible for 40 child abductions in the past year.

The local government has taken no action to find or free these abducted
girls, saying they lack the police force and communications equipment to
coordinate a rescue. We urge the Government of Southern Sudan Mission to the United States to push for negotiations with the Murle tribe for the
peaceful, voluntary and immediate release of Yar, Ajak, and any other children that have been abducted.

We thank you for accepting this petition, which we sign to reiterate the
urgency of this matter and to express our solidarity with the families
suffering from these rampant abductions.
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We signed the "End Child Abductions in S. Sudan! Save Yar and Ajak!" petition!
# 1,238:
1:39 pm PDT, Apr 7, Kayleigh Riddell, United Kingdom
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12:50 pm PDT, Apr 7, Mels Whe, Vermont
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12:37 pm PDT, Apr 4, Deborah Cooper, United Kingdom
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3:36 pm PDT, Mar 30, Lukas Klessig, Wisconsin
These kids deserve a chance to live freely.
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2:50 am PDT, Mar 30, Avril Kettle, United Kingdom
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10:29 am PDT, Mar 29, Ines Seidel, Germany
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2:39 pm PDT, Mar 28, Anne Seidel, Germany
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10:18 pm PDT, Mar 27, Sandra M Zwingelberg, Colorado
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12:48 pm PDT, Mar 26, Laurel Watson, Arizona
People in that region must chill out. It is time to stop all of the violence.
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7:52 am PDT, Mar 26, Sc McKinney, New York
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6:00 am PDT, Mar 26, Liz Sands, United Kingdom
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11:53 pm PDT, Mar 25, Shanna Gillenwater, North Carolina
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7:27 pm PDT, Mar 25, Chad Mullan, New Jersey
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11:18 pm PDT, Mar 24, Sharon Hull, California
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3:38 pm PDT, Mar 24, Jane Parker, Pennsylvania
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12:33 pm PDT, Mar 24, Jaime Cammarata, RD, Pennsylvania
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12:20 pm PDT, Mar 24, Stanley Pendze, Pennsylvania
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10:44 am PDT, Mar 24, Alex P Bostwick, Kentucky
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7:52 am PDT, Mar 24, Jacqueline Tremlin, Idaho
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6:06 am PDT, Mar 23, Sarah Panullo, Pennsylvania
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9:04 pm PDT, Mar 22, Shirley Shaw, California
On October 3, 2007 Yar Mading (picture) and her sister Ajak were violently abducted from their family home in Jonglei State, Southern Sudan by gunmen from the Murle tribe. Abductions of this kind are a recurrent problem yet the local government has made no effort to find or free these abducted girls saying that they lack the police force and communications equipment to coordinate a rescue. Visit www.save-yar.org for up-to-date info. Higher levels of government need to address this issue by encouraging and facilitating negotiations with the Murle for the peaceful and immediate release of Yar, Ajak, and any other children that have been abducted This Needs to be addressed in the most important way! These girls have been taken and no police have even attempted to find them? what kind of people are we? Get involved find a group set up a Protest! search the hills valleys and go on tips ! Get these girls home!
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8:09 pm PDT, Mar 22, Lin Teachenor, Washington
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5:12 pm PDT, Mar 22, Shane Womack, Texas
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2:54 pm PDT, Mar 22, Karen Mondale, California
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1:15 pm PDT, Mar 22, RIVER FRANCE, Canada
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11:42 am PDT, Mar 22, Cher Isbell, Texas
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11:37 am PDT, Mar 22, Vickie Burchell, Tennessee
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8:22 am PDT, Mar 22, Pamela White, North Carolina
STOP THE MADNESS
# 1,210:
7:01 am PDT, Mar 22, Jaylena Greenfield, Ohio
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6:40 am PDT, Mar 22, Virginia Schwartman, Virginia
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6:01 am PDT, Mar 22, Nancy Welch, Texas
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1:27 am PDT, Mar 22, Art Deco, Maine
# 1,206:
11:37 pm PDT, Mar 21, Black Tiger Petersen, Canada
The time has long past, PLease start educating all age groups.
# 1,205:
11:04 pm PDT, Mar 21, Roy Cee, Oregon
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6:52 pm PDT, Mar 21, JOCELYNE ANNIE, Canada
# 1,203:
5:07 pm PDT, Mar 21, Samantha Szesciorka, Washington
Why ruin the lives of innocent children? Why is this happening at all? Tribal warfare? Drugs? Child prostitution? There is no reason good enough. Just end it.
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4:58 pm PDT, Mar 21, Evert Jan Klein Velderman, Netherlands
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4:34 pm PDT, Mar 21, William Harper, Georgia