1. United States
2. N.Y.
3. Letter

We demand immediate passage of the Stand Up for Sudan Act, which would prohibit U.S. arms sales to the United Arab Emirates until it ceases arming the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan. The crisis is urgent. The RSF is massing forces around El Obeid, a city of 500,000, preparing a ground assault that the UN warns could trigger a humanitarian catastrophe on the scale of El Fasher. When El Fasher fell to the RSF in October 2025, the UN documented over 6,000 killings in just three days—atrocities amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity. The UAE is fueling this slaughter. Sudan has accused the UAE of providing RSF with “strategic suicide drones, heavy and medium artillery” and air defense systems, shipped through Libya and Kenya. U.S. arms sales to the UAE make America complicit in genocide. The violence is spreading. In Belfast, a Sudanese asylum seeker's alleged crime triggered racist riots—homes burned, families forced to flee, children targeted for their skin color. Anti-Sudanese racism is rising as refugees flee the very terror we refuse to stop. To those who say this bill is too aggressive: The UAE denies arming the RSF—but the UN and multiple governments have documented the evidence. To those who say “don't pick sides”: when one side commits genocide, neutrality is complicity. To those who say sanctions harm civilians: arming the killers harms far more. This is a grassroots demand. Faith groups, Sudanese diaspora organizations, and human rights advocates across the country are mobilizing. In 2026, voters are watching—primaries will be decided by who acts to stop genocide.