Angelina Jolie Urges Barack Obama To Take Action In Sudan

Angelina Jolie wants President Barack Obama to take action in Darfur.

The A-list star is urging the U.S. leader to act on the ongoing human rights issues in Sudan in a special Newsweek editorial.

The 34-year-old actress and activist said she supports the current administration, saying, “Like many Americans, I support the administration’s willingness to engage diplomatically, even with regimes we abhor. And I believe President Obama and his special envoy Scott Gration will do their best to bring peace to the region.”

But she also urges Obama to act on the issues soon.

“While the administration maintained it will not deal with al-Bashir or any other official charged with arrest, it has not yet announced any serious moves to enforce the decision of the ICC and execute its warrants.”

“Their policy, though, raises a number of questions. 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.”

Jolie, a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency, wrote the editorial on Human Rights Day on Thursday, the same day Obama received his Nobel Peace Prize.

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