Bringing the perspective of a Sudanese civil society activist, AMEL President Mohamed Abubakr shared his story with the U.S. House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and Global Health on April 26, 2017. One of only four witnesses, he was called to testify to the Subcommittee’s "Questionable Case for Easing Sudan Sanctions" hearing alongside representatives from the US Institute of Peace, the Sentry (an initiative of the ENOUGH Project and Not On Our Watch) and the Sudan Relief Fund.