The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Holds Capitol Hill Briefing On Escalation Of Human Rights Violations In Sudan

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 20: (L-R) Lauren Ploch Blanchard, specialist in African affairs at the Congressional Research Service; Omer Ismail, senior adviser at the Enough Project; Ryan Boyette, founder of Nuba Reports; Princeton Lyman, former State Department special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan and adviser to the president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, participate in a briefing on Sudan May 20, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Lantos Human Rights Commission held a briefing on "Human Rights and the Escalation of Violence in Sudan." (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)