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Democracy Now! 2023-04-24 Monday

Democracy Now! Audio

Democracy Now!

News, Daily News

4.75.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Headlines for April 24, 2023; Sudan: Death Toll Tops 420 as Fear Grows That Fighting Between Rival Generals Could Lead to Proxy War; What’s Next in Legal Fight over Mifepristone? Supreme Court Protects Access to Abortion Pill for Now; Sudan Will Be “Nightmare Beyond Belief” If Conflict Grows, Warns Humanitarian Leader Jan Egeland; Norwegian Refugee Council: Violence, Climate & Poverty Are Fueling Migration from Central America

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0:00.0

From New York, this is democracy now.

0:17.5

Right now, what needs to happen is a ceasefire before anything else.

0:21.7

What is happening on the ground actually is that the Sunni people are the ones leading

0:25.8

efforts that could have been expected from a government that we had, a government that

0:30.7

is actually interested in the well-being of the people.

0:34.0

The civilians are the ones who are the rescuing people who are trapped in risky zones.

0:41.8

At least 420 people have been killed in Sudan.

0:45.7

Thousands have been wounded.

0:48.0

As fighting continues between rival military factions, as fears of a civil war grow, the

0:55.3

United States has evacuated its embassy staff in Sudan.

1:00.8

Many other countries have as well.

1:02.9

We'll get the latest.

1:04.2

Plus, we look at the US Supreme Court's decision to protect access to the abortion pill at

1:10.4

least for now.

1:13.8

Supreme Court stayed in order of the Fifth Circuit that would have limited access to the

1:17.2

key abortion drug mythopristo nationwide.

1:20.8

It's important to understand the ruling what it doesn't doesn't mean and also to

1:24.1

be a situation in the broader context of struggles and abortion over in America, not just

1:29.5

in the States, but increasingly as there pushes for national limits or even bounds on abortion.

1:35.2

We'll also speak to Jan Eglund, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council about Sudan, but

1:42.1

also about Honduras, where he just made a trip.

1:46.4

He's calling on the international communities who more to help the region, where one in

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