Students Against Genocide in Sudan
Over 500,000 black Sudanese have been killed by UAE militias using sophisticated Chinese drones, artillery and heavy machine guns. Fourteen million displaced. Thousands buried alive in landslides while hiding in rain-soaked mountains. Tens of thousands more raped, enslaved and facing famine. This is an apocalyptic genocide against Sudan’s blacks, all to satisfy UAE’s insatiable bloodlust for Sudanese gold.
The man on the left is named Hemedti. He is the leader of UAE’s brutal paramilitary, the Rapid Support Force (RSF.) The RSF is fighting Sudan’s government in the name of ‘jihad.’ What they’re really doing is killing the blacks whose villages are near the gold UAE wants. Experts say Hemedti’s would fall in a month without UAE.
Russia helps UAE provide Chinese weapons to the RSF. The last thing Russia wants to see is democracy in Sudan. It wants a failed state that’s ripe for plunder. Russia has built mining operations on top of the black villages the RSF has destroyed, helping UAE industrialize both the genocide as well as the plunder.

Chairman of the Transitional Military Council.

Vice Chairman of the Transitional Military Council.
In spite of the UAE led insurgency that has slaughtered tens of thousands, there is a functioning government with a military in Sudan’s capital Khartoum. It is recognized both by both the UN as well as virtually all of Africa – with the exception of kleptocracies bought off by the UAE. They have the support of all of Sudan’s people yearning for democracy, not only the black communities but also communities claiming Arab descent. This is the coalition that in 2019 overthrew the jihadist regime that President Bill Clinton bombed in the 1990s for training Islamic terrorists – that of the dictator Omar al-Bahir. Had it not been for UAE and Russian intervention, Sudan would be a stable and thriving democracy by now.
With our support, this government can defeat the RSF and establish a democracy in Sudan for the first time since its independence from British colonization in 1956.
Petition to the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) Board
Subject: Immediate Divestment from All United Arab Emirates (UAE) Investments
To the CalSTRS Teachers’ Retirement Board,
We the undersigned write to you today to demand the immediate withdrawal of all CalSTRS investments with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and its sovereign wealth funds, including Mubadala.
The UAE’s genocidal role supporting the Rapid Support Force (RSF) in Sudan directly contradicts the ethical and social values of the CalSTRS membership and the public it serves. The use of our pension funds to support a regime that finances and arms a brutal civil war is unconscionable. The UAE’s flagrant and well documented involvement in the conflict in Sudan, including accusations of providing arms and financial support to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has led to widespread human rights abuses, including mass murder, rape, and slavery. Over 500,000 black Africans have been killed, 14 million have been displaced, thousands have been raped, tortured and mutilated and one million face famine conditions trapped in the desert by an RSF siege that won’t let UN food trucks through.
This is not only an ethical failure but a grave fiduciary risk. Investing in a nation actively engaged in destabilizing conflicts exposes our fund to reputational damage, geopolitical instability, and a direct link to human suffering. We believe that CalSTRS has a moral and financial obligation to ensure that our retirement savings are not used to fuel violence and oppression.
We, the undersigned, call on the CalSTRS Teachers’ Retirement Board to take the following actions immediately:
Our collective message is clear: No pensions for genocide. No blood for money. Get the UAE out of Sudan.
The integrity of our retirement system is built on the trust that it serves the best interests of California’s educators. That trust is broken when our hard-earned pension dollars are used to profit from humanitarian crises. Divesting from the UAE is a necessary step to align our financial future with our fundamental ethical principles.
We urge the CalSTRS Board to act decisively and ethically by prioritizing human rights over profits.