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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 307 

Condemning the Republic of the Sudan for its actions to pardon Mubarak 

Mustafa, who was responsible for the escape of two men convicted of 

the assassination of John Granville on January 1, 2008, and calling 

on the United States Department of State to continue to include Sudan 

on the list of state sponsors of terrorism. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 10, 2015 

Mr. HIGGINS (for himself, Mr. COOK, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. CLAWSON of Florida, 

Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. MENG, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. 

DEUTCH, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. MCGOVERN, 

Mr. SIRES, and Mr. DESJARLAIS) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning the Republic of the Sudan for its actions to 

pardon Mubarak Mustafa, who was responsible for the 

escape of two men convicted of the assassination of John 

Granville on January 1, 2008, and calling on the United 

States Department of State to continue to include Sudan 

on the list of state sponsors of terrorism. 

Whereas John Granville was a Fulbright Scholar and Peace 

Corps volunteer who became a career diplomat for the 

United States Agency for International Development; 


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Whereas in 2007, John Granville was working in the Republic of the Sudan to facilitate free elections in the war-torn 

country; 

Whereas, on January 1, 2008, John Granville and his driver 

Abdel Rahman Abbas were brutally murdered by Islamic 

extremists in Khartoum, Sudan; 

Whereas, on June 24, 2009, four men, Abdelraouf Abu Zaid 

Mohamed Hamza, Mohamed Makawi Ibrahim Mohamed, 

Abdelbasit Alhaj Alhasan Haj Hamad, and Mohanad 

Osman Yousif Mohamed, were convicted for their involvement in the plotting and execution of the assassination; 

Whereas, on June 10, 2010, these four men escaped prison 

in Sudan through the aid of Mubarak Mustafa; 

Whereas two of the four men, Haj Hamad and Mohamed 

Makawi Ibrahim Mohamed, remain at-large; 

Whereas the President of Sudan granted a pardon to Mubarak Mustafa; 

Whereas the United States Department of State has issued 

a strong condemnation of the pardon of Mubarak 

Mustafa; 

Whereas the United States Department of State has authorized a $5,000,000 payment through their Rewards for 

Justice Program for information that leads to the capture of either of the escaped prisoners; and 

Whereas that the United States Department of State designated Mohamed Makawi Ibrahim Mohamed and 

Abdelbasit Alhaj Alhasan Haj Hamad as Specially Designated Global Terrorists on December 18, 2012: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 


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1 (1) condemns in the strongest terms the Gov2 ernment of the Republic of the Sudan’s pardon of 

3 Mubarak Mustafa for his role in allowing the men 

4 convicted of the assassination of John Granville to 

5 escape imprisonment; and 

6 (2) calls on the United States Department of 

7 State to continue to list Sudan on the state sponsors 

8 of terrorism list until such time as the men con9 victed of the assassination of John Granville are ap10 prehended and the pardon of Mubarak Mustafa is 

11 repealed. 

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