IV 
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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•HRES 307 IH 
Whereas in 2007, John Granville was working in the Repub-
lic 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 involve-
ment 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 Muba-
rak 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 author-
ized a $5,000,000 payment through their Rewards for 
Justice Program for information that leads to the cap-
ture of either of the escaped prisoners; and 
Whereas that the United States Department of State des-
ignated Mohamed Makawi Ibrahim Mohamed and 
Abdelbasit Alhaj Alhasan Haj Hamad as Specially Des-
ignated Global Terrorists on December 18, 2012: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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•HRES 307 IH 
(1) condemns in the strongest terms the Gov-
ernment of the Republic of the Sudan’s pardon of 
Mubarak Mustafa for his role in allowing the men 
convicted of the assassination of John Granville to 
escape imprisonment; and 
(2) calls on the United States Department of 
State to continue to list Sudan on the state sponsors 
of terrorism list until such time as the men con-
victed of the assassination of John Granville are ap-
prehended and the pardon of Mubarak Mustafa is 
repealed. 
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