Dignitaries have gathered in Juba, Capital of the Republic of South Sudan to celebrate its July 9 separation from the north. Khartoum's forces are not celebrating but they are busy. These photos and words come from courageous friends in the Nuba Mountains:

"The Nuba people urgently request access for humanitarian aid and no fly zone for all except humanitarian flights.Some half million people are now displaced on the top of mountains and in the caves among granite rocks. They have nowhere else to go. Many will die together with their innocent children. Without you, who know what is happening, nothing will be done. "

Call 1800-GENOCIDE to make sure the pleas of the Nuba people are carried from the caves where they are hiding to the White House