HRW report slams Sudan for support of “massive” atrocities in Darfur

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NEW YORK - Sudan supports “massive human rights violations” committed by militias against non-Arab civilians in the conflict in its western Darfur region, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Friday, urging Khartoum to disarm and disband the militias.


The report, “Darfur in Flames: Atrocities in Western Sudan,” claims Khartoum backs a scorched-earth campaign in the region and that government forces and militias of Arab descent have joined together to kill, rape and loot African civilians.

The civilians targeted are from non-Arab ethnic communities from which the two main rebel groups, the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) draw members.

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1. Link to the Report Here

http://hrw.org/reports/2004/sudan0404