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For the full report in English, please go to:
http://www.web.amnesty.org/library/index/engafr540082004
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
PRESS RELEASE
AI Index: AFR 54/010/2004 (Public)
News Service No: 023
3 February 2004
Embargo Date: 3 February 2004 00:01 GMT
Sudan: Massive abuses of human rights and international humanitarian law in Darfur
As fighting and displacement of civilians intensifies in Darfur, western Sudan, Amnesty International is requesting all parties to the conflict to respect international human rights and humanitarian law at all times. Massive abuses of human rights in the region are documented in a new 43-page report entitled: Sudan: Darfur: "Too many people killed for no reason".
In an attempt to end the escalating armed conflict in Darfur, Sudanese government forces and government-aligned militia (the "Janjawid") are threatening the lives, liberty and property of hundreds of thousands of civilians through indiscriminate bombings, killings, torture, including rape of women and girls, arrests, abductions and forced displacement.
Since the start, in February 2003, of the conflict between the Darfur-based Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) and the government in Khartoum, hundreds of thousands have either been displaced within the region or sought refuge across the border in Chad.
During a visit to the refugees in eastern Chad in November 2003, Amnesty International delegates recorded numerous testimonies from Sudanese refugees. They reported attacks on villages and towns by both government-aligned militia and government soldiers. The nature of the killings committed by government soldiers and by the Janjawid point to a pattern of extrajudicial executions and unlawful killings.
"There is clear evidence of cooperation between government forces and government-aligned militia. The Sudanese government should cease all support and supplies to the Janjawid or establish a clear chain of command and control over them, including making them accountable for abuses of international humanitarian law," Amnesty International said.
The Sudanese authorities have neither condemned the numerous cases of grave human rights abuses committed in Darfur, nor conducted transparent and impartial investigations into them.
"By its silence in the face of abuses, the Sudanese government is condoning or encouraging further abuses. Government forces and its aligned militia must immediately end the targeting of civilians," Amnesty International said.
Civilians seeking refuge internally or across the border in Chad have also been attacked. In Darfur, the humanitarian crisis is growing, as access to the displaced and the victims of the conflict remains very limited for humanitarian organizations, due to insecurity and government restrictions. Humanitarian assistance to the refugees in Chad is not only hampered by harsh living conditions and the remoteness of the region, but also by insecurity. On 29 January, bombs were dropped by the Sudanese government in the Chadian town of Tina, killing at least three civilians and wounding twelve others.
Amnesty International is also calling on the government-opposed armed political groups the SLM/A and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), and on the government-aligned militia to respect at all times international humanitarian law binding on all parties to internal armed conflicts and to respect and protect the lives and livelihoods of civilians in all areas under their control.
Amnesty International repeats its calls for urgent and unrestricted humanitarian access to Darfur, for human rights monitors to investigate attacks on civilians in the region and for an independent and impartial Commission of Inquiry into the complex human rights situation in the region. The organization is calling for the grave human rights abuses committed in the region to be addressed in any future peace negotiations on Darfur.
For the full report in English, please go to: http://www.web.amnesty.org/library/index/engafr540082004
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Amnesty International, 1 Easton St., London WC1X 0DW. web: http://www.amnesty.org
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Re: Amensty International: New Report on the abuses of human rights in Darf (Re: nada ali)
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اتهام القوات السودانية باستهداف المدنيين
اتهمت منظمة العفو الدولية الحكومة السودانية بشن هجمات عشوائية على المدنيين في إقليم دارفور غربي البلاد.
وقد أصدرت المنظمة تقريرا بعد أن أجرت لقاءات مع لاجئين فروا من الإقليم إلى تشاد المجاورة.
وقالت المنظمة إن الحكومة السودانية شنت هجمات برية وجوية على القرى في المنطقة، كما دعت إلى إرسال مراقبين من منظمات حقوق الإنسان إلى هناك.
وكان أكثر من 100 ألف سوداني قد فروا إلى تشاد منذ أن بدأ القتال في الإقليم قبل نحو عام مضى.
وقد حذرت الأمم المتحدة ووكالات الإغاثة الدولية من تفاقم الأوضاع سريعا في غرب السودان.
وتحدثت المنظمة إلى عائلات اللاجئين الذين تفرقوا في معسكرات الإيواء على طول الحدود.
وقال بينيديكت جودريو، وهو أحد أعضاء الفريق التابع للمنظمة في السودان، إن شهادة اللاجئين تؤكد بما لا يدع مجالا للشك أن القوات الحكومية والميليشيا المعروفة باسم جانجاويد تعمدت استهدافهم.
وأضاف جودريو أن جميع المدنيين أكدوا أن القوات الحكومية "حاصرت القرى وقتلت المدنيين وضربت النساء وأحرقت المنازل وسرقت الماشية."
وكان مراسلون صحفيون على حدود تشاد قد شاهدوا الأسبوع الماضي طائرة حكومية تشن غارات بالقنابل، وهو ما وصفته منظمة العفو الدولية بانه "هجوم عشوائي".
ودعت المنظمة إلى السماح لمراقبي منظمات حقوق الإنسان بالدخول إلى دارفور.
وكانت الحكومة السودانية قد وصفت في وقت سابق الصراع في دارفور بأنه مشكلة أمنية محلية.
غير أنه في حال استمرار تصاعد القتال في دارفور فإن ذلك سيهدد أي اتفاق سلام مع قوات المتمردين في جنوب البلاد.
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[يُحظر نشرها قبل : 3 فبراير/شباط 2004] وثيقة عامة
مـنـظمة الـعـفو الـدولـية
السودان
"دارفور : "عدد كبير من الأشخاص يُقتلون بلا سبب"
ملخص رقم الوثيقة : AFR 54/008/2004
"قُتل عدد كبير من الأشخاص بلا سبب". هذا ما قاله لاجئ سوداني لمندوبي منظمة العفو الدولية في شرق تشاد في نوفمبر/تشرين الثاني 2003، عندما سألوه لماذا هرب من دارفور.
وبينما تحفل رسائل الإعلام العالمية بالأنباء المتعلقة بصفقة السلام الوشيكة التي تهدف إلى وضع حد للحرب الأهلية التي دارت رحاها طوال 20 عاماً في جنوب السودان، أخذ نزاع شرس يتكشف فصولاً بعيداً عن الأنظار في دارفور بغرب السودان. ولا ترد أنباء تذكر من دارفور المعزولة والمهمشة والمعرضة للجفاف، ليس فقط لأن أنظار المجتمع الدولي تتركز على محادثات السلام السودانية الجارية في كينيا، بل أيضاً لأن اضطراب الوضع الأمني والقيود الحكومية منعت أولئك الذين يبحثون عن معلومات حول حجم المأساة المتصاعدة من الدخول إلى المنطقة.
وفي فبراير/شباط 2003، ظهرت جماعة سياسية مسلحة جديدة، تطلق على نفسها اسم حركة/جيش تحرير السودان وتضم بصورة رئيسية أبناء جماعات عرقية مستقرة وأخذت تهاجم القوات الحكومية. وفي 25 إبريل/نيسان، هاجم جيش تحرير السودان مطار مدينة الفاشر، عاصمة ولاية دافور الشمالية، وقتل حوالي 70 جندياً حكومياً ودمر طائرات. وأعلن جيش تحرير السودان أن الهجمات جاءت احتجاجاً على ما يراه تقاعساً من جانب الحكومة عن حماية القرويين من الهجمات التي تشنها جماعات البدو الرحل وعلى التخلف والتهميش اللذين تعاني منهما المنطقة. ومنذ ذلك الحين، ابتليت المنطقة بآفة القتال، وظهرت جماعة سياسية مسلحة أخرى في دارفور تدعى حركة العدالة والمساواة، ترفع مطالب تشبه بصورة عامة تلك التي يرفعها جيش تحرير السودان.
وقد وقعت أغلبية الإصابات بدارفور في صفوف المدنيين. وبلغ حجم الدمار الذي لحق بالأرواح والأرزاق في دارفور منذ بدء النـزاع مستوى مخيفاً : ففي غضون بضعة أشهر، لقي المئات، إن لم يكن الآلاف من المدنيين مصرعهم في هجمات شنت بصورة متعمدة أو بلا تمييز. وهُجِّر مئات الآلاف داخل المنطقة جراء الهجمات، والتجأ مئات الآلاف إلى تشاد. ونشأ نتيجة لذلك وضع إنساني مأساوي، بحيث إنه إذا لم يتم اتخاذ تدابير حقيقية الآن، يمكن أن يتحول إلى كارثة كبرى. وفي 9 ديسمبر/كانون الأول، صرَّح الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة كوفي عنان أنه "يشعر بالذعر إزاء التدهور السريع للوضع الإنساني في منطقة دارفور بالسودان، وإزاء الأنباء التي تتحدث عن وقوع انتهاكات واسعة النطاق ضد المدنيين، بما في ذلك عمليات القتل والاغتصاب وإحراق قرى بأكملها ونهبها". وأعرب عن قلقه من أن اضطراب الوضع الأمني "يعرقل بشدة أيضاً جهود المعونة الإنسانية، لأن عمال الإغاثة لا يستطيعون الوصول إلى العديد من المدنيين البالغ عددهم مليون نسمة والذين تضرروا من النـزاع". وقد اشتدت حدة القتال منذ ديسمبر/كانون الثاني 2003، وخلق ذلك موجة جديدة من اللاجئين في يناير/كانون الثاني 2004. وفي 23 يناير/كانون الثاني، قالت المفوضية العليا لشؤون اللاجئين التابعة للأمم المتحدة إن 18000 لاجئ آخر عبروا الحدود إلى تشاد كما ورد.
وفي نوفمبر/تشرين الثاني 2003، توجه مندوبو منظمة العفو الدولية إلى شرق تشاد للقاء الضحايا السودانيين للنـزاع الدائر في دارفور والذين بحثوا عن ملاذ آمن عبر الحدود. وتتضمن هذه الوثيقة بعض النتائج التي توصلت إليها بعثة منظمة العفو الدولية إلى تشاد، فضلاً عن المعلومات التي جُمعت على مدى الأشهر القليلة الماضية حول النـزاع. وتصف الانتهاكات الجسيمة للقانون الدولي لحقوق الإنسان والقانون الإنساني الدولي التي ارتُكبت ضد المدنيين طوال العام 2003 على يد القوات الحكومية والميليشيات المتحالفة معها في دارفور من دون أن ينال مرتكبوها عقابهم، وتقاعس الحكومة السودانية عن حماية أرواح سكانها المدنيين.
وتقع المسؤولية ا لرئيسية عن الانتهاكات الجسيمة لحقوق الإنسان التي ارتُكبت ضد المدنيين على عاتق الحكومة السودانية والميليشيا المتحالفة معها. فقد قصفت الحكومة بلا تمييز المدن والقرى التي يقطنها المدنيون والتي يُشتبه في أنها تؤوي أعضاء المعارضة المسلحة أو تتعاطف معهم، وقتلت بصورة غير قانونية العديد من غير المقاتلين. لكن يبدو أن الجهة الرئيسية التي ترتكب أعمال العنف ضد المدنيين وتدمر الأهداف المدنية في دارفور هي ميليشيا متحالفة مع الجيش الحكومي وتحظى بدعمه تُعرف "بالميليشيا العربية" أو "الجنجاويد"(الخيالة المسلحون). وقتل الجنجاويد المدنيين أو عذبوهم أو قبضوا عليهم أو اعتقلوهم بصورة تعسفية، بينما أحرقوا المنازل، لا بل إنهم أحرقوا قرى بأكملها، كما أحرقوا المحاصيل أو سرقوها أو دمروها وسرقوا الماشية. وفي هذه الأثناء، يبدو أن الجماعات السياسية المسلحة تقاعست عن اتخاذ تدابير لحماية المدنيين، مثل عدم وضع أهداف عسكرية على مقربة من مناطق مكتظة بالسكان. وقد بات المدنيون أسرى للوضع القائم في دارفور.
ويتضمن هذا التقرير توصيات يمكن أن تحسن الوضع في دارفور وتُجنب المدنيين مزيداً من عمليات القتل غير القانونية. وبوجه خاص، تدعو منظمة العفو الدولية إلى السماح بدخول المساعدات الإنسانية إلى المنطقة على الفور ومن دون قيود، وإلى وضع حد فوري لاستهداف المدنيين من جانب جميع أطراف النـزاع في دارفور. كما تدعو الحكومة السودانية إلى التوقف عن تقديم كافة أشكال الدعم والمؤن إلى الجنجاويد أو إلى وضع تسلسل واضح للقيادة والإشراف عليهم وإخضاعهم للمساءلة بموجب القانون الإنساني الدولي. وتكرر منظمة العفو الدولية دعوتها لإرسال مراقبين لحقوق الإنسان للتحقيق في الهجمات العديدة وواسعة النطاق التي يتعرض لها المدنيون في دارفور وإلى تشكيل لجنة تحقيق دولية ومستقلة وحيادية في الأوضاع المتدهورة لحقوق الإنسان في دارفور.
ويلخص هذا التقرير وثيقة عنوانها : السودان : دارفور : "عدد كبير من الأشخاص يُقتلون بلا سبب" (رقم الوثيقة : AFR 54/008/2004) أصدرتها منظمة العفو الدولية في 3 فبراير/شباط 2004. وعلى كل من يود الاطلاع على مزيد من التفاصيل أو القيام بتحرك حول هذه القضية أن يرجع إلى الوثيقة الكاملة. وتتوفر مجموعة واسعة من المواد التي أصدرناها حول هذا الموضوع وسواه من المواضيع في موقع الإنترنت: http://www.amnesty-arabic.org ويمكن تلقي البيانات الصحفية الصادرة عن منظمة العفو الدولية بواسطة البريد الإلكتروني : http://web.amnesty.org/.ai.nsf/news
الأمانة الدولية : 1 Easton Street, London WC1X 0DW, UNITED KINGDOM
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Re: Amensty International: New Report on the abuses of human rights in Darf (Re: nada ali)
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Dear Ahmed Amin
Many greetings and I hope all is well. Yes it has been such a long time and hope to see you and the others soon.
About the CIHRS workshop, it was about Constitutional Arrangements, and constitutionalism in Sudan and obviously the issue of Darfur and current situation did come up and was raised several times but was discussed, at the end of the day, in the context of constitutional developments.
best regards
nada
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Re: Amensty International: New Report on the abuses of human rights in Darf (Re: nada ali)
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الاخ ابو الريش
تحية طيبة
لقد زرت الموقع و اهنئك عليه و اتطلع لزيارته حين يكتمل ايضا
الاخ ابا يزيد
سلامات و تحايا
وهل هناك شئ لا يمكن عمله فى وضع كهذا؟
هناك عدة
Urgent Actions
اصدرتها منظمة العفو الدولية و كذلك هناك مبادرات من أبناء و بنات دارفور فى المملكة المتحدة (ليست المشاركة فيها قاصرة على أهل دارفور)، و من الممكن الاتصال بالمجموعة البرلمانية المختصة بالسودان فهم متابعين/ات التطورات هنا. ارى ان
SOAT
فى هولندا قد اصدرت
Petetion
مؤخرا، هل لديكم فى
SOAT UK
خطة حول هذا الامر؟
ندى
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SOAT
Sudan Organisation Against Torture
SOAT Press Release: 03 February 2004
Fur tribe members arrested in Khartoum and Zalingy
On Friday, 31 January 2004, the National Security Agency (NSA) arrested
six
persons belonging to the Fur tribe in Khartoum and Zalingy, their
details
are as follows:
1.. Dafa'allah Abdullah Suleiman, employee at the Agricultural bank
in
Khartoum, arrested in Khartoum
2.. Abubakr Sharaf Al Din, high ranking Police Officer, arrested in
Khartoum
3.. Ahmed Hassan, employee at Bank of Khartoum, arrested in Zalingy
4.. Ahmed Al Tahir Ahmed Shata, arrested in Zalingy
5.. Tariq Abu Al Gasim Saif Aldin, graduate from the University of
Sudan,
arrested in Khartoum
6.. Mohamed Abu Al Gasim Saif Aldin, final year student at the
University
of Sudan, arrested in Khartoum
The latter two, Tariq and Mohamed Abu Al Gasim Saif Aldin, who are
brothers,
were released on 3rd February 2004. They were questioned about their
sister,
Eman, recent wedding to the rebel leader of the Sudan Liberation Army
(SLA),
Abd Al Wahid Mohamed Ahmed Al Nur. The other detainees were suspected
of
supporting the SLA.
National security officers and the military intelligence in Darfur are
reported to have systematically used torture and ill-treatment against
suspected members and supporters of the SLA. Detainees have reported
being
held in appalling, overcrowded conditions at security detention
centres,
with very poor food and no access to their families or their lawyers.
Background
The situation in Darfur continues to deteriorate; approximately 670,000
people have been displaced within the region and up to 95, 000 persons
took
refugee in neighbouring Chad and many killed due to the ongoing
fighting in
the region.
Unfortunately, the failure of the peace negotiations in December 2003
between the GoS and the SLA in N'djamena, Chad, has led to the
continuation
of the conflict in Darfur and the rapid deterioration of the
humanitarian
situation in the region
All parties involved in the conflict; including government sponsored
militias and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), have resumed
fighting.
Also, the new wave of arbitrary arrests can be seen as a response to
the
failure in resolving the conflict.
Due to the GoS imposing severe restrictions on humanitarian relief
organisations the refugees are being placed in extreme danger. The GoS
has
also restricted the media from reporting on the conflict from within
Darfur.
SOAT condemns the arbitrary arrest of the above persons and urges the
Government of Sudan to:
1.. Take all necessary measures to ensure the physical and
psychological
integrity of the prisoners.
2.. Order the immediate release of all the prisoners in the absence
of
valid legal charges, or if legitimate charges exist, bring them before
an
impartial tribunal and guarantee procedural rights at all times.
3.. Ensure that all the prisoners have access to legal advice
4.. Guarantee the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms,
including freedom of association throughout Sudan in accordance with
national laws and international human rights standards.
The above recommendations should be sent in appeals to the following
addresses:
His Excellency Lieutenant General Omar Hassan al-Bashir
President of the Republic of Sudan
President' s Palace
PO Box 281, Khartoum, Sudan
Fax: + 24911 783223
Mr Ali Mohamed Osman Yassin
Minister of Justice and Attorney General
Ministry of Justice
Khartoum, Sudan
Fax: + 24911 788941
Mr Mustafa Osman Ismail
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
PO Box 873, Khartoum, Sudan
Fax: + 24911 779383
Mr Yasir Sid Ahmed
Advisory Council for Human Rights
PO Box 302
Khartoum, Sudan
Sudan
Fax: + 24911 770883
His Excellency Ambassador Mr. Ibrahim Mirghani Ibrahim,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Sudan to the United Nations in
Geneva,
PO Box 335,
1211 Geneva,
Switzerland,
Fax: +4122 731 26 56,
E-mail: [email protected].
SOAT is international human rights organisation established in the UK
in
1993. If you have any questions about this or any other SOAT
information,
please contact us:
SOAT
The Park Business Centre
Kilburn Park Road
London NW6 5LF
Tel: 020 7625 8055
Fax: 020 7372 2656
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.soatsudan.org
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PUBLIC AI Index: AFR 54/012/2004
UA 45/04 Death Penalty/Unfair trial 6 February 2004
SUDAN Al-Tayeb Ali Ahmad (m)
Al-Tayeb Ali Ahmad was sentenced to death on or about 28 January, after an unfair trial where he had no legal representation. He has until 9 February to appeal.
He was convicted of opposing the government by using violence, and being a member of terrorist and criminal groups, by a Special Court in Al-Fasher. Two other men tried with him were sentenced to prison terms.
He was accused of participating in the rebellion in Darfur, in western Sudan, and taking part in attacks by the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) in the towns of Tina and Al-Fasher. According to press reports the court said it was proved that he took part in an attack on Al-Fasher Airport in April 2003, when some 70 government soldiers were killed and military planes were destroyed. Others arrested in May 2003, reportedly in connection with the same attack, were released with other political detainees during prisoner releases which accompanied a short-lived ceasefire in September.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Over the past few years there has been an increase of armed conflict and banditry in Darfur encouraged by the proliferation of small arms. Armed militias allied to the government have attacked villages, killed people and looted cattle and crops. Among the measures used by the Sudanese government to respond to the increasing violence was the introduction of special courts to deal with offences involving killings, armed robbery, rebellion and possession of firearms. These courts pass heavy sentences, including the death penalty, in summary trials where the rights of defence, including the right to legal representation, are not respected.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible, in English, Arabic or your own language:
- acknowledging that the authorities have a right to try those accused of violent crimes, but stating that they must do so in accordance with international standards for fair trial;
- urging the authorities to abolish the use of special courts in Darfur and to ensure that all trials are conducted according to international standards for fair trial, with a proper appeal process;
- stating your opposition to the death penalty, which is a violation of the right to life and which has never been shown to have a unique deterrent effect.
APPEALS TO: (Fax numbers may be very difficult to get through to. It is important to copy appeals to the Embassy of Sudan in your country, who are obliged to pass them on to the authorities)
Mr Ali Osman Mohammad Taha
First Vice-President
People's Palace, PO Box 281, Khartoum, Sudan
Telegram: First Vice-President, Khartoum, Sudan
Fax: + 249 11 771025
Salutation: Your Excellency
Mr Ali Mohamed Osman Yassin
Minister of Justice and Attorney General
Ministry of Justice, Khartoum, Sudan
Telegrams: Justice Minister, Khartoum, Sudan
Fax: + 249 11 770883
Salutation: Dear Minister
Mr Osman Mohammad Yusif Kubor
Governor of North Darfur State
c/o People's Palace
PO Box 281, Khartoum, Sudan
Telegrams: Mr Osman Mohammad Yusif Kubor, Governor of North Darfur State,
People's Palace, Khartoum, Sudan
Fax: + 249 11 771 024
Salutation: Dear Sir
COPIES TO:
Chair of the Human Rights Committee
Dr Hamadtu Mukhtar
National Assembly, Omdurman, Sudan
Fax: + 249 15 560 950
and to diplomatic representatives of Sudan accredited to your country.
PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY. Check with the International Secretariat, or your section office, if sending appeals after 19 March 2004.
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Re: Amensty International: New Report on the abuses of human rights in Darf (Re: nada ali)
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http://www.petitiononline.com/samhamam/petition.html
To: UN, IGAD, Human Rights Organizations, USA Government, UK Government, EU
Background
Darfur situated in western Sudan, and for its 6 million people (a fifth of the Sudan population) living in region, geographically isolated and neglected by central government in Khartoum, had been adversely affected by conflicts since the early 1980s. The relatively peaceful equilibrium between its ethnic groups has been destroyed by environmental degradation - the spread of the desert and the effects of the Sahel drought - coupled with the divide-and-rule tactics of central government and the influx of modern weaponry.
Darfur was an independent sultanate until 1916, when it was the last region to be incorporated into the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. The Arabic word Dar roughly means homeland, and its population of nearly 6 million is divided into several Dars; not only of the Fur people, as its name suggests, but also of several other communities, determined by livelihood as much as ethnicity. These ecological and social distinctions are more meaningful than the administrative divisions imposed by the central government.
Starting in February 2003 two rebel groups rose against the Government of Khartoum in the region of Darfur, accusing the government of failing to protect the African population from the continuous attacks by Arab militia (known as Janjaweed). According to the UN, since the start of the conflict in Darfur, at least 7-thousand people have been killed and the internally displaced are estimated to be around a million.
According to Amnesty International last report “There is compelling evidence that the Sudanese government is largely responsible for the human rights and humanitarian crisis in Darfur in the western Sudan”
"At the very least the Sudanese government has totally failed in its obligation to protect its own people," said Amnesty International. "The testimonies of scores of refugees describing attacks on rural communities by militias which included members of the armed forces or other security forces has led us to the bleak conclusion that at least some elements in the army are encouraging this devastation."
Since April some 500,000 refugees fleeing from the attack by (Al-Janjaweed), have flooded into towns in Darfur with little capacity to cope with the crisis. Within Darfur itself, the rural areas are reported to be devastated. Thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Chad.
After the collapse of the last peace talk between the government and the rebel in December 2003, the government mounted intensive military attack using aircraft to bombs indiscriminately killing innocent civilians.
What they Say?
"There are no international mobilizations. It's a scandal," said Peter Casaer, from Medicine San Frontier.
The UNHCR spoke of the region's "forgotten emergency."
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We the signatories hereunder express our deepest concern about the current situation in Darfur and the systematic liquidation of civilians and the gross violation of Human rights in the region.
Therefore we request the following from the international community:
1. Call for International protection of civilians in Darfur.
2. Urgent call for unrestricted humanitarian access to Darfur.
3. Release of all political detainees from Darfur.
4. Call for formation of impartial International Fact-Finding Mission into human rights abuses in Darfur.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
(عدل بواسطة Khalid Eltayeb on 02-06-2004, 08:22 PM)
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Dear Khalid El Tayib
Many thanks for adding the petition and link.
Dear Anwar Ahmed,
I Think that the current Government of Sudan should take its hands off the civilians and villages in Darfur, and yes it would have been better if there was genuine just peace in the area (and in other areas of Sudan) but the oppression and marginalisation has led some (organised in the SLA) to wage armed struggle as a means for political change and we cannot deny them the right to resistance.
Let us hope that the causes of this conflict are tackled in a way that would put an end to war.
best regards
nada
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Re: Amensty International: New Report on the abuses of human rights in Darf (Re: nada ali)
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الاخ ابو الريش،
تحايا
فعلا هناك الكثير العملى الذى يجب ان نقوم به و منه ما تقوم به من جهد مقدر من خلال
Sudan.org
اعتقد ان المجال كبير و قد يبدأ بتوقيع فى
Petition
ضد ما تقوم به الحكومة حاليا، و بالتأكيد لا ينتهى بدعم حركة تحرير السودان (سياسيا و معنويا و عسكريا) الخ.
اعتقد ان من الاولويات الان محاولة توفير مواد الاغاثة اللازمة لتصل لأهالى المنطقة و من هم/ن فى معسكرات اللاجئين بدول الجوار. و اخيرا اود ان اهنئك على الصورة فى البروفايل الخاص بك، هل رأيت كم هن قويات و شامخات هؤلاء النسوة رغم قسوة الحرب و التشريد؟
ندى
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AI Index: AFR 54/016/2004 (Public)
News Service No: 035
17 February 2004
Sudan: International community must act now to guarantee the
protection
of civilians
Amnesty International is reiterating its call for international
monitors
with a clear human rights component to be sent to Darfur immediately.
In spite of the Sudanese presidency’s recent statement that
"military
operations in Darfur (western Sudan) have ended" Amnesty
International
continues to receive details of horrifying attacks against civilians
in
villages by government warplanes, soldiers and government-aligned
militia.
"President Omar Hassan al-Bashir stated last week that
humanitarian
access to Darfur, western Sudan, is now authorized and will improve.
But
our reports from Darfur show that respect for international
humanitarian
law, which would create the conditions for independent and impartial
humanitarian assessment and assistance, is not observed" Amnesty
International said.
Information received by Amnesty International also details
attacks on
and #####ng of civilian property by armed political opposition groups
(the Sudan Liberation Army - SLA, and the Justice and Equality
Movement ,
JEM) fighting the Sudanese government in the region.
"Until there are firm guarantees by all parties to the war in
Darfur
to put an end to attacks on civilians, there will be no effective
improvement to the humanitarian situation of civilians," Amnesty
International said. "Given the competing claims by the Sudanese
government and armed political opposition groups on the real
situation of
civilians in Darfur, it is crucial that independent and impartial
human
rights monitors are given access to the area and enabled to
investigate
and report on gross abuses of international humanitarian and human
rights
law."
"Those who have committed or ordered gross human rights abuses
such
as the killing of civilians, abductions and the destruction of
property
must be held accountable," said Amnesty International. On 3 February,
Amnesty International called in a report for perpetrators of gross
abuses
in Darfur to be made accountable.
Reported abuses of international humanitarian law
Around 11 February, five villages, Shattaya, Derlewiya, Magara,
Kaleik
and Romalya, situated south of the town of Kass, in South Darfur,
were
reportedly attacked by the "Janjawid" militias aligned with the
Sudanese
government. Between 68 and 80 civilians were said to have been killed
in
these attacks. Last week some 30 girls were allegedly abducted by
government soldiers in an attack on the area of Mukjar, in West
Darfur
State.
Between 10 and 12 February, 11 towns and villages, situated
between
Habila and Mornay in West Darfur - the names of the villages are
Habila
Karainik, Karainik, Moqarni, Mornay, Gurnyu, Mejmeri, Effendi, Urbi,
Liri, Kastara and Nuri -were reportedly bombed by the Sudanese Air
Force
in what appeared to be indiscriminate attacks.The Janjawid reportedly
killed civilians who were fleeing from Habila Karainik to Habila,
including Mohamed Ismail, Imam of the mosque and Mubarak al-Nur.
Those
displaced by the bombing have reportedly taken refuge in the larger
towns
in the area such as Mornay, Habila, Magornay, Karainik, which are now
said to be surrounded by Janjawid militias.
Darfur’s armed political groups fighting against the government
were
also alleged to have attacked a hospital in the region, killing some
patients, and engaged in #####ng of civilian property. On 13
February,
the rebel groups reportedly attacked Sellya'a and Yasin villages in
southern Darfur. They allegedly kidnapped two policemen and stole
money
in the attacks.
"We are calling on the government to demonstrate its commitment
to
protect civilians in Darfur by immediately suspending and bringing to
justice all members of its armed forces, including government-aligned
Janjawid militia, suspected of having participated in human rights
abuses
in the region," Amnesty International stressed.
"The SLA and the JEM should commit themselves to respect
international humanitarian law, to ensure that no civilian is the
subject
of unlawful attack, and to give unhindered access to human rights
monitors who can investigate and report on allegations of abuses by
their
forces," the organization urged
Humanitarian access to the region
On 11 February, after intense fighting and aerial bombardments in
North
Darfur, Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir announced a military
victory - denied by armed political groups- and a "unilateral
humanitarian access" in Darfur. He gave those fighting the government
a
month to give up their arms after which they could be given an
amnesty.
He also promised humanitarian organizations access to Al-Fasher,
Kutum,
Umbaru, Kornoi, Al-Tina, Jeneina, Zalingei, Mornay, Kolbus and the
whole
of Southern Darfur State. Last week international humanitarian
experts
and representatives of foreign embassies in Sudan were allowed to
visit
the region. Relief organizations have been able to bring food to
Kutum,
and consequently tens of thousands of internally displaced have
reportedly flocked into the town.
"These steps are to be welcomed. However, humanitarian
organizations
must be able to reach those in need wherever they are, including in
rural
areas or areas where armed groups may operate", said Amnesty
International.
The Sudanese government must also guarantee that humanitarian
access
will be free of political interference.
"Outside observers must be allowed to talk freely to people in
Darfur, including the victims of this war, many of whom camp around
the
major towns in Darfur and continue to be denied proper protection.
The
government must also ensure that those who talk about human rights
abuses
are free do so without fear of reprisal," Amnesty International
urged.
Today, peace talks to resolve the 20-year-old civil war in
southern
Sudan resume in Naivasha, Kenya. Darfur is not covered by these
talks.
Public Document
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nada ali
أحمد أمين
Abureesh
Tumadir
abdelrahim abayazid
Khalid Eltayeb
Rawia
Tanash
إيمان أحمد
Kostawi
فيس بوك
تويتر
انستقرام
يوتيوب
بنتيريست