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News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty
International
AI INDEX: AFR 54/060/2004 3 June 2004
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
PRESS RELEASE
AI Index: AFR 54/060/2004 (Public)
News Service No: 137
Embargo Date: 3 June 2004 00:01 GMT
Sudan: Death and devastation continue in Darfur
Published
Amnesty International delegates, who recently returned from a research
mission among Sudanese refugees in Chad, are calling on the international
donors' conference on Darfur, meeting in Geneva on 3 June, to ensure that
the protection of civilians is addressed with the same urgency as
humanitarian aid.
"The armed militias (Janjawid) supported by the Sudanese government armed
forces have been responsible for massive human rights violations against the
civilian population in Darfur," the delegates said.
"Our research confirmed again the systematic and well-organized pillaging
and destruction of villages, which led to the forced displacement of the
rural population of Darfur," said Amnesty International's delegates. "The
Janjawid, often in military uniform, accompanied by soldiers, attacked each
village not once, but often three or four times before the population fled.
Local people gave us more details of the two large-scale extrajudicial
executions in Murli and Deleij carried out by security forces and Janjawid."
The international concern about the horror and devastation in Darfur needs
to be translated into real changes on the ground, said Amnesty
International's delegates.
The Sudanese government has so far failed to take concrete and prompt
measures to stop the horrendous cycle of killings and rape committed by the
Janjawid militias against the civilian population of Darfur.
"While the logic of peace is emerging between the Khartoum authorities and
the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), the dynamic of war is still well
rooted in Darfur."
"The violence against civilians breached not only international human rights
standards but also appeared often to be an intentional attempt to humiliate
and destroy the social fabric of the communities. We heard accounts of
summary and systematic killing of civilians including in mosques, rape of
women and girls with their husbands or parents nearby and the burning of old
women in their homes," organization's delegates said.
Hundreds of thousands of civilians have been forced to abandon their
devastated villages in Darfur. Some of them have been compelled to seek
refuge in overpopulated centres in the region. These centres face serious
scarcity of basic needs such as food, water, tents and medical supplies.
Thousands of others have braved serious risks to life to reach eastern Chad.
A refugee told Amnesty International's delegates: "I have lost everything
now; I have nothing but the fingers of my two hands." Another added: "As
long as the safety of my family is not guaranteed, I don't wish to return
home."
A 13-year old boy told how he was abducted by security forces and the
Janjawid from a farm and taken to a camp near Khartoum. There, he was
stripped naked and flogged. Another youth told how he was held in a Janjawid
camp for three weeks until he escaped.
One of the focuses of the Amnesty International mission was violence against
women. "They came and took away our wives and daughters; they were not
ashamed to rape them in the open," a village chief said of the violence done
to women during the conflict.
A woman told how she and a group of girls were taken away by attackers
wearing civilian clothes and khaki uniforms and raped repeatedly over a
three-day period. They told them: "next time we come, we will exterminate
you all, we will not even leave a child alive".
"The 8 April cease fire agreement between the Sudanese government and the
Sudanese Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) and Justice and Equality Movement
(JEM) has not changed the disastrous daily plight of civilians in Darfur and
in the refugees in eastern Chad," said the delegates.
Nearly two months after the ceasefire, signed on 8 April 2004, the ceasefire
monitors, who are mandated to report on violations, are not yet in place. It
is not clear how effective 90 monitors, 60 military and 30 civilian, will be
in an area the size of France where daily killings and rapes are still being
reported.
"The international community should provide the African Union with the
necessary political and logistical support for them to be effective and they
must report publicly," the organization urged.
Amnesty International is repeating its call for human rights monitors under
a mandate of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
closely monitor the human rights situation in Darfur. "Given the many cases
of rape and accompanying trauma, monitors must include a component with
expertise in gender and sexual violence," it said.
On 22 May, Janjawid violated the ceasefire and killed at least 40 villagers
and burnt five villages including, Tabaldiya and Abqarajeh, 15 km south of
Nyala. They reportedly arrived, some in army uniforms, on horses and camels.
On the day the observer agreement was signed on 28 May the Sudanese air
force bombed the village of Tabet on a market day, reportedly killing 12
people. The Sudanese authorities have denied these attacks and accused the
SLA and the JEM of violating the ceasefire.
"The Janjawid who attacked the Tabaldiya villages reportedly came from the
former army training camp of Dumai, near Nyala," said Amnesty International.
"The government is not addressing the impunity of the Janjawid, it is
integrating them into the army."
Delegates stressed the continuing fear of the refugees in the Chad border
area of attacks by the Janjawid.
"Only if steps are taken to ensure that the militias are no longer in a
position to abuse human rights will the displaced have any confidence in the
future," they said. "Consistent reports from Sudanese in Chad and Darfur
suggest that the Janjawid are actually occupying many of the villages left
empty by the fleeing population."
For online content and actions on the Darfur crisis, go to:
Background information page
http://amnesty-news.c.topica.com/maacjuYaa7lItbeqaDnb/ (English)
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http://amnesty-news.c.topica.com/maacjuYaa7lIvbeqaDnb/ (French)
http://amnesty-news.c.topica.com/maacjuYaa7lIwbeqaDnb/ (Arabic)
Web Action (WA 22/04)
http://amnesty-news.c.topica.com/maacjuYaa7lIxbeqaDnb/ (English)
http://amnesty-news.c.topica.com/maacjuYaa7lIybeqaDnb/ (Spanish)
(other languages available soon)
Slideshow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Amnesty International"
To:
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 1:40 PM
Subject: Sudan: Victims of the war in Darfur speak about their plight
> News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty
International
>
> AI INDEX: AFR 54/063/2004 3 June 2004
>
> Sudan: Victims of the war in Darfur speak about their plight
>
>
> "The attack took place in at dawn on September 2003 when many Janjawid
arrived on camels, horses and by cars. Some Arab women, on donkeys and on
camels, accompanied them. The women took part in the #####ng. I was sleeping
when the attack took place. I was taken away by the attackers in khaki and
in civilians clothes, along with dozens of other girls, and had to walk for
three hours. During the day, we were beaten up and the Janjawid they told
us: 'you, the black women, we will exterminate you; you have no God.' We
were taken to a place in the bush were the Janjawid raped us several times
at night. For three days, we did not receive food and almost no water. After
three days, the Janjawid had to move to another place and set us free. They
told us: 'next time we come, we will exterminate you all, we will not even
leave a child alive'." ( A 20-year old woman from Dasa village in Darfur,
now in a refugee camp in eastern Chad)
>
> *******************
>
> "I was at home when the military came along with the Janjawid on horse
back and on camels. They surrounded the village, set fire to a number of
houses and shot at people, my brother was killed in front of me." (A refugee
in Chad)
>
> *******************
>
> "One day after the Eid al-Kebir, around 9 am, a first group of attackers
arrived on camels, then another group on horses and the third group by car.
They shot in the air. They were accompanied by Arab women, riding behind the
men. These women sang songs to encourage the men during the #####ng. They
shot and set fire to the huts. They said, 'nobody must live, we are going to
kill you all'. They shot at the male villagers. All the huts in Dasa were
burnt down." (A 30-year old woman)
>
> *******************
>
> "I have lost everything now; I have nothing but the fingers of my two
hands." (A refugee in Chad)
>
> *******************
>
> "As long as the safety of my family is not guaranteed, I don't wish to
return to home." (A refugee in Chad)
>
> *******************
>
> "The village was attacked one day in August 2003 at 6am by men on horses,
camels, three Antonov airplanes, two MIGs and in cars. The Janjawid arrived
first on horses, then the government forces and then the planes. Some 150
people were killed: three women, four children and the rest men. The
Janjawid beat up five adult women outside of the village because they
refused to reveal where they had hidden their money. I fled with other
inhabitants towards Wadi Sayra, then walked for 10 days to the border. The
Janjawid had took away 300 cows, 400 goats and 200 camels, as well as money.
(A 24-year-old woman from Kerana village, two days' walk from Jeneina)
>
> ******************
>
> "The attack took place at 6am on Sunday 29 June and was carried out by
both Janjawid and the government, arriving on camels, horses and by cars - -
some 150 men in khaki in all. Two Antonov planes also took part in the
attack. Some 65 men were praying at the mosque. The horses, camels and cars
surrounded the mosque and the shooting started. All the men in the mosque
were killed." (A refugee from the village of Goz Na'ima , some 80km from Abu
Gamra)
>
> ******************
>
> "We came here because the Arabs and the government are killing us. They
drove us away from our village and took our property."
>
> *****************
>
> "The government came with planes, cars, horses and camels. We can't fight
them; we are very poor and only have God to help us. They are killing us, we
had to run away or we would have been killed." (A woman internally displaced
by the conflict)
>
> *****************
>
> "As we left the village, the military came with the Arabs and the airplane
dropped the bomb. Now I don't know where my mother and father are. I don't
know if the military killed them or what happened to them. Our entire
village is burnt. (A 19-year old male refugee in MSF field hospital, Tina,
Chad)
>
> *****************
>
> "The airplane came and bombed the area. We ran from the bomb... far from
the village. We found the military with the Janjawid. They were on horseback
and camels."
>
> *****************
>
> "They hit us. We were injured. People came to take us away, but we don't
know where our families are now... we found ourselves here." (A 24-year old
refugee in MSF Field hospital, Tina, Chad)
>
> ****************
>
> "We arrived at Birak around 10 August. The problem was that the Janjawid
were killing and burning the houses. They attacked the village twice in
August, on one Sunday and the following Saturday. They first attacked at 6am
when people were in their houses. About 250 of them came on camels,
horseback and by car. They attacked people inside their houses and killed 25
people. They said nothing they just started shooting as soon as they
arrived. They came with the soldiers, they kill together, they have the same
clothes and are in military cars." (A refugee from the village of Jaffal,
South of Silaya, 165km from Tina, now in Chad)
>
> *****************
>
> The attack took place on 28 August. There were many people killed: 82
during the first attack, 72 during the second one, including a woman killed
in the market. During the first attack the village was burnt, some people
were killed by gun shots. Others, like children and the old, were burnt. We
didn't have time to protect ourselves. Women are often attacked, their
cloths are taken from them and they are left naked; men are killed and women
are raped; they are tortured, raped and beaten." (A refugee from the village
of Murli, 5km from Geneina, now in Chad)
>
> ******************
>
> "My son Abdel Qader, who is eight, was injured on the right hand by a
bomb. It was 7July and he was near the house, herding goats. The plane came,
dropped bombs and the fire coming from the bombs cut his fingers. Another
young boy was injured. I went to the doctor to get medicine, but the plane
came again and we ran away to Tina-Chad. He's going to go to the doctor
today."
>
> Abdel Qader: "The blood sometimes comes out between my fingers, it hurts.
I'm a schoolboy of the 4th class and I write with my right hand." (A female
refugee and her son from Tina, currently in Chad)
>
> ********************
>
> "I came here because the plane destroyed my house, injured my husband and
I'm ill. I came to have medicine from MSF. When the plane came, I was five
months pregnant. I lost my baby because of the bombing. When the plane
bombed, I was outside the house, I saw my husband was inside. I ran to the
house. The smoke from the bomb made me cough, then I lost my child. I came
here with my husband, he came back to Kornoy now. I came here 2 months ago
because I was feeling ill. My body still hurts and my stomach is still big."
(A female refugee from Kornoy, currently in Chad)
>
> ********************
>
> "I come from the village of Suju. The Arabs came at 4 am and first started
to shoot in the air, and then they started to shoot at the people who were
fleeing. My son and brother were killed in the crowd, as were many
inhabitants of the village. Many victims lay on the ground and could not be
buried. The Arabs left at 10am after setting fire to the huts and stealing
the cattle. Most of the victims were men." (A 50-year old woman in Goz Amer
refugee camp, Chad)
>
> ********************
>
> "The village was attacked on 28 June 2003, when men on horses and camels
and in cars came in and surrounded the village at midday. The Janjawid were
accompanied by soldiers of the government, the latter using cars. Two hours
later, an Antonov plane and two helicopters flew over the village and shot
rockets. The attackers came into the houses and shot my mother and
grandfather, without any word. Most of the inhabitants had stayed in their
houses. The attack lasted for two hours and everything was burnt down in the
village." (A 25-year old woman from Abu Jidad village, in the Abu Gamra
region, now in Mile refugee camp, Chad)
>
>
> More information on the crisis in Sudan at
http://amnesty-news.c.topica.com/maacjvCaa7lOSbeqaDnb/
>
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