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 Re: الأمم المتحدة تدعو إلى التحقيق في جرائم حرب في ج كردفان والمحاسبة (Re: Elbagir Osman)
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صورة لثلاثة مقابر جماعية جديدة قرب كادوقلي
Report: New Eyewitnesses, Satellite Evidence of Three More Mass Graves in South Kordofan, Sudan
WASHINGTON – The Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP) has obtained visual evidence, and new eyewitness reports, of three more mass grave sites in and around Kadugli, capital of Sudan’s conflict-torn Southern Kordofan state. Satellite imagery reveals what appear to be two piles of corpses wrapped in body bags or tarps on a wooded mountainside. Rising above the site are the town’s landmark, giant words of welcome: “Kadugli, The Town of Love and Peace.” The painted, white Arabic lettering is visible by anyone who flies in or drives through.
Elsewhere in Kadugli, based on Harvard Humanitarian Initiative’s analysis of DigitalGlobe imagery and eyewitness accounts, SSP concludes that government-aligned forces are likely trying to cover up another alleged mass grave beneath a water tank.
Satellite imagery also shows fresh digging where an eyewitness reported to SSPseeing an earthmover dump five or six bodies into a mass grave just outside a private garden full of mango and lime trees. Next to the excavated pit, the witness reported seeing two men wearing what appeared to be white Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS) aprons hoist a dead body out of an SRCS Land Cruiser and place it on the ground.
Enough Project Co-founder John Prendergast said:
“Evidence continues to mount of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Sudangovernment. Just as in the early days in the Darfurcrisis, endless debates about basic facts on the ground stymied any meaningful international response. The human rights crisis in the NubaMountains, which will eventually lead to a humanitarian emergency, is indisputable and demands a much more robust civilian protection response.”
The satellite imagery corroborates reports of mass graves in a United Nations report released on 15 August that also describes alleged arbitrary arrests, house-to-house searches, and extrajudicial killings in Kadugli. The United Nations is urging an investigation into those allegations, which may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Dr. Charlie Clements, Executive Director of the HarvardCarrCenter, said:
“The concealment of potential evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity can itself constitute a war crime. The Satellite Sentinel Project’s evidence, presented in this report, adds urgency to the many calls to finally secure evidence of the crimes allegedly committed by the Government of Sudan.”
The three alleged mass grave sites identified in this report are separate from and in addition to the three apparent mass graves south of the Tilo School in Kadugli shown in SSP’s 14 July 2011 report. SSP has posted an interactive map of the Kadugli area, showing the locations of the six alleged mass graves.
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Elbagir Osman
فيس بوك
تويتر
انستقرام
يوتيوب
بنتيريست