Hundreds From Darfur Held Incommunicado Since May Rebel Attack
The Sudanese government should immediately account for the hundreds of men, women, and children arrested in Khartoum since a rebel attack on the capital in May 2008, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. The government should also bring to justice those responsible for [...]

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Tells Khartoum to Cooperate With International Criminal Court
(New York, June 16, 2008) – The UN Security Council’s presidential statement criticizing Sudan’s failure to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) signals international impatience with impunity for Darfur war crimes suspects, Human Rights Watch said today. The presidential statement, issued this morning, is the first time [...]

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EU Ministers Should Follow Through With Action at July Meeting
Brussels, June 16, 2008) – The European Union should follow through with its pledge to impose sanctions on Sudanese officials who continue to defy the International Criminal Court (ICC), Human Rights Watch said today.
“Today, the EU ministers renewed their pledge to the victims of Darfur to [...]

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Press Sudan to Cooperate With the International Criminal Court
The United Nations Security Council should press Sudan to surrender war crimes suspects Ahmad Harun and Ali Kushayb to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, an international coalition of human rights groups said today.
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Amnesty International is gravely concerned by the Sudanese security forces’ crackdown following the incursion into Khartoum, by an armed group. The crackdown has been characterized by serious human rights violations including hundreds of arbitrary arrests, cases of ill-treatment, as well as extra-judicial executions. These violations have mostly been targeted at Darfuris.
On Saturday 10 May 2008, [...]

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Government Attacks Show Civilians Need Greater International Protection
The United Nations Security Council should impose targeted sanctions on Sudanese officials responsible for attacks against civilians in West Darfur in February 2008, said Human Rights Watch in a new report released today. Following an attack by Darfur rebels on Khartoum on May 10, 2008, Human Rights [...]

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Sudan Should Arrest War Crimes Suspects Now
One year after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for two war crimes suspects in Darfur, human rights organizations around the world are launching a Justice for Darfur campaign, calling for the two to be arrested.
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The humanitarian crisis in Darfur is one of the largest in the world. Since the start of 2003 two million people have fled their homes and 200,000 have died.
Global Day for Darfur was organised by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Save Darfur Coalition.
The UK government has proposed London hosts Darfur peace talks and [...]

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The United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force to Darfur (UNAMID) was deployed on 31 December 2007, but little has changed for the children of the region. Since December there have been a number of attacks by government forces and armed militia.
Each attack has left men, women and children dead and displaced. Obstructions to the effective deployment [...]

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Thousands of people in more than 30 countries across the globe will mark five years of war in Darfur with protests on Sunday, April 13, 2008.
Sunday’s Global Day for Darfur – organized by an international coalition of human rights groups including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the Save Darfur Coalition – is highlighting how [...]

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