Friday, January 23, 2009

Darfur update

From the AFP...
GENEVA (AFP) — Sudanese forces broke international law when they opened fire on a group of displaced people in Darfur last August, killing 33 of them, including women and children, a UN investigation concluded Friday.

"Government security forces committed violations of international human rights law against the civilian population of Kalma IDP camp," the joint investigation by the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN-African peacekeeping mission in Darfur said.

"It was established that the security forces used lethal force in an unnecessary, disproportionate and therefore unlawful manner," it added.
Still no word on if the ICC will arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for crimes against humanity.

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