State-led murder and rape of villagers in Darfur - African Union reports

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State-led murder and rape of villagers in Darfur uncovered

GETHIN CHAMBERLAIN
CHIEF NEWS CORRESPONDENT

CONFIDENTIAL African Union (AU) reports have provided damning new evidence of the involvement of Sudanese government forces and their Janjaweed militia allies in the murder and rape of civilians in the Darfur region.

AU monitors have collected photographic evidence of Sudanese helicopter gunships in action attacking villages, and their reports conclude that the Sudanese government has systematically breached the peace deals that it signed to placate the United Nations Security Council.

Reports from Darfur indicate that air attacks on villages have continued amid defiance of UN resolutions calling on the Khartoum regime to disarm the Janjaweed, with the latest helicopter attack in south Darfur reported to have taken place on 13 May as the UN secretary-general, Kofi Annan, was preparing to visit the province.

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Yesterday, the group Human Rights Watch, which is campaigning for an enlarged AU force to be sent to Darfur, warned that attacks continued to take place.

"There is a lot of insecurity on the ground and it is still far too dangerous for people to return home," said a spokeswoman.

http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1160&id=594012005

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1. Today's Darfur: Daily News May 31, 2005

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3758813#

Thank god for the AU witnesses. & MSF too. Makes all the difference.