in a briefing toda<\/strong><\/em>y<\/a>.<\/p>\nBorder Guards, who are under the authority of the Sudanese Military Intelligence, have been involved in attacks that have reportedly killed more than 500 people so far this year.<\/p>\n
According to the UN, roughly 100,000 people have been displaced since violence broke out on 5 January when an officer of the Border Guards and leader of the Rizeigat tribe both laid claim to a gold-rich piece of land in Jebel \u2018Amer.<\/p>\n
Amnesty International is calling upon the Sudanese government to ensure a prompt, impartial and effective investigation into these allegations.<\/p>\n
\u201cAny member of the Border Guards who is reasonably suspected of involvement in committing such attacks must be immediately suspended from their posts,\u201d says Netsanet Belay, Amnesty International\u2019s Africa Director.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey should be charged and prosecuted in fair proceedings, which comply with international standards of fair trial, without resort to the death penalty.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amnesty International is also calling on the UN to monitor adequately and report back on the allegations of government forces attacking civilians which to date they have labelled \u201cinter-communal violence\u201d.<\/p>\n
Government forces and militias are still present in the area and continue to cause insecurity, but the latest large-scale attack took place on 23 February when hundreds of gunmen attacked the town of El Siref, where 60,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) had taken refuge.<\/p>\n
IDPs told Amnesty International that armed men arrived on 150 camels and 200 horses and in more than 40 four-wheel drive vehicles to attack the town.<\/p>\n
Fifty three people were killed and 66 injured, most of whom were civilians, including women and children. Attackers also burned down houses and other civilian buildings.<\/p>\n
Villagers fought back with Kalashnikovs, killing 17 of the attackers, most of whom carried government issued identity documents, identifying them as members of the Border Guards.<\/p>\n
In addition to naming Border Guards officers who participated in attacks, civilians described the use by attackers of heavy weapons, such as Dushka-type heavy machine-guns, RPGs and grenade launchers – equipment used by government forces in the area and not normally available to civilians.<\/p>\n
The Amnesty International briefing on Sudan also includes information on indiscriminate aerial bombardments, ethnically targeted attacks, torture of human rights defenders and the violent suppression of demonstrations.<\/p>\n
Source: http:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/news\/sudan-government-forces-need-stop-attacking-civilians-darfur-2013-03-28<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"28 March 2013 Elements of government forces, along with armed militias, are carrying out multiple large-scale attacks against civilians in North Darfur in what represents the worst instance of violence in recent years, Amnesty International says in a briefing today. Border Guards, who are under the authority of the Sudanese Military Intelligence, have been involved …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research-2"],"yoast_head":"\n
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