Sudan: Government Officials Implicated in Supporting Janjawid Militias

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http://allafrica.com/stories/200407200032.html

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday it had obtained documents showing that Sudanese government officials had directed the recruitment, arming and support for Janjawid militias in the country's western region of Darfur.

The confidential documents, obtained from the civilian administrations in Northern and Southern Darfur, implicated high-ranking government officials in "a policy of militia support", HRW added in a news statement.

The government of Sudan has admitted arming the militias to fight a rebellion in the region, but has consistently denied supporting them with its army, and has never accepted responsibility for the widespread human rights abuses they have committed. It was not possible to immediately get a comment from the government on the HRW report.

HRW and other groups have accused the militias and Sudanese government forces of being responsible for crimes against humanity, war crimes and ethnic cleansing involving aerial and ground attacks targeting civilians.
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