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Sudanese Government Continues to Violate Human Rights in Southern Kordofan State
Alkhabar Staff
29/08/2013
NEW YORK - The government of The Sudan continues to commit Human Rights violations in Southern Kordofan State, according to a report released today.
The report was released by The Sudan Consortium an African and International Civil Society Action for Sudan.
In the six-week-period from 1 June to 15 July, the Sudanese Air Force and Sudanese Armed Forces bombed and shelled civilian areas in Southern Kordofan. During the reporting period, the Sudanese Air Force systematically bombed civilian settlements in opposition-held areas of Heiban, Al Buram, Kadugli and Um Dorein Counties in Southern Kordofan. The Sudanese Armed Forces also shelled populated areas in Al Buram and Um Dorein, the report said.
Local human rights monitors working in Southern Kordofan documented more than 50 such attacks during the reporting period, with the majority of attacks being bombing raids carried out by Antonov bomber aircraft. These aircrafts drop large, crudely constructed, and unguided bombs from high altitude thereby relying on methods and means of delivery which are inherently indiscriminate, the report added.
As a result of these attacks, ten civilians (including seven children and one woman) were killed, and 25 were injured during the reporting period, based on the calculations of the local monitors.
According to the monitors who documented these attacks, all of the locations where these casualties occurred were clearly identifiable as civilian in character, were not being used for military purposes and did not represent legitimate military targets.
The Sudan Consortium, in cooperation with local human rights monitors on the grounds, works to highlight ongoing violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in the region.
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