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Overview
During the month of January 2016, SUDO (UK)’s network of human rights monitors have reported and verified 67 incidents of human rights abuses across Sudan involving 11 Sudanese states.
Out of the 67 incident reports submitted, SUDO (UK) has assessed that various forces under the authority of the Government of Sudan, as individual entities, were involved collectively in 61 instances of human rights abuses, whilst various militias known collectively as Janjaweed were responsible for 23 human rights abuses. Other perpetrators include unknown actors who were involved in two abuses, and a Gemer ethnic militia involved in one such incident. It is important to stress that multiple actors colluded in various incidents meaning that often two perpetrators would be identified in any one incident report. Most notably such collusion existed between various Government actors and indeed amongst Government actors and militias.
The 67 incident reports detail the following: the death of 129 civilians (plus four members of the Rapid Support Forces); the direct attack on over 115 villages (110 of which are recorded in Darfur); 11 incidents of displacement; the rape of 44 women; the detention of at least 53 persons in containers in Demazin, Blue Nile state; the arrest of 53 persons; five instances of torture; and one confirmed death following torture perpetrated by the National Intelligence and Security Services in West Darfur.
It is worth emphasising that the figures provided should only be considered as a starting point. For example, where reports state that “several” or “many” died, SUDO (UK) will only count the death of one individual as the exact number cannot be verified, though it is clear at least one instance has occurred. The same logic applies for other human rights abuses where data is not exact.