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OVERVIEW
During the month of July 2016, SUDO (UK)’s network of human rights monitors have reported and verified 66 incidents relating to the abuse of human rights across Sudan involving eight Sudanese states.
Enclosed within the 66 reports, SUDO (UK) has assessed that forces under the direct control of the Government of Sudan[1] were responsible for 32 instances of human rights abuses, whilst forces categorised as Janjaweed and/or pro-government[2] were responsible for 30 abuses. The Armed Opposition movements[3] were accountable for four abuses, whilst members of a Nuweiba ethnic militia were responsible for one instance. In total, 67 actors were identified as perpetrators within the 66 reports.
The 66 reports further detail the following: the death of 31 civilians including 10 minors; the injury of 47 persons; the rape of 17 women including seven minors (one woman died from injuries sustained during the rape); 28 arrests; nine incidents of kidnapping (including one by the RSF after injuring a civilian); four instances of aerial bombardment utilising no less than 84 bombs including explosive bombs and barrel bombs directly targeting 11 civilian villages; and 12 instances relating to a clampdown on journalists and media outlets including seven newspaper confiscations, two newspaper suspensions and two opening of investigations against journalists and newspapers.
This report highlights continued government bombardment in Darfur through the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Sudanese Air Force, as well as continual government repression against civil society and media institutions.