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UN rights body urges Sudan to prosecute war crimes
27 Jul 2007 10:22:23 GMT
Source: Reuters
GENEVA, July 27 (Reuters) - The United Nations Human Rights Committee called on Sudan on Friday to prosecute war crimes committed in Darfur and to ensure that no support is given to militias that engage in "ethnic cleansing".

The body of 18 independent experts voiced concern that Sudan had not carried out any thorough and independent probe into serious human rights violations in the country, especially in the western region of Darfur.

Its conclusions on the records of three countries including Sudan were issued after a three-week meeting in Geneva.
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Demonstrators hold a placard outside Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's residence in Jerusalem during a protest against the expected deportation of Sudanese refugees, August 22, 2007. Israel said on Sunday it would turn away refugees from Sudan's war-torn Darfur region but allow some 500 already in the country to remain, enforcing a policy aimed at halting illegal African migration via Egypt. Responding to a persistent flow of illegal migrants through its porous border with its southern neighbour, Israel handed over 48 Sudanese to authorities in Egypt late on Saturday, Egyptian security officials said.



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