Sudan: UN Rights Office Aides Describe Abuses, Including Sexual Violence, in New Sudan Report

Geneva — UN Human Rights’ representatives outlined a new Sudan report Friday showing the systematic violations and abuses – often ethnically motivated – including summary executions, targeting of health workers, abductions, and rife and targeted sexual violence against women and girls in the East African country.

Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson for the Human Rights Office, said at a UN press conference, “Our report finds that the conflict-driven crisis has intensified, pointing to a rise…