Human Rights Watch, 17 May 2009 (New York) – The decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to summon a rebel leader allegedly responsible for the killing of African Union peacekeeping forces in Darfur underscores the gravity of attacks against those deployed to protect civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. Rebel commander Bahar Idriss Abu [...]
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Court Acts to Protect Peacekeepers: Rebel Commander Expected to Appear Before the ICC
Posted in News Updates, tagged AMIS, Bahar Idriss Abu Garda, Darfur, Human Rights Watch, ICC, Peacekeepers, Rome Statute, Sudan, Summons, UNAMID on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Carjackers Kill Peacekeeper in Darfur
Posted in News Updates, tagged Darfur, Peacekeeper, Sudan, UNAMID on May 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Reuters, 08 May 2009 KHARTOUM, May 8 (Reuters) – Carjackers shot and killed an international peacekeeper at the gate of his residence in Sudan’s Darfur region, the UNAMID peacekeeping force said on Friday, describing the attack as a “war crime”. The military observer, who died on Thursday evening, was the second peacekeeper to be killed [...]
Four Darfur Peacekeepers Wounded in Ambush
Posted in News Updates, tagged Sudan, UNAMID on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Associated Press, 09 March 2009 Khartoum, Sudan: Gunmen ambushed troops of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force in Sudan’s Darfur region Monday night, wounding four soldiers, a spokesman for the mission said. The attack was the first reported violence against peacekeepers since the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant last week for Sudan’s president, [...]
