Darfur Genocide: Difference between revisions

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The violence continued into 2016 where the government allegedly used chemical weapons against the local population in Darfur. This led to millions being displaced due to the hostile environment. Over 3 million lives are heavily impacted by the conflict.

==Atrocities==

The BBC first reported on the issue of ethnic cleansing in November 2003, and earlier that year in March. An administrator from the United States Agency for International Development giving testimony to congress mentioned ethnic cleansing and the "population clearance" which was occurring in Darfur.

In April 2004, Human Rights Watch (HRW) released ''Darfur Destroyed: Ethnic Cleansing by Government and Militia Forces in Western Sudan'', a 77-page report compiled by HRW following 25 days spent in the region. The executive director of the African branch of HRW, Peter Takirambudde, stated "There can be no doubt about the Sudanese government's culpability in [[crimes against humanity]] in Darfur". The HRW report also documents Janjaweed killings of Muslim religious leaders, desecration of the Koran and the destruction of mosques. This is somewhat ironic considering that the Janjaweed has been confirmed to be made up mostly of Muslims itself.

The use of rape as a tool of genocide has been noted. This crime has been carried out by both Sudanese government forces and the Janjaweed. The actions of the Janjaweed have been described as [[genocidal rape]], with not just women, but children as well. There were also reports of infants being bludgeoned to death, and the sexual mutilation of victims being commonplace.

With the ongoing conflict, it has not been possible for interviewers and activists to conduct population-based surveys in Darfur. However, the rapes reported have mostly occurred in non-Arab villages by the Janjaweed with the assistance of the Sudanese military.

The settings in which these attacks occurred:

#The Janjaweed forces surrounded the village and then attacked girls and women who left the village to gather firewood or water.

#The Janjaweed forces either went house to house, killing the boys and men while raping the girls and women, or rounded up everyone, bringing them to a central location, where the forces then killed the boys and men then raped the girls and women.

#The Janjaweed forces went to nearby villages or towns, internally displaced person (IDP) camps, or across the border into Chad to rape women and children.

According to Tara Gingerich and Jennifer Leaning, the rape attacks were often carried out in front of others "including husbands, fathers, mothers, and children of the victims, who were forced to watch and were prevented from intervening". This genocidal rape has been committed upon a wide age range, that includes women of 70 years or older, girls under 10, and visibly pregnant women.

The missing women and girls have possibly been released, but may have heretofore been unable to reunite with their families. In a statement to the UN, former secretary general Kofi Annan said "In Darfur, we see whole populations displaced, and their homes destroyed, while rape is used as a deliberate strategy."

==People involved==

*[[Omar al-Bashir]]

*[[Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo]]

*[[Hamid Dawai]]

*[[Salah Gosh]]

*[[Ahmed Haroun]]

*[[Musa Hilal]]

*[[Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein]]

*[[Ali Kushayb]]

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 The violence continued into 2016 where the government allegedly used chemical weapons against the local population in Darfur. This led to millions being displaced due to the hostile environment. Over 3 million lives are heavily impacted by the conflict.
+==Atrocities==
+The BBC first reported on the issue of ethnic cleansing in November 2003, and earlier that year in March. An administrator from the United States Agency for International Development giving testimony to congress mentioned ethnic cleansing and the "population clearance" which was occurring in Darfur.
+In April 2004, Human Rights Watch (HRW) released ''Darfur Destroyed: Ethnic Cleansing by Government and Militia Forces in Western Sudan'', a 77-page report compiled by HRW following 25 days spent in the region. The executive director of the African branch of HRW, Peter Takirambudde, stated "There can be no doubt about the Sudanese government's culpability in [[crimes against humanity]] in Darfur". The HRW report also documents Janjaweed killings of Muslim religious leaders, desecration of the Koran and the destruction of mosques. This is somewhat ironic considering that the Janjaweed has been confirmed to be made up mostly of Muslims itself.
+The use of rape as a tool of genocide has been noted. This crime has been carried out by both Sudanese government forces and the Janjaweed. The actions of the Janjaweed have been described as [[genocidal rape]], with not just women, but children as well. There were also reports of infants being bludgeoned to death, and the sexual mutilation of victims being commonplace.
+With the ongoing conflict, it has not been possible for interviewers and activists to conduct population-based surveys in Darfur. However, the rapes reported have mostly occurred in non-Arab villages by the Janjaweed with the assistance of the Sudanese military.
+The settings in which these attacks occurred:
+#The Janjaweed forces surrounded the village and then attacked girls and women who left the village to gather firewood or water.
+#The Janjaweed forces either went house to house, killing the boys and men while raping the girls and women, or rounded up everyone, bringing them to a central location, where the forces then killed the boys and men then raped the girls and women.
+#The Janjaweed forces went to nearby villages or towns, internally displaced person (IDP) camps, or across the border into Chad to rape women and children.
+According to Tara Gingerich and Jennifer Leaning, the rape attacks were often carried out in front of others "including husbands, fathers, mothers, and children of the victims, who were forced to watch and were prevented from intervening". This genocidal rape has been committed upon a wide age range, that includes women of 70 years or older, girls under 10, and visibly pregnant women.
+The missing women and girls have possibly been released, but may have heretofore been unable to reunite with their families. In a statement to the UN, former secretary general Kofi Annan said "In Darfur, we see whole populations displaced, and their homes destroyed, while rape is used as a deliberate strategy."
+==People involved==
+*[[Omar al-Bashir]]
+*[[Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo]]
+*[[Hamid Dawai]]
+*[[Salah Gosh]]
+*[[Ahmed Haroun]]
+*[[Musa Hilal]]
+*[[Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein]]
+*[[Ali Kushayb]]
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 [[Category:Animal Cruelty]]
 [[Category:Destroyer]]
+[[Category:Barbarians]]