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| May 14, 2011 |
Darfur and south Sudan, hundreds of thousands of civilians
continued to suffer the effects of armed conflict and restricted
access to humanitarian aid. The conflict in Darfur escalated and
included attacks on villages which resulted in thousands of newly
displaced people. Sexual violence against women remained rife in and
around camps for the internally displaced. Abductions and attacks on
humanitarian convoys also increased. Human rights violations, mainly
by the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), continued to
be committed with impunity. Perceived critics of the government were
arrested, tortured or ill-treated and prosecuted for exercising their
rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly. Death
sentences were handed down, including against juveniles. Women, young
girls and men were arrested and flogged in the north because of their
"dress" or "behaviour" in public places.
continued to suffer the effects of armed conflict and restricted
access to humanitarian aid. The conflict in Darfur escalated and
included attacks on villages which resulted in thousands of newly
displaced people. Sexual violence against women remained rife in and
around camps for the internally displaced. Abductions and attacks on
humanitarian convoys also increased. Human rights violations, mainly
by the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), continued to
be committed with impunity. Perceived critics of the government were
arrested, tortured or ill-treated and prosecuted for exercising their
rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly. Death
sentences were handed down, including against juveniles. Women, young
girls and men were arrested and flogged in the north because of their
"dress" or "behaviour" in public places.