Sudan: Human Rights Investigations - ' Army Ordered Mass Rape Darfur'

11 February 2015

New York — Sudanese army officers ordered the mass rape of more than 200 women and girls in Tabit village in North Darfur in October last year, according to a human rights organisation that investigated the events in Tabit by interviewing dozens of victims and eyewitnesses as well as two army members who said they were "given orders to rape".

Human Rights Watch (HRW) started its investigations after Radio Dabanga published on 2 November 2015 the first reports on the mass rape in Tabit town, based on interviews with victim and eyewitnesses. The Sudanese government denied the reports, sealed off the town, and began a campaign to prevent information about the incident from becoming public.

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