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U.N.: Sudanese Gov’t Is Orchestrating Killings in Darfur

HeadlineMar 12, 2007

A United Nations human rights mission has accused Sudan’s government of orchestrating and taking part in international crimes in Darfur, where more than 200,000 people have been killed over the past four years. The report from the U.N. Human Rights Council said, “The situation is characterized by gross and systematic violations of human rights and grave breaches of international humanitarian law.”

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