Urgent Action: Allegations of mass rapes in Tabit village in North Darfur, October 31, 2014 – PDF
Sudan Human Rights Network (SHRN) is deeply concerned about the media reports of an alleged mass rape of some 200 women and girls in Tabit, 45 km south-west of El Fasher, in North Darfur, Sudan, by members of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) on Friday, October 31, 2014. According to a press statement issued on Wednesday, November 5, 2014, The African Union-United Nations hybrid mission in Darfur (UNAMID) sent a verification patrol to Tabit on Tuesday, November 4, 2014. The patrol was denied access at the outskirts of the village by Sudanese military. Nine days after the incident, and five days after the initial verification patrol was denied access to investigate the mass rape of many women and girls in Tabit, the UN-AU peacekeeping mission team was granted access and had visited the village, accompanied by government officials, on Sunday, November 9, 2014.
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