Scribes tortured for exposing Darfur chemical warfareFrom RAJI BASHIR in Khartoum, SudanKHARTOUM, (CAJ News) – TWO filmmakers abducted and detained for investigating human rights violations in Darfur have been brutalized in prison. Commissioned by a United Kingdom television station, Phil Cox, a British national, and Daoud Hari, a Darfuri translator, were probing reports Sudanese security forces had used chemical weapons against civilians in Jebel Marra between January and August 2016. The pair has been beaten, subjected to electric shocks, deliberately deprived of oxygen and subjected to mock executions. Following their release and that a pattern of arbitrary detention and torture at Kober have been exposed, Amnesty International called for a probe. Wanyeki said alleged chemical attacks which killed an estimated 200 to 250 people, must be thoroughly and independently investigated.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 06, 2017 04:52 UTC