 NAIROBI — A leading human rights organisation yesterday urged the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on Sudan's government over its activities in the war-ravaged region of Darfur, warning that a draft resolution on the table was insufficient. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the Council, which will hold a special session on Sudan in Nairobi later this week, should extend a limited and ineffective arms embargo imposed in July, target government figures with asset and travel restrictions and empower African Union troops in Darfur to better protect civilians. "The Sudanese government continues to terrorise its own citizens even in the face of the UN Security Council arriving in Africa," HRW Executive Director for Africa, Peter Takirambudde, said in a statement introducing a 43-page report, entitled "If We Return, We Will Be Killed."
| I'm sure they'll find a way to blame us. |
| The title of the report shows that HRW is fully aware that Sudan (and other pest-holes around the world) are absolutely indifferent to the suffering of their citizens, and gladly kill aid workers on purpose to keep them away. Why won't they let the US/NATO/friendly military forces take the gloves off? |
| Eeeeeck! No! We mustn't do that! Why, that would be icky-poo! Can't we get another resolution to cover this? All this talk of military actions makes me faint, I'd best go lie down. |
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