Atrocities daily in Sudan's Darfur: U.N. rights chief
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Atrocities are occurring daily in Sudan's Darfur region and rape and pillage directed against civilians are at "a horrific level," United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said on Wednesday.
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UNITED NATIONS  - The United Nations' Canadian human rights chief urged the Security Council on Wednesday to immediately refer abuses in Sudan's Darfur region to the International Criminal Court.
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The UN's top rights official accused Sudan of &quot;failing&quot; the people of Darfur and called for an international police presence to curb continued attacks on civilians in the troubled region.
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Excerpts from a report by a U.N. human rights team investigating crimes against humanity in Sudan's Darfur region.
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A senior United Nations official said here Monday that the situation in the western Sudanese regionof Darfur is still troublesome.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell called atrocities in Sudan's Darfur region genocide and demanded a UN probe into the crisis, hastening moves toward sanctions on Khartoum.
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WASHINGTON -- The ongoing genocide in Sudan's troubled Darfur region was the world's worst human rights abuse last year, the United States said Tuesday in a global report that found freedoms eroding in numerous other nations, including war-torn Afghanistan and Iraq.
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United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Kofi Annan has called on the Security Council to take action on the escalating violence in the Darfur region of Sudan.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Tuesday urged swift action to stop the killing in Sudan's Darfur region, but the Security Council was divided about sending the case to the International Criminal Court or setting up an entirely new tribunal to handle allegations of crimes against humanity.
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United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon visited the strife-torn Sudanese region of Darfur Wednesday, admitting the international community has not done enough to end four years of war and human suffering.
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Washington issued a damning human rights report on Sudan, saying genocide in Darfur continued and blaming both government and rebel forces for attacks in the remote region.
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Atrocities in the Darfur region of Sudan are occurring daily at a "horrific" level, the top U.N. human rights official said yesterday, adding that countries in the region were "in denial" about the situation.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan accused the Sudanese government on Thursday of failing to protect citizens in Darfur from killings, rape and other violence, warning it may be held accountable for those acts in the future.
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The UN must impose sanctions on Sudan over continuing attacks on civilians in Darfur, says Human Rights Watch.
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The U.N. Human Rights Council, under strong pressure to act against atrocities in Darfur, voted Wednesday to send a team of investigators to the war-torn region of western Sudan to report on civilian deaths, rapes, mass flight and destruction of villages.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday demanded speedy prosecution of Sudanese officials and militiamen guilty of crimes against humanity in Darfur, as members of the Security Council came under renewed pressure to put teeth into threats punish those responsible.
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Leaders representing over 100 million Christians, Muslims and Jews urged Secretary-General Kofi Annan to report the number of deaths and rapes in Sudan's Darfur region daily to highlight what they say is genocide.