Amnesty International calls for arms embargo on Khartoum
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Amnesty International, just back from a fact-finding mission to Sudan, called for an international arms embargo to be slapped on Khartoum as a way to stop ongoing atrocities in the Darfur region.
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Rwanda's pledge of troops to protect civilians in Darfur should encourage other countries to press Sudan to accept more African Union troops to stop the killing there, Human Rights Watch said.
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An African crisis summit to discuss unrest in Ivory Coast on Sunday called for an immediate UN arms embargo on both sides in the conflict, as the Ivorian government moved to rebuild its air force.
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Description: Monday is the deadline set by the UN for Sudan&#39;s government to disarm the militias accused of killing more than 30,000 African farmers while looting and burning their villages.
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A top-level team from rights group Amnesty International arrived in Sudan for talks with officials in Khartoum ahead of a trip to the war-torn region of Darfur.
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China is threatening to veto a revised U.S. draft resolution that would consider U.N. sanctions against Sudan's oil industry if Khartoum does not rein in marauding militia fighters in its Darfur region, diplomats reported on Wednesday.
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KHARTOUM : Sudan condemned as &quot;unfair&quot; a new UN resolution urging Khartoum to restore security to the crisis-wracked Darfur region or face possible sanctions but said it would abide by the UN&#39;s demands.
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Human Rights Watch urged the United  Nations Security Council on Thursday to impose targeted  sanctions on Sudan if it fails to stop attacks on civilians in  Darfur or disrupts the work of a planned peacekeeping force.
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PETALING JAYA: Amnesty International has condemned armed political groups in Sudan for violating international humanitarian laws. Criticising the Sudanese government for being slow in resolving
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China is threatening to veto a  revised U.S. draft resolution that would consider U.N.  sanctions against Sudan's oil industry if Khartoum does not  rein in marauding militia fighters in its Darfur region,  diplomats reported on Wednesday.
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A European Union arms embargo to Myanmar is under threat from an Indian project to sell an attack helicopter to the military regime, Amnesty International said in a report published Monday.
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Amnesty International calls for a body to prosecute human rights violations by Israelis and Palestinians.
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The United Nations last night told the government in Khartoum that it risked being hit with international sanctions if it failed to act immediately to end the violence in Darfur
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Powerful governments and armed groups are spreading fear to divert attention from human rights abuses, exacerbating polarization in an increasingly dangerous world, Amnesty International said yesterday in its annual assessment of rights worldwide.
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The United Nations urged warring  groups in Darfur on Thursday to lay down their weapons during  the Islamic holy month of Ramadan to let relief workers operate  in Sudan's battered west.
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South Africa has thrown its support for a United Nations (UN) arms embargo against Ivory Coast following internal strife that saw people killed in violent attacks.
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United Nations: France on Monday pressed the UN Security Council to slap an arms embargo on Ivory Coast amid an upsurge of violence in the west African nation but ran into reluctance from China, diplomats said.