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Darfur: UN-African Union Mission Deeply Concerned
Darfur: UN-African Union Mission Deeply Concerned Over Recent Arrests
New York, Nov 3 2010 6:10PM The African Union-United Nations mission in Sudan’s Darfur region, known as UNAMID, said today that it was “deeply concerned” by reports of the closure of the office of a radio station in Khartoum and the arrest of several journalists and human rights activists.
“UNAMID calls for the respect of all those detained and arrested and expresses its hope for a swift resolution to the matter,” according to a press release from the mission.
According to media reports, 10 activists from Darfur, including lawyer Abderahmane Gassim and nine members of a local human-rights organization were arrested since Saturday in Khartoum.
UNAMID was established by the Security Council in 2007 to protect civilians in Darfur, where an estimated 300,000 people have been killed and another 2.7 million forced from their homes since violence erupted in 2003, pitting rebels against Government forces and their allied Janjaweed militiamen.
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