UN rights council orders urgent inquiry into Sudan’s Al-Obeid

GENEVA(RAHNUMA): The UN Human Rights Council on Monday passed a motion condemning the escalating violence committed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan’s Al-Obeid and setting up an urgent inquiry into abuses there. Britain, which brought the motion alongside 14 other states, has previously warned of the risk of large-scale atrocities as the […]
Countries request urgent UN debate on Sudan’s Al-Obeid

GENEVA(RAHNUMA): The UN Human Rights Council has received a request for an urgent debate on the situation in Sudan’s al-Obeid, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. “That will most likely take place on Friday,” Pascal Sim, a spokesperson for the council, told a press briefing in Geneva. The request submitted by countries including Britain and Germany […]