The government of Sudan is responsible for "ethnic cleansing" and crimes against humanity in Darfur, which is located on Sudan's western border with Chad (. The Sudanese government, along with the Arab "Janjaweed" militias they arm and support, have attacked the civilians of the African Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa ethnic groups. These attacks involved massacres, summary executions of civilians, burnings of towns and villages, and the forceful depopulation of Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa land. The militia, Muslim like the African groups, have destroyed many religious artifacts including the desecrated Qorans that belong to their enemies (Human Rights Watch, 2004, p. 5).
The Sudanese government is breaching at least two articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR); Article 3, "Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person", (General Assembly Resolution, 1948, Article 3) and Article 5, "No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading......
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