UN Expert: Rights Situation In Sudan 'Critical' -- Yahoo News/APGENEVA – The human rights situation in Sudan is "critical," an independent U.N. expert said Tuesday, accusing the nation's government of cracking down on its critics and shielding those responsible for gross violations such as rape, torture and murder.
Sima Samar, the U.N. special investigator for Sudan, said Khartoum has persecuted human rights activists, aid workers and journalists since the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudan's president, Omar al-Bashir, who is accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.
"The human rights situation in the Sudan remains critical," Samar said in a 22-page report.
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