Thursday 28 June 2012

Arming South Sudan

There is a new report from Amnesty International accusing China, Ukraine and Russia of fueling conflict in South Sudan by arming both the army - the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) -  and the militia groups, the South Sudan Liberation Army (SSLA).

Amnesty says it has documented human rights violations by both these groups using brand new weapons, and asks that the countries listed above (and others) stop sending weapons to groups (or countries) that cannot guarantee the weapons will not be used to carry our human rights violations.

The SPLA has called the report "bias" and "unrealistic" of course.