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Home » GPN ISSUES » Issue 9, Winter 2012
Genocide Watch Issues Emergency Alert for Blue Nile State and South Kordofan, Sudan
Genocide Watch
Issue 9, Winter 2012 In September 2011, widespread violence erupted in the Blue Nile state of Sudan. Fighting between the SPLM-N and the Sudan Armed Forces spread from South Kordofan into the Blue Nile state, located in the south - eastern part of Northern Sudan in Blue Nile state and South Kordofan.
Genocide Watch has declared that the massacres in the Blue Nile State constitute a Genocide Emergency. In accord with our eight stages of genocide, Blue Nile state, Sudan is ranked at Stage 7 (Extermination) and 8 (Denial).
- Genocide Watch is deeply concerned about the deterioration of the situation in Blue Nile State and South Kordofan. We call upon all parties to declare an immediate cease-fire.
We urge the government of Sudan to stop using food as a weapon of war and to allow international humanitarian access to all affected regions.
- We call upon the government of Sudan to immediately cease all aerial bombardment in the Blue Nile State. Genocide Watch recommends that a “passive” no fly zone be imposed over the Blue Nile State, in which aircraft used to bomb civilians would be destroyed on the ground at their bases by cruise missiles fired from NATO ships in the Indian Ocean.
Genocide Emergency: The Nuba Mountains of Sudan
The government in Khartoum launched attacks on the Nuba. The National Islamic Front initiated a jihadist campaign intended to eradicate the Nuba population. Government forces, especially the Air Force, along with government-armed militias, committed mass atrocities in the Nuba Mountains. Under the Genocide Convention, the atrocities committed in 1990’s against the Nuba were acts of genocide.
In May 2011 state elections in South Kordofan were held. Many anticipated that Abdel Aziz al Hila, a popular former commander of the SPLA would win the election for Governor of South Kordofan. However, the National Elections Commission appointed by Omar al-Bashir officially announced that Ahmed Haroun won the elections. The SPLM/A has stated that the election outcome was fraudulent.
Haroun is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for atrocities he committed in Darfur. He is charged with 20 counts of crimes against humanity and 22 counts of war crimes. The Sudanese government has refused to surrender Haroun. Instead al-Bashir promoted him from Chairman of the Humanitarian Affairs Commission (HAC) to Governor of South Kordofan.
There are innumerable reports of government military units called the "Abu Tiera” rounding up innocent civilians using prepared execution lists, proof of intentional premeditation. The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) are using a systematic policy of intimidation, rape, torture, and detention against women and children and the elderly. Genocide Watch has received reports that populated areas in the Nuba Mountains are subject to aerial bombings by the Sudan Air Force, followed by ground attacks.
The genocidal role played by al-Bashir and Ahmed Haroun in South Kordofan is identical to their role in Darfur. They are serial genocidists. President Bashir and Ahmed Haroun have both publicly announced their orders and support of the SAF’s military actions in South Kordofan. As the crisis in the Nuba Mountains worsens, the decimation of the Nuba people continues unabated. Now the Sudanese government’s massacres have spread to the Blue Nile state.
Source: IAGS listserv (March 11, 2012). Genocide emergencies - Blue Nile State and South Kordofan, Sudan.
Gregory Stanton, President, Genocide Watch
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