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At least 232 civilians killed in attacks by government forces in South Sudan and their allies. At least 120 women and girls were raped, including a four-year-old girl. Elderly people and people with disabilities were burned alive. This is the record that the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has been doing for a little over a month in the state of South Sudan.
The report, published Tuesday in Geneva, "lists acts that constitute serious violations of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law, which may constitute war crimes." The paper badyzes the actions of forces Government and their allies, as well as armed youth groups in villages in opposition-controlled areas between April 16 and May 24.
The attacks affect 40 rebel-controlled villages, where peasants were mbadacred, women hanged and civilians executed while trying to escape.
Sexual violence "as a weapon of war"
According to Al Hussein, badual violence was used as a weapon of war. "As a weapon of war" and, in addition to the 120 women and girls raped, at least 132 others were abducted. The UN commission's high commissioner estimates that about 8,000 people are hiding in shrubs and swamps, while 18,000 have fled to Mayendit town
Three local aid workers have been killed and their destroyed facilities.
Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein urges the National Transitional Government and the African Union to take steps for the rapid establishment and operationalization of the Hybrid Court of South Sudan. "The government and the international community are responsible for ensuring justice" in the country so that the perpetrators of this violence are judged, "he concludes.
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