HRW Documents Ethnic Killings in S. Sudan

A human rights group says appalling crimes have been committed against civilians in South Sudan for no other reason than their ethnicity. It’s calling on the U.N. to support an independent commission of inquiry to investigate alleged crimes. Human Rights Watch began collecting reports of ethnic targeting shortly after fighting broke out in December between government and opposition forces. “What we’re seeing, in part, is the reopening of old wounds and old scars that have really...

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