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Arms to Sudan: Amnesty International to publish evidence of recent international arms supplies fuelling the conflict in Darfur

03/02/2012 18:30:00
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
DIARY NOTE

03 February 2012

When: 00:01 GMT Thursday 9 February 2012

Amnesty International experts available for interview from Hong Kong, London and New York.

Images of weapons discovered are available.

On Thursday 9 February, Amnesty International is to publish a new report, Sudan: No end to the conflict in Darfur. The report highlights new evidence of recent arms supplies to Sudan being used to commit serious human violations in Darfur, despite a UN arms embargo remaining in place.

A wave of ethnically targeted attacks in eastern Darfur by Sudanese government forces and militias against the Zaghawa community saw an estimated 70,000 people displaced in 2011.

The report is published a few days before governments resume crucial negotiations at the UN in New York on a future arms trade treaty.

To request a copy of the report, images of the arms found in eastern Darfur or an interview please contact:

Tom Mackey
Amnesty International Press Office

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