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Abductions in Darfur

Posted on admin on September 2, 2010 // Leave Your Comment

Flag of SudanThree Russian pilots released on 30 August, two days after they were kidnapped in Darfur, were only the latest in a string of foreigners associated with humanitarian operations there to be abducted this year.

The concern from the humanitarian side is that these kidnappings affect the ability of humanitarians to carry out their work in Darfur. The lack of arrests and prosecutions in any of these cases has frequently been cited as contributing to a climate of impunity, meaning that the threat would appear to remain undiminished, Samuel Hendricks, spokesman for OCHA in Sudan, told IRIN.

In all, some 22 aid workers, peacekeepers and pilots have been abducted at gunpoint, for periods ranging from three to 147 days.

Read more of the story here at the IRIN news service:
SUDAN: Abductions in Darfur

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