Since February 2003, Darfur has been the scene of massive crimes against civilians of particular ethnicities in the context of an internal conflict between the Sudanese government and a rebel insurgency. Almost two million people have been forcibly displaced and stripped of all their property and tens of thousands of people have been killed, raped or assaulted.
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Background Briefing
Sudan: Massive Crimes against Civilians in Darfur
A Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper
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