Enough warns against dual-use of EU support to Sudan’s RSF militia
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Elisabeth Janaina
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Enough warns against dual-use of EU support to Sudan’s RSF militia
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April 6, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - The Enough Project, a human rights advocacy
group, has warned against the dual-use of European support to the
Sudanese security agencies to stop the flow of migrants by the brutal
militia of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
In a report authored by Suliman Baldo a Senior Adviser Enough Project
and prominent human rights defender released Thursday, the group
details how the new European Union migration management partnership
with the Sudanese government is supporting the SRF militia which is
accused of committing atrocities and war crimes in Sudan.
“The EU’s ‘Better Migration Management’ program in current form will
subsidise one of Sudan’s most dreaded militias, one with a trail of
atrocity crimes spanning the country,” says the 27-page report titled
“Border Control from Hell”.
The EU plans to build the capacities of the Sudanese security and law
enforcement agencies, including the notorious RSF militia, which has
been branded as Sudan’s primary “border force".
The EU will assist the RSF and other security agencies with the
construction of two camps with detention facilities for migrants and
will equip these Sudanese forces with cameras, scanners, and
electronic servers for registering refugees, the report says.
"There are legitimate concerns with these plans. Much of the EU-funded
training and equipment is dual-use. The equipment that enables
identification and registration of migrants will also reinforce the
surveillance capabilities of a Sudanese government that has violently
suppressed Sudanese citizens for the past 28 years," it stressed.
The EU countries cannot stop irregular migration from Sudan and
neighbouring countries by funding a militia group that stokes violent
conflict, commits atrocities, and creates massive displacement of
populations within Sudan; said the group.
"In doing so, the EU risks its treaty commitments to support good
governance and democracy, undermines its intention for positive
re-engagement in the region, and tarnishes the EU’s role as a champion
of human rights and basic dignity," he stressed.
(ST)
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RSF militiamen (Sudanreeves.org photo)
April 6, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - The Enough Project, a human rights advocacy
group, has warned against the dual-use of European support to the
Sudanese security agencies to stop the flow of migrants by the brutal
militia of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
In a report authored by Suliman Baldo a Senior Adviser Enough Project
and prominent human rights defender released Thursday, the group
details how the new European Union migration management partnership
with the Sudanese government is supporting the SRF militia which is
accused of committing atrocities and war crimes in Sudan.
“The EU’s ‘Better Migration Management’ program in current form will
subsidise one of Sudan’s most dreaded militias, one with a trail of
atrocity crimes spanning the country,” says the 27-page report titled
“Border Control from Hell”.
The EU plans to build the capacities of the Sudanese security and law
enforcement agencies, including the notorious RSF militia, which has
been branded as Sudan’s primary “border force".
The EU will assist the RSF and other security agencies with the
construction of two camps with detention facilities for migrants and
will equip these Sudanese forces with cameras, scanners, and
electronic servers for registering refugees, the report says.
"There are legitimate concerns with these plans. Much of the EU-funded
training and equipment is dual-use. The equipment that enables
identification and registration of migrants will also reinforce the
surveillance capabilities of a Sudanese government that has violently
suppressed Sudanese citizens for the past 28 years," it stressed.
The EU countries cannot stop irregular migration from Sudan and
neighbouring countries by funding a militia group that stokes violent
conflict, commits atrocities, and creates massive displacement of
populations within Sudan; said the group.
"In doing so, the EU risks its treaty commitments to support good
governance and democracy, undermines its intention for positive
re-engagement in the region, and tarnishes the EU’s role as a champion
of human rights and basic dignity," he stressed.
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