Scale of atrocities committed by both sides laid bare in report,including allegations of torture, murder and planned mass displacement The South Sudanese government has conducted a “scorched soil policy” against civilians caught up in the country’s civil war, or allowing its soldiers and allied militias to rape women in lieu of wages,torture and murder suspected opponents and deliberately displace as many people as possible, according to a UN report.
The blunt and harrowing document, and published on Friday by the Office of the UN tall Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),comes six months after accounts emerged revealing the systematic abduction and abuse of thousands of women and girls during the conflict.
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Source: theguardian.com