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INTERNATIONAL TEAM UNCOVERS KILLING FIELDS IN SOUTH SUDAN

Liang, South Sudan, February 6, 2003 — In late January, 2003, an international team of US and Canadian experts traveled to Liang, Upper Nile Province, where they discovered fields littered with human remains, many of them from young children. Interviews with local survivors confirmed that the remains were those of victims of an unprovoked attack upon the unarmed civilian villages of Liang, Dengaji, Kawaji and Yawaji in late April 2002. It is estimated that between 1/3 to 1/2 of the original 6,000 civilians living in the region were killed in the attack.

The attackers were reported by the survivors to be Sudan regular army from the Boing Garrison, commanded by Brigadier General Ibrahim Saleh.

Striking in the early morning while the villagers slept, the heavily armed Government of Sudan (GOS) soldiers began killing the unarmed residents and burning their houses. The attackers were reportedly armed with 60 mm mortars, rocket-propelled grenades, 12.7mm heavy machine guns and AK-47 assault rifles.

In a videotaped interview, Mr. Tunya Jok described the horrors as he witnessed his 4-year –old daughter shot and killed as she fled from the GOS soldiers. Then his 6-year-old son was captured and beheaded by the soldiers. His body was thrown into a burning hut and his head planted upright facing away from the hut.

Servant’s Heart, Freedom Quest International and The Voice of the Martyrs (Canada) call for an investigation by the international Civilian Protection and Monitoring Team assigned to report on violations of the March, 2002 agreement between the Government of Sudan and the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement. Among other things, both sides agreed not to attack civilian targets. We also call on the US State Department to include this incident in their Sudan Peace Act-mandated report to Congress on atrocities and war criminals in Southern Sudan.

Dennis Bennett Executive Director, Servant’s Heart

Mel Middleton President, Freedom Quest International

Glenn Penner Communications Director, The Voice of the Martyrs (Canada)

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