UN rights chief warns of imminent human rights catastrophe in Sudan's el-Obeid
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Al Jazeera
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UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk has issued an urgent warning about an impending human rights catastrophe in the Sudanese city of el-Obeid, where a feared paramilitary assault by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is imminent. Speaking at an emergency debate at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Turk urged world leaders to act to prevent atrocities in the capital of North Kordofan state, describing the situation as a clear and unmistakable human rights disaster unfolding in Sudan.
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