Human rights ignored

NEW YORK: The UN human rights office and the UN Mission in South Sudan have released a report on human rights violations in South Sudan, urging the need for accountability and justice.

Hundreds of people were killed in South Sudan during an outbreak of violence last July, and more than 200 people were raped during the fighting that broke out between July 8 and 12 between the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army in Opposition (SPLM/A-IO), according to the report. “The belligerents blatantly ignored international human rights law and humanitarian law.