UN-backed rights experts want ‘impartial force’ deployed to wartorn Sudan

Residents displaced from a surge of violent attacks gather in the village of Masteri in west Darfur, Sudan (Mustafa Younes via AP)

UN-backed human rights investigators on Friday urged the creation of an “independent and impartial force” to protect civilians in Sudan’s war.

They blamed both sides for war crimes including murder, mutilation and torture and warning that foreign governments which arm and finance them could be complicit.