{"id":189708,"date":"2011-12-20T23:27:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T23:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/amnesty-international-criticizes-un-peacekeepers-in-abyei\/"},"modified":"2011-12-20T23:27:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T23:27:00","slug":"amnesty-international-criticizes-un-peacekeepers-in-abyei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/amnesty-international-criticizes-un-peacekeepers-in-abyei","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty International criticizes UN peacekeepers&#8217; in Abyei"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } --> <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\" lang=\"en\">On Tuesday, Amnesty International (AI) criticized UN peacekeepers in southern Sudan for deliberately refusing to intervene, to prevent the occupation of Abyei by rival militias and the Sudanese army in May.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\" lang=\"en\">Amnesty International were the first organisation to visit Abyei following those events.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\" lang=\"en\">Donatella Rovera leading the AI envoy said that the Sudanese army and militias have expelled all inhabitants of Abyei town, and burned down their homes to prevent their return.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\" lang=\"en\">&#8216;Houses were burned and buildings looted, Abyei is now a ghost town,&#8217; said Rovera.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span lang=\"en\">The Sudanese army spokesman, <\/span>Col. 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