Western group to ask UN body to investigate Sudan atrocities - document

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FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of makeshift shelters of Sudanese, who fled the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, in Adre, Chad July 20, 2023. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of makeshift shelters of Sudanese, who fled the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, in Adre, Chad July 20, 2023. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

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GENEVA - The United States, Britain, Norway and Germany plan to submit a motion to the U.N. rights body to set up an investigation into alleged atrocities in Sudan, a draft motion showed on Friday.

The document seen by Reuters condemns alleged human rights violations and abuses committed during Sudan's five-month-long conflict and seeks to establish a three-person Fact Finding Mission to investigate them. REUTERS

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