Targeting the Fur: Mass Killings in Darfur

A Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper

January 24, 2005

• Summary
• Background
  • Dar Fur: Wadi Saleh, Mukjar and Shattaya localities
  • Historical tensions over land
• Events in 2003-2004
  • The first government offensive: August-December 2003
  • The second government offensive: February – March 2004
  • Fighting around the Sindu Hills: February 2004
  • March 2004: Summary executions in Mukjar, Garsila and Deleig
  • Shattaya and Kailek: Creating a prison camp
• Continuing Violence
• Recommendations
  • To the U.N. Security Council
  • To the African Union
  • To the Government of Sudan
  • To the Rebel Groups
  • To U.N. humanitarian agencies and humanitarian nongovernmental organizations