· Close to one million people forcibly displaced in Equatoria region, fuelling world’s fastest-growing refugee crisis
· Civilians shot, hacked to death with machetes and burnt in their homes
· Women and girls abducted and gang-raped
A new frontline in South Sudan’s conflict has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee the country’s fertile Equatoria region over the past year, creating ongoing atrocities, starvation and fear, according to a new Amnesty International briefing published today.
The organization’s researchers visited the region in June, documenting how mainly government but also opposition forces in the southern region have committed crimes under international law and other serious human rights violations and abuses – including war crimes – against civilians.
