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removed the bodies of slain Sudanese Civilians from the Tilo and El Gardud
villages in South Kordofan and placed them in mass graves that had been freshly
dug for that purpose.
7. The Complainants claimed that the pattern has been the same in Blue Nile State.
On 1 September 2011, SAF forces attacked Damazin, the capital of Blue Nile.
Refugees recounted that Government war planes targeted civilian areas and armed
soldiers chased, captured, and killed civilians fleeing from the attacks. Agents of
the Government reportedly captured and killed some of the civilians. The
Complainants submitted that the precise casualty .numbers: are unavailable,
because the Respondent State has prevented independent observers from
accessing the war zones in either South Kordofan or Blue Nile.
8. The Complainants submitted that, as ofIanuary 2012, the United Nations (UN)
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimated that
approximately 366,000 individuals had been internally displaced or severely
affected by the violence in the two States. Since June 2011, more than 140,000
refugees fled South Kordofan or Blue Nile to either Eth:iopia or South Sudan.
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9. The Complainants alleged that the victims do not necessarily find safety in refugee
camps. This is because, in November 2011, the SAF bombed the Yida refugee camp
in Unity State, South Sudan, which is home to many of those displaced from South
Kordofan.
10. The Complainants further submitted that the Respondent State has justified its
assaults under the guise of targeting the Sudan People's Liberation MovementNorth ("SPLM-N"), an organised armed group that has been active in these two
areas.
11. The Complainants alleged that the assaults on Sudanese Civilians have nothing to
do with military operations and that agents of the Respondent State have
deliberately bombed civilian homes, schools and medical facilities, causing untold
loss of life, massive displacements, injuries and damage to property.
12. The Complainants further alleged that in addition to civilian dwellings, schools
and hospitals, the SAF also targeted fields used for civilian food cultivation. Since
these assaults took place during the planting season, the Victims will be left
without a harvest, creating grave food insecurity. In certain parts of Blue Nile State,
it is estimated that only 15% of arable land was planted. When Amnesty
International reportedly visited South Kordofan in August 2011, it founE. t~t
many of those displaced by the conflict had abandoned their fields
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