Sudan Must Not Oust Minorities After Referendum, HRW Says
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The authorities in Sudan’s northern and southern regions should pledge not to expel minorities if Southern Sudan votes to become an independent nation in a January referendum, Human Rights Watch said.
“Both southerners in the north and northerners living in Southern Sudan told Human Rights Watch that they feared retaliation, even expulsion, if secession were approved,” the New-York based rights group said today in an e-mailed statement.