GENEVA, Sept 24 (Reuters) - The United Nations Human Rights Council on Wednesday renewed the mandate of its specialist on the Sudan for six months despite charges from Khartoum that she was working with the West to besmirch the country's image.
Diplomats said the consensus decision among the body's 47 members was part of a compromise between mainly European states and Islamic and African nations that softened EU-proposed criticism of the Sudanese government's rights record.
Sima Samar, formally the Council's special rapporteur, had angered Khartoum and its allies with a strongly worded report this month contradicting Sudanese assertions that the rights situation was improving, and saying it was in fact grim.
She said government and rebels were killing civilians in Darfur and accused Khartoum's forces of launching deadly ground and air attacks in the region, the scene of 5 years of violence that international experts say has killed some 200,000 people. Read more >>>>>>>>>>
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