According to Human Rights Watch Sudanese soldiers raped more than 200 women in a village in Darfur in October. Among the many testimonies transcribed in the report, two deserters from the Sudanese army claim that their superiors had ordered to rape women.
"This is not a report, it is a past information on a radio that is hostile to us and which is called Radio Dipanga" said President Bashir. "It's a radio run by the opposition and which is funded by Israel. It is unfortunate that the United Nations has responded to this information and have sent investigators in this village called Tabit. The group of UN investigated and verified that the information was wrong. They then returned and wrote a report confirming that this information is false and that there was no rape. "
The peacekeepers have found no evidence of rape in their only visit to the village of Tabou, but the UN did state intimidation on the part of the Sudanese army that prevented them to investigate. Since that visit, Khartoum blocks any new field investigation.
