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Motion · S6M-11340 · 20 Nov 2023

The Ardamata Massacre and Masalit Genocide

Lodged by Kenneth Gibson (No Party Affiliation) Standard Motion 14 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament condemns the horrors currently being inflicted on the Masalit community of West Darfur at the hands of paramilitary groups, the Rapid Support Forces and Janjaweed, in light of reports that these groups massacred between 800 and 1,300 unarmed people on 8 November 2023; considers that an ethnic cleansing of dark-skinned non-Arab people is taking place in West Darfur now, with other massacres having taken place; acknowledges that these massacres have been described by The Economist, Genocide Watch, and the West Darfur Governor, Khamis Abakar, as a genocide; believes that Sudan has been in chaos since civil war erupted on 15 April 2023, with, it understands, at least 9,000 deaths since then, 1.3 million Sudanese people having fled the country, and almost five million people internally displaced, and recognises that the world’s focus now is primarily on Gaza, but nevertheless believes that the United Nations must show leadership in trying to address the Sudanese civil war and what it sees as many other ongoing, seemingly endless, conflicts across the world, from Libya and Congo to Syria and Yemen, Myanmar and Ukraine.

Supporters (14)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.