Sudan using Chinese, Russian weapons in Darfur: Amnesty

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China and Russia are supplying arms to Sudan, which is using them in war-torn Darfur in violation of a UN embargo, the human rights group Amnesty International charged Tuesday.

Amnesty released a copy of a report which it said shows that "arms supplied to Sudan from China and Russia ... have been used for violations of the Security Council's own mandatory arms embargo."

China and Russia are permanent members of the UN Security Council, which imposed an arms embargo in 2005 that covered not just all armed groups but also the Sudanese government, which allegedly backs the Arab Janjaweed militia.