They say this will send a strong message that the international community will not enable fighters who have shown a complete disregard for the laws of war

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Thirty human rights groups including Oxfam, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have said in a letter to the UN Security Council effectively backing a request from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to place an arms embargo on South Sudan and to ratchet up sanctions on individuals accused of hindering the peace process.

The letter points out that during five days of fighting between forces loyal to the president and the vice president, civilian neighborhoods and U.N. compounds were shelled.

Ban says fighting in South Sudan has stopped for the time being but there’s  a real danger of it restarting.

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