FILE PHOTO: Tribal leader Musa Hilal greets a guest during a wedding ceremony in Khartoum, Sudan, January 20, 2012. REUTERS/ Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/File Photo
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A Sudanese militia leader accused by rights groups of atrocities in Darfur was released from a Khartoum prison on Wednesday following a pardon by Sudan's ruling council, the movement he heads said in a statement.
Human rights groups accused Musa Hilal of coordinating Arab militias blamed for atrocities during a conflict in Darfur that left an estimated 300,000 dead and 2.5 million displaced.
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