US EditionAmnesty accuses Sudanese paramilitary group RSF of committing war crimes in Darfur city of el-Fasher
Amnesty International reports RSF fighters executed dozens, raped women and girls, and left hundreds of bodies in El-Fasher during an October offensive, fueling Sudan's ongoing war.
- On Tuesday, Amnesty International said atrocities by the Rapid Support Forces in el-Fasher, capital of North Darfur province, amounted to war crimes after fighters seized the city last month.
- A power struggle between the army led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo began in April 2023, with Amnesty saying UAE support fuels a relentless cycle of violence.
- Amnesty's researchers spoke with 28 survivors who described groups of men shot or beaten and hostages taken for ransom, while sexual violence affected a woman and her 14-year-old daughter on Oct. 27 and a 29-year-old woman on Oct. 26.
- More than 100,000 civilians fled el-Fasher after the Rapid Support Forces seized the city, and the conflict has killed more than 40,000 and displaced more than 14 million; the RSF acknowledged violations and vowed to investigate but did not immediately comment.
- Rooted in the Janjaweed's past, the Rapid Support Forces are largely drawn from the Arab Janjaweed militia accused of killing around 300,000, while the Biden administration said the RSF committed genocide amid more than 12 million displaced.
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When the Sudanese paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took the state capital of North Darfur, El Fasher, at the end of October, testimonies of their atrocities began to run like gunpowder: executions, sexual violence, torture, humiliations, kidnappings.The rebel forces had just subdued the last large city in western Sudan that was still under the control of the army and allied groups, thus cementing the country's division into two bloc…
Sudan war: RSF accused of war crimes in El Fasher
Amnesty International has accused the Sudanese paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces of committing war crimes in the city of El Fasher in Darfur. Their report detailed atrocities including raping women and girls and executing unarmed men. In London today representatives of Sudan’s emergency response team have been meeting the Foreign Secretary to explain first hand about the challenges faced by front line teams.
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