Sudanese Paramilitaries Committed Crimes Against Humanity in Darfur
A rights group report has accused Sudanese paramilitaries of committing crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during their campaign to capture the city of el-Fasher last year.
The siege and takeover of the city in the western region of Darfur marked one of the bloodiest episodes in Sudan’s civil war.
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been accused of murder, forcible transfer, imprisonment, torture, rape, sexual slavery, other forms of sexual violence, enslavement, extermination and persecution.
The ongoing civil war in Sudan has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and displaced over 14 million people.
Amnesty International believes RSF fighters committed grave human rights violations in and around el-Fasher during its 18-month siege of the city.
