- A report by the organization speaks of indiscriminate attacks on the civilian population.
- Both Sudan’s military and its rival paramilitary militia, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), are accused.
- In July, the International Criminal Court announced that it would investigate possible war crimes.
“Across Sudan, civilians experience unimaginable horrors every day as the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese army ruthlessly fight for territorial control,” said Julia Duchrow, Deputy Secretary General of Amnesty International in Germany.
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Many people from western Sudan have fled to Chad in recent months.
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In the northeast African country, the army under de facto President Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has been fighting the paramilitary militia RSF of former deputy ruler Mohammed Hamdan Daglo since mid-April. The generals had seized power together, but then fell out. According to the UN, more than 3.3 million people were displaced in the first 100 days of the conflict alone.
rapes and mass graves
Both the army and the RSF militia committed rape or other forms of sexualized violence against women and girls, according to reports from victims and their families, according to the Amnesty report. In the Darfur region in western Sudan, which has been plagued by ethnic conflicts for decades, there are targeted attacks on certain ethnic groups.
The International Criminal Court announced in July that it would investigate possible war crimes in Darfur. The United Nations had previously reported on mass graves in West Darfur.
Amensty’s Julia Duchrow called on the international community to increase humanitarian support to Sudan. “The UN Security Council must also extend the existing arms embargo to all of Sudan and ensure its enforcement,” she said.
In addition, the UN Human Rights Council should set up an independent investigative and accountability mechanism. Human rights violations could be collected with this.