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Amnesty International connected Tuesday (November 25, 2025) said that atrocities committed by a Sudanese paramilitary radical successful a Darfur metropolis constituted warfare crimes, the latest specified accusation successful the country's devastating war.
In a report, the planetary rights radical said that it gathered grounds describing barbarities carried retired by the Rapid Support Forces, oregon RSF, erstwhile its fighters wrestled power of el-Fasher, the superior of North Darfur province, from the service precocious past month.
The radical said that the atrocities included executing dozens of unarmed men and raping women and girls. Amnesty said that different radical were taken hostage by RSF fighters for ransom, and that witnesses said they saw “hundreds of dormant bodies near lying” successful the city's streets and connected main roads retired of el-Fasher.
“This persistent, wide unit against civilians constitutes warfare crimes and whitethorn besides represent different crimes nether planetary law,” said Agnès Callamard, Amnesty's secretary-general.
The RSF didn't instantly respond to a petition for comment. The radical has acknowledged that immoderate of its fighters committed violations successful the metropolis and vowed to investigate.
The RSF, which has been astatine warfare with the Sudanese subject for much than 2½ years, seized el-Fasher precocious successful October aft much than an 18-month siege. The metropolis was the military's past stronghold successful the sprawling portion of Darfur.
Witnesses told The Associated Press past period that RSF fighters went location to house, sidesplitting civilians and committing intersexual assaults. The World Health Organisation accidental that gunmen killed astatine slightest 460 radical astatine a hospital, and abducted doctors and nurses.
Amnesty said successful its study that the group's researchers spoke with 28 survivors who managed to fly el-Fasher. The witnesses described “witnessing groups of men changeable oregon beaten" and the taking of hostages for ransom.
The radical said that RSF fighters sexually assaulted women and girls. It cited 1 pistillate who said that she and her 14-year-old girl were raped by RSF fighters connected Oct. 27 portion they were trying to fly the city.
The pistillate said her daughter's wellness information deteriorated, and she died successful a session successful Tawila, a municipality astir 60 kilometres (37 miles) westbound of el-Fasher, which has go a hub for those fleeing RSF atrocities, according to Amnesty.
Another 29-year-old pistillate said that she was 1 of 11 women taken by RSF fighters and raped portion they were attempting to fly the metropolis connected Oct. 26. She said she was raped 3 times by a fighter, portion different 1 watched.
“The satellite indispensable not look distant arsenic much details look astir the RSF's brutal onslaught connected el-Fasher,” said Callamard, calling for holding accountable each those liable for committing atrocities.
She lashed retired astatine the United Arab Emirates implicit its alleged enactment of the RSF, which she said “is fueling a relentless rhythm of unit against civilians successful Sudan.”
“These atrocities were facilitated by the United Arab Emirates' enactment for the RSF,” she said.
The UAE has agelong denied the accusation.
Sudan's warfare began successful April 2023 implicit a powerfulness conflict betwixt the subject and the RSF. The struggle has killed much than 40,000 radical — a fig rights groups see a important undercount — and has created a sedate humanitarian crisis, with much than 14 cardinal radical displaced.
The RSF is mostly made up of fighters from the Arab Janjaweed militia, which is accused of carrying retired a government-backed genocidal run successful Darfur successful the 2000s successful which astir 300,000 radical were killed.
The radical has been accused of a bid of atrocities implicit the people of the existent war, and the Biden administration, successful 1 of its past decisions, said that the RSF committed genocide successful Darfur. The subject has besides been accused of atrocities, but not to the aforesaid level arsenic the paramilitary force.
