RSF militia, mired in civil war for 15 months, accused of sexual violence, including rape and torture, in Khartoum
Sudanese soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces in the East Nile province. Accounts from women and girls in areas of Khartoum seized by the RSF indicate many were abducted, tortured and imprisoned as sex slaves.Sudanese soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces in the East Nile province. Accounts from women and girls in areas of Khartoum seized by the RSF indicate many were abducted, tortured and imprisoned as sex slaves.
“The RSF have raped, gang-raped, and forced into marriage countless women and girls in residential areas in Sudan’s capital,” said Laetitia Bader, HRW’s Horn ofbetween the RSF and the Sudanese military 15 months ago, the RSF overran parts of Khartoum and its sister cities, Omdurman and Khartoum North.
Bader urged the African Union and United Nations to deploy a civilian protection force to prevent further war crimes and crimes against humanity. “We categorically deny the defamatory suggestion by the report’s author that SAF or the Government of Sudan condones sexual violence at any time.
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