Sudan – A Sudanese committee investigating war crimes said Sunday it has filed 12,400 lawsuits against members of the Rapid Support Forces, including accusations of assassinating West Darfur Governor Khamis Abkar and attacking Al-Jazeera state in central Sudan.
While the fighting and artillery shelling continue between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces in the city of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State.
The head of the National Committee for War Crimes and Violations of the Rapid Support Forces, Yasser Bukhari, said that the lawsuit related to the assassination of the governor of West Darfur was filed against 12 defendants, in addition to lawsuits related to the events in Al-Geneina, the capital of West Darfur State, which left 5,000 dead and 8,000 wounded.
West Darfur Governor Khamis Abkar was killed on June 14, 2023, shortly after his arrest by the Rapid Support Forces, and video clips were published at the time showing the mutilation of his body.
The committee chairman added that among the lawsuits that were also registered was the attack on the village of Wad al-Nura in Al-Jazeera State, which left 227 dead and 150 injured, and the village of Sheikh al-Samani in Sennar State, which claimed the lives of 21 people and injured 15 others.
A human rights organization also accused the Rapid Support Forces of liquidating civilians in Sennar State, southeastern Sudan.
The Sennar Observatory for Human Rights said that it documented physical liquidations carried out by the Rapid Support Forces against 3 civilians since they stormed the city of Al-Suki in Sennar State last Thursday.
In a report yesterday, Sunday, the Observatory accused the support forces of forcibly displacing the residents of the city of Al-Suki and the villages around it, and committing violations against the displaced people who were forced to move on foot under threat of arms to the areas of “Hamdna Allah” and “Sennar” in Sennar State and Abu Rakhma in Gedaref State in extremely complex circumstances coinciding with the rainfall and without any food or shelter.
The report also indicated that the Rapid Support Forces carried out extensive looting operations in the city of Al-Suki, including cars, money, and gold jewelry.
Since June 24, violent battles have erupted in Sennar State following a surprise attack by the Rapid Support Forces, which has led to dozens of civilian deaths and injuries, in addition to a large wave of displacement.
Despite the Sudanese army announcing on July 20 that it had “defeated” the Rapid Support Forces from Sennar State and killed its operations commander in the state, Lieutenant Colonel Abdul Rahman Al-Bishi, the latter continues to control the city of Singa, the state capital, and several other cities and villages.
Meanwhile, Al Jazeera’s correspondent reported that the Sudanese army bombed, on Sunday morning, the Rapid Support Forces’ positions east of the city of El Fasher with heavy artillery.
The correspondent added that the Rapid Support Forces bombed the city centre and the vicinity of the Sudanese army’s Sixth Infantry Division with heavy artillery.
Yesterday, Al-Fasher witnessed fighting between the two parties, described as the most violent since the outbreak of fighting there on May 10.
The Sudanese Doctors Syndicate announced on Saturday evening that 22 people were killed and 17 others were injured as a result of artillery shelling by the Rapid Support Forces on El Fasher.
The Medical Syndicate (non-governmental) said, “The Rapid Support Forces continued their violations of medical and civilian facilities in the city of El Fasher, and targeted the “Nabd Al-Hayat” hospital with a drone.”
Al-Fasher is witnessing clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, despite international warnings of battles in the city, which is the center of humanitarian operations for all Darfur states (west).
Since mid-April 2023, the army, led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces, led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemeti), have been waging a war that has left about 15,000 dead and about 10 million displaced and refugees, according to the United Nations.
There have been increasing calls from the United Nations and international organizations to spare Sudan a humanitarian disaster that could push millions to famine and death due to malnutrition caused by the fighting that has spread to 12 of the country’s 18 states.
Source: Al Jazeera + Agencies
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2024-07-30 05:13:56
