Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

HRW raps Sudan for Darfur abuse


(MENAFN- Arab News) NICOSIA: Human Rights Watch said Wednesday a controversial Sudanese counter-insurgency unit has carried out 'two sprees of killings and mass rape of civilians' in the conflict-hit Darfur region since February 2014.
The rights watchdog said the Rapid Support Forces a government-backed militia had carried out the abuses during two campaigns against rebels in the western region.
'The RSF led two counter-insurgency campaigns in the long-embattled region of Darfur in 2014 and 2015 in which its forces repeatedly attacked villages burned and looted homes beating raping and executing villagers' HRW said.



Arab News

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