Observatory: Militia Violations Undermine Human Rights
Sudan Events – Follow-ups
The Sudanese Observatory for Human Rights has confirmed that the violations committed by the Rapid Support militia in Gezira State stand out as the greatest threat to human rights and the increasing suffering of the Sudanese.
In a press statement, the Observatory called on the Rapid Support to stop looting property, and stressed the need to open safe corridors for the citizens of the Gezira State.
The observatory held the militia leader, Muhammad Hamdan “Hemedti,” directly responsible for the brutal crimes, especially since he acknowledged their occurrence, and called on the international and humanitarian community to condemn these crimes and classify the Rapid Support a terrorist militia in accordance with international norms and humanitarian conventions.
The Observatory noted that the suffering of the citizens of Gezira has continued to increase since the militia attack last month, and its members are still violating safe villages and towns, as they have worked to sabotage and steal property and personal belonging and kill civilians in cold blood.
The attacks in Almadina Arab and Ruffaa were brought by repeated campaigns mastered by the Rapid Support Forces two days ago, as they stormed homes, killed approximately 12 people, and besieged civilians, exacerbating the crisis for the people in those areas.
The Observatory quoted an eyewitness from the Al-Musalmiyya area, west of the Gezira, as confirming that all vehicles in the area were looted, in addition to the theft of gasoline and smartphones.
The witness said that the Rapid Support elements are taking advantage of the crisis and the siege they imposed to sell what they looted from the factories of the city of Wad Madani, and basic goods they stole from the buildings of the Agricultural Bank.
The price of bread also rose in the region, and the eyewitness confirmed that militia members took merchants from the region to nearby villages where they had stored sugar to be looted like other commodities.
The Observatory warned that the Al-Musalmiyya area is threatened by famine in the near term, with almost non-existent transport movement and difficulty positioning food and medical supplies to the areas.
