After Looting Their Homes and Property… Militia Forces Now Harvest Sudanese Organs in El Fasher

Report – Sudan Events

Darfur Regional Governor Minni Arko Minnawi revealed in a Facebook post new information about organ-harvesting incidents allegedly carried out against residents detained in El Fasher. “We later learned that women, men, and several families who were held in El Fasher had their organs and blood taken to save wounded Rapid Support Forces (RSF) soldiers,” he wrote, expressing strong condemnation of what he described as “atrocious crimes” committed by the militia.

The militia continues to detain thousands of civilians in El Fasher, preventing them from leaving and confiscating vehicles used to evacuate fleeing residents. According to previous reports, militia forces forcibly returned large numbers of civilians who attempted to escape, assaulting them and shooting some of them.

Persistent reports indicate that the militia brought in several doctors tasked with extracting blood from civilians and performing surgical procedures on wounded fighters in certain hospitals and health centers—facilities that have effectively turned into detention sites. According to sources inside the city, secondary holding centers have been set up to detain residents and classify them through medical teams composed of both Sudanese and foreign personnel.

A medical worker who recently escaped the city stated she had personally witnessed direct blood transfusions from civilians to wounded militia fighters. She confirmed that some detainees died after being forced into surgical procedures where “they were used like blood bags.” She added, “Some of them were taken out of the operating room dead and dumped away.”

Dr. Hassan Abdelrahman Al-Bashir, a surgery specialist, warned that such practices are extremely dangerous for both donor and recipient. “It would be suicidal if carried out in the manner described,” he said. “I cannot rule it out, of course — these people are capable of anything.”

Asked about the possibility of transplanting organs into wounded fighters, he explained: “Organ transplantation is not something that happens suddenly. It requires extensive examinations and medical procedures before reaching the point of transferring a human organ. Doing it this way would expose the patient to severe complications.”

He continued: “The donor — and the term ‘looting organs’ is repulsive, but since we are discussing it — would almost certainly die, especially given that these procedures are reportedly conducted in exposed, non-sterile environments. This is insane.”

Dr. Bashir added that similar incidents had reportedly occurred in Bahri at East Nile Hospital, where civilians were allegedly killed when doctors working with the militia attempted to extract organs for injured fighters. “This is disgraceful, horrific, and criminal,” he said.

According to humanitarian organizations and eyewitnesses, doctors have been transferring organs from detained civilians in El Fasher to treat wounded militia members. They observed a limited number of vehicles transporting detainees from holding sites to hospitals and medical centers. No one inside the city seems to know the fate of thousands of detainees who suddenly disappeared. Some were reportedly transported outside El Fasher, while many remain imprisoned in the city, where the militia has banned photography and deliberately restricted communication except through its own channels.

Dr. Bakri Mohamed Al-Sir, a lecturer at Sudanese universities and an analyst on Sudanese affairs, believes the militia has deliberately prohibited its fighters from recording footage this time. “But images will surface despite the ban,” he said. “That is their pattern. Through doctors, wounded fighters, or their companions, the truth about what has happened — and is happening now — in El Fasher will eventually come out. The world will know what we are dealing with.”

He added: “These forces looted people’s homes, businesses, and factories — and now they are looting their organs.” He questioned whether such actions could be carried out by the RSF fighters known to the public: “I believe major criminal organizations have now entered the Sudanese scene through the militia’s gateway. Under its weapons, they are looting even the organs of citizens’ bodies. This is criminal, disgraceful, and forces us to redefine the nature of this war.”