{"id":29292,"date":"2024-07-30T01:54:22","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T22:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=29292"},"modified":"2024-07-30T01:54:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T22:54:22","slug":"human-rights-watch-the-militia-raped-a-large-number-of-girls-in-khartoum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/30\/human-rights-watch-the-militia-raped-a-large-number-of-girls-in-khartoum\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights Watch: The Militia raped a large number of girls in Khartoum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sudan Events – Follow-ups<\/strong><\/p>\n

Human Rights Watch said that the Rapid Support RSF Militia committed acts of sexual violence in Khartoum that constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity.
\nOn Monday, the organization published a report documenting violations of sexual violence against women and girls in the capital, Khartoum, including crimes of rape, forced marriage, child marriage, and detention of women.
\nThe report, which was reviewed by \u201cSudan Tribune,\u201d said that \u201cthe Rapid Support RSF Militia committed widespread acts of sexual violence in the areas it controls in Khartoum, which constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity.\u201d
\nHe pointed out that the organization interviewed 42 health care providers, social workers, psychologists, lawyers, and emergency room responders, between September 2023 and February 2024.
\nHe reported that 18 health care providers dealt with 262 victims of sexual violence, ranging in age from 9 to 60, from the outbreak of the conflict in April 2023 until February 2024.
\nThe report affirmed that conflict-related sexual violence constitutes a war crime, and that forced marriage when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack on the civilian population can be investigated and prosecuted as a crime against humanity.
\nLaetitia Bader, deputy director of the Africa division at Human Rights Watch, said that \u201cthe Rapid Support Forces RSF raped, gang-raped, and forced marriage of a large number of women and girls in residential areas of the capital, Khartoum.\u201d
\n\u201cThe armed group terrorized women and girls, and the warring parties prevented them from accessing assistance and support services, exacerbating the harm they faced and making them feel that there was no safe place,\u201d she added.
\nHuman Rights Watch said it found that the physical, emotional, social, and psychological scars on the victims were immense, with health care workers meeting victims seeking help for severe physical injuries sustained during rape and gang rape, and at least four women dying as a result.
\nIt noted that many victims who sought to terminate pregnancies resulting from rape faced significant barriers to accessing abortion care.
\n\u201cVictims described or displayed symptoms consistent with post-traumatic stress and depression, including suicidal thoughts, anxiety, fear, and insomnia,\u201d it added.
\nThe organization reported that victims told medical providers that they were raped by up to five RSF fighters.
\n\u201cThe RSF abducted women and girls and detained them in homes and other facilities they occupied in Khartoum, Bahri and Omdurman, subjecting them to sexual violence and other abuses,\u201d she continued.
\n\u201cIn some cases, RSF members sexually assaulted women and girls in front of their families, and RSF also forced women and girls into marriage,\u201d she added.
\n\u201cI slept with a knife under my pillow for months, fearing that RSF raids would lead to rape,\u201d the report quoted a 20-year-old woman living in an area controlled by the RSF as saying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sudan Events – Follow-ups Human Rights Watch said that the Rapid Support RSF Militia committed acts of sexual violence in Khartoum that constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity. On Monday, the organization published a report documenting violations of sexual violence against women and girls in the capital, Khartoum, including crimes of rape, forced marriage, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":29293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29294,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29292\/revisions\/29294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}