During the presence of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum
\nA lawyer once passed by an RSF checkpoint. They stopped him and demanded he show his identification after severely beating him. They said, \u201cYou look like a spy.\u201d The lawyer replied, \u201cGuys, I\u2019m not a spy, nor intelligence\u2014I\u2019m a lawyer.\u201d They asked, \u201cA lawyer? What\u2019s that?\u201d He said, \u201cOf law\u2026 here are my papers.\u201d They didn\u2019t recognize any document except the national ID, so they called the commander to verify his papers. The commander said, \u201cHe\u2019s a lawyer, let him go.\u201d The lawyer asked for the return of his other documents, fearing he might be stopped again, but the soldier kept them, saying, \u201cWhy do you need them?\u201d The lawyer explained he had long dreamed of being a lawyer, and now that he had become one, they wouldn\u2019t return his union card. After negotiations, the soldier kept the union card but returned the national ID.
\nJournalists\u2019 Island
\nDuring RSF control of central Khartoum, a newspaper worker tried to reach the Soccer newspaper offices to retrieve passports kept at the office east of the Arab Market. He managed to sneak through Qasr Street toward the newspaper but was stopped by the RSF. They asked, \u201cWhere are you going?\u201d He replied, \u201cTo the newspaper.\u201d They laughed, mocking him: \u201cYou think there\u2019s an island here for you?\u201d They made him lie on the ground, crawl, and hop like a rabbit while they hit him with batons. One of them said to his companions: \u201cThis guy looks stupid or crazy. Island? What island here?\u201d They beat him and sent him back, asking repeatedly: \u201cAre you stupid or crazy?\u201d He replied, \u201cStupid. In the neighborhood, they call me \u2018the stupid one.\u2019\u201d They said, \u201cThen why didn\u2019t you say so earlier?\u201d The newspaper had nothing to do with the passport.
\n\u201cThis One is Yours, Woman\u2026\u201d
\nA woman recounted her experience during the RSF presence in Ombada: \u201cMy mother swore we wouldn\u2019t leave the house because the RSF were entering homes, killing people, and kidnapping girls. We thought carefully about how to leave safely. There were three of us girls, our mother, and I was the eldest. We disguised ourselves in worn clothes and abayas and set out. At Libya Market, amid constant gunfire, we encountered three RSF members who stopped us. My mother trembled. \u2018Where are you going?\u2019 they asked. \u2018These are my daughters,\u2019 my mother said. They insisted my mother confess quickly or they\u2019d take the girls. My mother collapsed. I was the first pulled toward them; my veil fell. When they saw my hair, they said, \u2018No God but Allah\u2026 a woman? Your hair looks like this? Your sisters too?\u2019 I explained we had a skin disease and were going to the hospital. They said, \u2018Go, you animals\u2026 this one is yours, woman.\u2019\u201d
\nBringing You the \u201cDemocracy\u201d
\nSomeone shared a story from Ombada: \u201cA friend of mine was terrified of them. When we walked the streets, he clung to my phone. He asked, \u2018Why aren\u2019t you afraid? Why don\u2019t they stop you?\u2019 I told him, \u2018When you walk the streets, look fierce, don\u2019t meet their eyes\u2014they fear you.\u2019 He tried this, approached a checkpoint, and they stopped him: \u2018Why are you so angry with us? We\u2019re bringing you democracy.\u2019 They beat him and told him not to come again.\u201d
\nThe Burhani Method
\nA man passing an RSF checkpoint was stopped. They asked for his papers; he replied he had none. They asked where he was going; he said, \u201cNearby.\u201d They started beating him. He shouted, \u201cYou, from the Makashfia (Sufi sect), are chasing me?\u201d They asked if he was from the Kabashi (another sect). He explained he was from the Makashfia; they checked and said, \u201cYou\u2019re lying, you\u2019re trying to trick us.\u201d They continued beating him while laughing. When they stopped, they asked, \u201cWhy are you laughing?\u201d He said, \u201cMy friend from the Burhani order is coming after me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
During the presence of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum A lawyer once passed by an RSF checkpoint. They stopped him and demanded he show his identification after severely beating him. They said, \u201cYou look like a spy.\u201d The lawyer replied, \u201cGuys, I\u2019m not a spy, nor intelligence\u2014I\u2019m a lawyer.\u201d They asked, \u201cA lawyer? …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":57816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57815","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=57815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57817,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57815\/revisions\/57817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}