{"id":553989,"date":"2026-07-02T09:11:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T04:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=553989"},"modified":"2026-07-02T09:11:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T04:11:22","slug":"rsf-committed-ethnic-cleansing-in-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/rsf-committed-ethnic-cleansing-in-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"RSF committed ethnic cleansing in Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> NAIROBI<br \/>\nThe Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during their attack on El-Fasher city between 2024 and 2025, Amnesty International alleged Wednesday. Sudan has been mired since April 2023 in a brutal war between the army and the RSF, which has killed tens of thousands and forced millions to flee, according to the United Nations.<br \/>\nBoth sides have been accused of atrocities, with a UN independent fact-finding mission in February concluding that the 2025 assault on El-Fasher bore the \u201challmarks of genocide.\u201d Amnesty\u2019s wide-ranging report found that the RSF \u201ccommitted crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during its campaign to seize El Fasher.\u201d<br \/>\nThe NGO interviewed 247 victims or witnesses between early 2024 and October 2025 in North Darfur. It said the RSF systematically attacked settlements around El-Fasher which housed the Zaghawa people, an ethnic group in western Darfur. The report alleged widespread and deliberate violence against children including killing, abductions, forced recruitment, and rape.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is a stain on the conscience of humanity,\u201d said Amnesty chief Agnes Callamard in a statement. RSF fighters burned homes long after residents had fled, the report said, \u201csuggesting an intent to render the areas uninhabitable,\u201d consistent with \u201cethnic cleansing.\u201d During the final RSF offensive on El-Fasher in October 2025, Amnesty said \u201chundreds were executed, and many others were tortured or detained\u201d as they attempted to flee.<br \/>\nThe report also noted violations happened \u201crepeatedly and on a large scale,\u201d and suggested \u201cthose in positions of authority knew, or should have known, what was occurring, and failed to stop it or hold anyone accountable.\u201d Amnesty International \u2014 which stressed that its investigation into the incidents was ongoing \u2014 also said such acts \u201cmay be relevant to the crime of genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during their attack on El-Fasher city between 2024 and 2025, Amnesty International alleged Wednesday. 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