- Thread starter
- Staff
- #1
Dadparvar
Staff member
- Nov 11, 2016
- 10,726
- 0
- 6
Human Rights Watch says that Sudanese armed groups intentionally targeted civilians in attacks on 10 January 2025, calling on the government to hold groups accountable in an investigative report on Wednesday. Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that the attacks constitute war crimes, and potentially, crimes against humanity.
HRW reports that the attack was part of a broader series of assaults as the SSF sought to regain control of RSF territories. The attacking groups included the SSF, the Islamist al-Baraa Ibn Malik battalion, and other local militias. The SAF released a statement condemning the attacks in Gezira, which it described as “individual violations”.
The Sudan Shield Forces (SSF) is a militia group led by Abu Aqla Keikal that fights alongside the SAF. According to HRW, the SSF perpetrated an attack on Tayba, a village in Gezira state, central Sudan, on 10 January 2025. According to first-hand accounts, the fighters were armed with heavy machine guns and “shot indiscriminately at men and boys”, while setting fire to buildings. In the afternoon, while villagers were burying victims of the attack, the SSF returned and attacked the village again, “going from house to house looking for men and boys, and again killing, looting, and burning”, according to witnesses. The attack resulted in 26 civilian deaths, including a child. It also reports that the SSF “systematically looted civilian property, including food supplies, and set fire to houses”. HRW says the witness accounts are corroborated by verified footage.
Killing of civilians and the looting and destruction of civilian property are war crimes under the Geneva Conventions. The international law doctrine of command responsibility outlines that military superiors or civilian leaders can be held criminally responsible for crimes committed by those in their command or subordinates.
HRW recommends that the attack be investigated, the Sudan Shields be suspended, the SAF publicly clarify its ties to the group, the UN and other organizations work to support and protect civilians in Sudan, and that the US, UK, and EU “actively support robust initiatives to protect” civilians such as sanctions, “travel bans and asset freezes”.
Sudan’s civil war has been ongoing since 2023. The conflict is primarily between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by Gen. Mohamed Dagalo. This has resulted in the world’s largest displacement crisis according to the UN, human rights abuses, war crimes, sexual violence, and famine, in what the UN says is a “humanitarian emergency of shocking proportions”.
A UN report, to be presented to the Human Rights Council on February 27, 2025, says that the “entrenched impunity” is “fuelling gross human rights violations and abuses”. UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk “stressed that accountability, regardless of the rank and affiliation of the perpetrators, is critical to breaking the recurring cycle of violence and impunity in Sudan.”
The post Rights group says Sudan militant attacks on village constitute war crimes appeared first on JURIST - News.
Continue reading...
Note: We don't have any responsibilities about this news. Its been posted here by Feed Reader and we had no controls and checking on it. And because News posted here will be deleted automatically after 21 days, threads are closed so that no one spend time to post and discuss here. You can always check the source and discuss in their site.
HRW reports that the attack was part of a broader series of assaults as the SSF sought to regain control of RSF territories. The attacking groups included the SSF, the Islamist al-Baraa Ibn Malik battalion, and other local militias. The SAF released a statement condemning the attacks in Gezira, which it described as “individual violations”.
The Sudan Shield Forces (SSF) is a militia group led by Abu Aqla Keikal that fights alongside the SAF. According to HRW, the SSF perpetrated an attack on Tayba, a village in Gezira state, central Sudan, on 10 January 2025. According to first-hand accounts, the fighters were armed with heavy machine guns and “shot indiscriminately at men and boys”, while setting fire to buildings. In the afternoon, while villagers were burying victims of the attack, the SSF returned and attacked the village again, “going from house to house looking for men and boys, and again killing, looting, and burning”, according to witnesses. The attack resulted in 26 civilian deaths, including a child. It also reports that the SSF “systematically looted civilian property, including food supplies, and set fire to houses”. HRW says the witness accounts are corroborated by verified footage.
Killing of civilians and the looting and destruction of civilian property are war crimes under the Geneva Conventions. The international law doctrine of command responsibility outlines that military superiors or civilian leaders can be held criminally responsible for crimes committed by those in their command or subordinates.
HRW recommends that the attack be investigated, the Sudan Shields be suspended, the SAF publicly clarify its ties to the group, the UN and other organizations work to support and protect civilians in Sudan, and that the US, UK, and EU “actively support robust initiatives to protect” civilians such as sanctions, “travel bans and asset freezes”.
Sudan’s civil war has been ongoing since 2023. The conflict is primarily between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by Gen. Mohamed Dagalo. This has resulted in the world’s largest displacement crisis according to the UN, human rights abuses, war crimes, sexual violence, and famine, in what the UN says is a “humanitarian emergency of shocking proportions”.
A UN report, to be presented to the Human Rights Council on February 27, 2025, says that the “entrenched impunity” is “fuelling gross human rights violations and abuses”. UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk “stressed that accountability, regardless of the rank and affiliation of the perpetrators, is critical to breaking the recurring cycle of violence and impunity in Sudan.”
The post Rights group says Sudan militant attacks on village constitute war crimes appeared first on JURIST - News.
Continue reading...
Note: We don't have any responsibilities about this news. Its been posted here by Feed Reader and we had no controls and checking on it. And because News posted here will be deleted automatically after 21 days, threads are closed so that no one spend time to post and discuss here. You can always check the source and discuss in their site.