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Issued by the UN human rights office, OHCHR, the report describes how civilians – including many from besieged El Fasher – endured torture and abductions during a three-day offensive by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on nearby Zamzam camp for displaced persons in April this year.<\/p>\n
Highlighting the report\u2019s findings, UN rights chief Volker T\u00fcrk noted that more than 1,000 civilians had been killed in the Zamzam offensive alone, including 319 who faced summary execution at home, in the main market, or in schools, health facilities and mosques.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuch deliberate killing of civilians or persons or de combat may constitute the war crime of murder\u2026\u00a0The world must not sit back. and watch as such cruelty becomes entrenched,\u201d Mr. T\u00fcrk insisted.<\/p>\n
A camp full of terrified people<\/h2>\n
At the time of the RSF paramilitary attack, Zamzam camp hosted an estimated 500,000 people uprooted by Sudan war, which began in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the RSF, following a breakdown in transition to civilian rule.<\/p>\n
According to the OHCHR report, the RSF attack \u201csupported by allied Arab militia\u201d lasted from 11 to 13 April; it involved \u201cheavy artillery shelling and ground incursions\u201d which caused large numbers of civilian deaths and displacement.<\/p>\n
Previous \u201crelentless attacks\u201d on both El Fasher and surrounding camps had been happening since May 2024, prompting High Commissioner T\u00fcrk to issue an alert for residents of Abu Shouk and Zamzam camps in September 2024.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt least 104 people, including 75 women, 26 girls and three boys, most of them from the Zaghawa ethnic tribe were subjected to gruesome sexual violence, including rape and gang rape and sexual slavery,\u201d Mr. T\u00fcrk said on Thursday in an online video message.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cSexual violence appears to have been deliberately used to inflict terror on the community,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Grim testimony<\/h2>\n
Testimonies highlighted in the report detailing the summary execution of displaced people describe how RSF fighters targeted civilians including seven elderly men at a mosque and 16 others at a religious school.<\/p>\n
\u201cA surviving community leader recounted how two RSF fighters inserted their rifles through small holes in the window of the room where he was hiding with 10 other men and opened fire, killing randomly eight of them,\u201d OHCHR said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cA woman who returned to the camp the day after the deadly assault, in search of her missing 15-year-old son, said, \u2018The camp was empty. I saw scattered dead bodies on the roads. Only chicken, donkeys and sheep were wandering around.\u2019 She did not find her son that day.\u201d<\/p>\n
The report\u2019s findings are based on UN human rights monitoring, including a field mission to eastern Chad in July this year. Interviews were also conducted with 155 victims and witnesses – including 114 women, three girls and six boys – who had fled Zamzam camp during and after the RSF paramilitary offensive.<\/p>\n
UN rights chief T\u00fcrk has called for an \u201cimpartial, thorough and effective investigation into the attack\u201d on Zamzam camp; all those responsible for serious violations of international law must be punished within fair proceedings, he noted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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