HRW: Sudan's rival parties have engaged in serious gender-based violence
Conflicting parties in Sudan have engaged in widespread sexual and gender-based violence in the country's capital, Khartoum.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in its report today that the fighters of the Rapid Support Force (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have been regularly carrying out acts of rape, gang rape and other crimes since the beginning civil war in April 2023.
Today's report by Human Rights Watch, which is far from the first one that mentioned the witnessing of acts of sexual violence in Sudan, has been prepared based on interviews with staff including health center workers and social affairs workers, community counselors and lawyers who spoke to one and hundreds of survivors of sexual violence in Khartoum, and in the sister cities of Khartoum North and Omdurman.
The HRW report added that: The rival parties in Sudan, namely the RSF force and the national army, have tortured women and girls aged from nine to at least 60 years old. Men and boys have also been victims of sexual violence.
In its report titled "War on Humanity - The Cost of Conflict and Violence in Sudan," Doctors Without Borders also stated that the Sudanese armed forces and the RSF fighters and their supporters are committing appalling atrocities against people across the country. in the country.
The report explains that the war in Sudan has led to the collapse of civil protection, and local communities are facing indiscriminate violence, murder, torture and sexual violence while attacks continue against health workers and medical centers.
