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RSF committed crimes against humanity in Sudan's el-Fasher — Amnesty
Amnesty International released a report on Wednesday accusing Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during the siege and capture of el-Fasher. The report, based on interviews with 247 victims and witnesses, details deliberate attacks on civilians, including children, and Amnesty has called for a nationwide ceasefire and international protection.
Amnesty International has accused Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of committing crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during their siege and capture of el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. The rights group released its findings on Wednesday, detailing a campaign of systematic violence against civilians, including the deliberate targeting of children.
Coverage Comparison
The report has been covered by BBC and Deutsche Welle, both of which highlighted Amnesty's central allegation that the RSF's actions in el-Fasher constituted crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing. The two outlets drew on Amnesty's research, which involved interviews with 247 victims or witnesses between early 2024 and October 2025 in North Darfur. The report, titled "City Under Siege, Children Under Fire: Rapid Support Forces' Crimes Against Humanity in North Darfur," describes attacks on settlements housing the Zaghawa ethnic group, as well as widespread violence against children, including killing, abduction, forced recruitment, and rape.
Key Claims
Amnesty International's report accuses the RSF of committing crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during the siege and capture of el-Fasher, Sudan. The report lists crimes including murder, forcible transfer, imprisonment, torture, rape, sexual slavery, and persecution.
The RSF systematically attacked settlements around el-Fasher that housed the Zaghawa people, an ethnic group in western Darfur.
Children were deliberately targeted, according to Amnesty, and suffered immensely. The report alleges that children were killed, injured, raped, abducted, and forcibly recruited on a massive scale.
Amnesty's Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, described the conflict as a "war on civilians" and said, "Children were not collateral damage of this violence — often, they were deliberately targeted and have suffered immensely."
The report's evidence "may be relevant to the crime of genocide," according to Amnesty, which noted that an independent UN fact-finding mission had earlier concluded that the 2025 assault on el-Fasher bore the "hallmarks of genocide."
The RSF has not yet commented on the Amnesty report, but has denied similar accusations in the past. Both the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have previously been accused of war crimes, which they deny.
Amnesty International called for a nationwide ceasefire and for an international force to protect civilians.
More than 6,000 people were killed in just three days of the assault on el-Fasher, according to a single report carried by one outlet.
How each outlet told it
BBC — World
Framing: Sudan's civil war and human rights abuses — Condemning and objective
Facts Included:
RSF committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during the siege of el-Fasher
Amnesty report details abuses, including murder, torture, and rape
Children were deliberately targeted and suffered immensely
UN reported 'hallmarks of genocide' in the 2025 assault on the capital of North Darfur
Over 6,000 people were killed in three days of the assault on el-Fasher
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ClaimThe Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary's siege and capture of the city of el-Fasher, Sudan, involved ethnic cleansing and other crimes against humanity.
ConfidenceHigh
StatusMulti-source quoted from Deutsche Wellethe outlets behind this status were not recorded for this claim
ClaimAmnesty International interviewed 247 victims or witnesses between early 2024 and October 2025 in North Darfur for its report.