The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Friday stated he was deeply alarmed by experiences of abstract executions of civilians – many from Darfur or Kordofan – in seven separate incidents, allegedly by fighters and militia allied to the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in Khartoum North (Bahri), and reiterated his name for a right away finish to such assaults.
In his statement Türk confirms that “in accordance with info verified by the UN Human Rights Office, at the very least 18 folks, together with one girl, had been killed in seven separate incidents, attributed to SAF-affiliated fighters and militia for the reason that SAF regained management of the realm on 25 January. Many of the victims of those incidents, which occurred within the neighborhood El Jeili oil refinery, had been initially from the Darfur or Kordofan areas of Sudan.
“There are further disturbing allegations emanating from Khartoum North, which the UN Human Rights Office continues to corroborate. In a video circulated on 30 January 2025, men in SAF uniform and members of the El Baraa Bin Malik Brigade in Khartoum North are observed reading out a long list of names of alleged RSF collaborators, saying “Zaili” – Arabic for “killed” – after every identify,” Türk says.
“These experiences of abstract executions, following related incidents earlier this month in El Gezira state, are deeply disturbing. Such killings should not grow to be normalised. Deliberately taking the lifetime of a civilian or anybody not or now not immediately participating in hostilities is a warfare crime.
“I once again call on all parties to the conflict to take urgent action to protect civilians and to uphold obligations under international humanitarian and human rights law. Independent investigations must be held into these incidents in line with relevant international standards.”
Türk fears additional assaults amid surprising threats of violence in opposition to civilians. A video reviewed by the UN Human Rights Office – recorded within the presence of a TV journalist – reveals a member of El Baraa Bin Malik Brigade threatening to slaughter the residents of El Hadj Yusif in East Nile, an space of Khartoum North additionally primarily inhabited by folks originating from Darfur and Kordofan.
‘Deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian objects are abhorrent. They must end immediately and so must incitement to violence against civilians. Such attacks constitute serious violations of international humanitarian law and may constitute war crimes…’
Attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) additionally proceed unabated. In El Fasher, in North Darfur, the Abu Shouk camp for internally displaced folks as soon as once more got here below shelling. Nine civilians, amongst them two ladies and a boy, had been killed and at the very least 12 others injured when the camp was shelled on 29 January.
In an earlier incident on 24 January, a drone assault, attributed to the RSF, left at the very least 67 lifeless and 19 injured at El Saudi Maternity Hospital in El Fasher, and severely broken its emergency unit, rendering it out of service. This is the second time the hospital – which was the one practical facility offering specialised companies in El Fasher – has been attacked this month. In 2024, it got here below RSF shelling at the very least 13 instances.
“Deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian objects are abhorrent. They must end immediately and so must incitement to violence against civilians. Such attacks constitute serious violations of international humanitarian law and may constitute war crimes,” Türk concludes.
‘Bahri a ghost town’
As beforehand reported by Radio Dabanga and the Sudan Media Forum, the war has turned Khartoum North (Bahri) into a ghost town. The military has paved a street between its neighbourhoods, from the far north to the far south, however this street is sufficient to give an thought of the extent of the desolation and destruction that now looms over it.
The Sudanese military continues to be coping with pockets of Rapid Support Forces within the outdated neighbourhoods of Bahri to the west, and others within the Kafouri neighbourhood adjoining to the japanese Nile, the place stable Rapid Support Forces concentrations are concentrated.
Radio Dabanga has approached the SAF and RSF for remark.
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