As the conflict in Sudan drags on, civilians continue to bear the brunt of atrocities.
Fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), now in its fourth year, has been marked by war crimes and other violations of international humanitarian law committed by all warring parties.
Their actions have made Sudan the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.
A new report now finds that forces affiliated with the SAF have arbitrarily detained, tortured, and otherwise ill-treated civilians in areas under their control, and denied them due process rights.
>> Read the report and more on Sudan here
HRW research, including interviews with over two dozen people, documents military has led a campaign of fear and retaliation against people they label collaborators, because of their ethnic identity, humanitarian work, or political affiliation or for having lived under RSF control.
“I was beaten everywhere, despite pleading that I have diabetes,” one woman said. “They kept beating and slapping me with their hands and sticks and whips and insulting me. I felt so degraded, as if I was not a human anymore.”
As abuses in Sudan continue unchecked, international and regional actors should make it clear: those leaders responsible will be held to account.
