Rape and sexual violence in Sudan's ongoing conflict may amount to war crimes, a new UN report says

UN report alleges widespread human rights abuses in Sudan conflict

The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) released a report Friday of thousands of incidents of human rights abuses it says have occurred during the ongoing conflict in Sudan, including attacks by militias in densely populated civilian areas, mass graves and widespread sexual violence. The conflict between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) began in April 2023 over a failed political…

Rape and sexual violence in Sudan's ongoing conflict may amount to war crimes, a new UN report says

The U.N. human rights office said in a new report Friday that scores of people, including children, have been subjected to rape and other forms of sexual violence in the ongoinng conflict in Sudan, assaults that may amount to war crimes.

Sudan's warring sides commit abuses, including strikes on fleeing civilians, UN report says

GENEVA (Reuters) - Both sides in Sudan's civil war have committed abuses that may amount to war crimes including indiscriminate attacks on civilian sites like hospitals, markets and even camps for the displaced, the U.N. human rights office said on Friday. Read full story

Sudan's warring sides commit abuses, including strikes on fleeing civilians, UN report says

GENEVA - Both sides in Sudan's civil war have committed abuses that may amount to war crimes including indiscriminate attacks on civilian sites like hospitals, markets and even camps for the displaced, the U.N. human rights office said on Friday. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Dozens of people have been subjected to sexual assault and other forms of sexual violence in the ongoing conflict in Sudan, which could amount to war crimes, the United Nations Human Rights Office has reported.