Sudan's paramilitary RSF chief sentenced to death over war crimes
The ruling is the first against the Rapid Support Forces leadership since the war began, as the conflict has displaced more than 11 million people, the United Nations said.
- On Sunday, a Sudanese court in Port Sudan sentenced paramilitary leader Mohamed Hamdan Daglo and 15 others to death in absentia for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.
- The case centers on the June 2023 killing of West Darfur governor Khamis Abbakar, which occurred shortly after Rapid Support Forces forces seized El-Geneina, the state capital.
- United Nations experts determined that between 10,000 and 15,000 people, mostly from the Massalit ethnic group, were killed in El-Geneina, though the RSF has repeatedly denied allegations of war crimes.
- The court will refer the case to the Supreme Court for review while seeking arrest and extradition of those convicted through Interpol and other international channels.
- Now in its fourth year, the conflict between the army and the RSF has displaced more than 11 million people, triggering what the UN describes as the world's largest displacement and hunger crises.
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Sudanese Court Sentences RSF Leader Hemedti to Death in Absentia Over West Darfur Killings
A Sudanese court has sentenced Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, widely known as Hemedti, to death in absentia over the 2023 killing of West Darfur Governor Khamis Abdallah Abakar. The ruling, issued Sunday by the Anti-Terrorism and Crimes Against the State Court sitting in Port Sudan, marks the first court verdict against the RSF leader since war broke out between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary group in April 2023.
RSF chief Mohamed Hamdan Daglo sentenced to death in absentia
A court in Sudan's army-controlled city of Port Sudan on Sunday sentenced paramilitary leader Mohamed Hamdan Daglo and 15 others to death in absentia over charges of killing a regional governor and war crimes in Darfur, state media reported.
A Sudanese court, located in an army-controlled area, sentenced to death in absentia the head of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and other officials of the paramilitary force for war crimes in the western part of the country, according to a state media outlet.
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