Rights group says sexual violence constitutes war crimes, and that it underscores the urgent need for international action to protect Sudanese civilians and deliver justice to victims

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Human Rights Watch accuses Sudan’s RSF of rape, sexual slavery

CAIRO (Reuters) -     Women from Sudan's South Kordofan state have been repeatedly raped and some held as sex slaves by fighters from the warring Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias, Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Monday. Read full story

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Women held as sex slaves in Sudan's South Kordofan, Human Rights Watch says

Sudanese women tell Human Rights Watch that RSF paramilitaries, one side in a grueling civil war, are subjecting them to horrific sexual violence.

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Sudan civil war sees RSF forces rape women and girls on a shocking "scope and scale," rights group says

CAIRO - Women from Sudan's South Kordofan state have been repeatedly raped and some held as sex slaves by fighters from the warring Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias, Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Monday.

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Singapore

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Gang Rape, Sexual Slavery as Rapid Support Forces Attack Refuge Area

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Amadou Mahtar Ba

South Africa

Sudan: Fighters Rape Women and Girls, Hold Sex Slaves

Sexual violence has been widespread, impacting many women and girls in Sudan. Read More The post Women bear brunt of war in Sudan appeared first on Drudge Report.

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Qatar

Women bear brunt of war in Sudan

Juanita Goebertus (Bogotá, 40), director of the division for America of Human Rights Watch (HRW), has ended with a pessimistic diagnosis after visiting Santiago de Chile to intervene in the 40 years of the Cartagena Declaration on Refugees—one of the most relevant regional strategic frameworks in the area of protection and solutions—in a commemoration held between December 11 and 12. “We insisted on complying with this declaration, but unfortuna…

Juanita Goebertus (Bogotá, 40 años), directora de la división para América de Human Rights Watch (HRW), ha terminado con un diagnóstico pesimista después de visitar Santiago de Chile para intervenir en los 40 años de la Declaración de Cartagena sobre Refugiados —uno de los marcos estratégicos regionales más relevantes en materia de protección y soluciones—, en una conmemoración realizada entre el 11 y 12 de diciembre. “Se insistió en cumplir est…

Juanita Goebertus, de Human Rights Watch: “Expulsar migrantes no derrota el crimen organizado, lo fortalece”

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Juanita Goebertus, Human Rights Watch: “Ejecting migrants does not defeat organized crime, it strengthens it”

In its latest report on civil war-torn Sudan, monitor NGO Human Rights Watch documented dozens of cases of sexual violence committed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces group, echoing reports by UN agencies.

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Sudan: Human Rights Watch accuses paramilitaries of widespread sexual violence

Women and girls are gang-raped in front of their families – or abducted and held as sex slaves. Human Rights Watch makes serious allegations against Sudan's paramilitary forces.

Kvinnor och flickor utsätts för gruppvåldtäkter framför sina familjer – eller förs bort och hålls som sexslavar. Human Rights Watch riktar allvarliga anklagelser mot Sudans paramilitära styrkor.

HRW: Kvinnor hålls som sexslavar i Sudan

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Stockholm

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Sweden

HRW: Women are held as sex slaves in Sudan

Horror and oblivion in the Sudanese war. Human Rights Watch published yesterday a report in which it recounts a scenario of endless sexual violence against women and girls in the context of the conflict that has plagued the African country since April 2023.Continue reading...

Horror y olvido en la guerra de Sudán. Human Rights Watch publicó ayer un informe en el que relata un escenario de violencia sexual sin fin contra mujeres y niñas en el marco del conflicto que azota al país africano desde abril de 2023.Seguir leyendo...

Human Rights Watch accuses Sudan’s RSF of rape, sexual slavery

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