Dozens of young women raped inside Fasher and on the way to safe area, doctors say
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- A doctors charity organization working with IDPs and government controlled area, the Sudan Doctors Network, has revealed 32 confirmed cases of rape within one week among girls from the city of El Fasher arriving in Tawila
“The Sudan Doctors Network team has documented, based on reliable medical and field information, the occurrence of 32 confirmed cases of rape within one week involving girls from the city of El Fasher who arrived in the Tawila area.
Some of the assaults took place inside El Fasher following the Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) takeover of the city, while others were attacked while attempting to flee to Tawila,” a press release by the doctors said Sunday in their Facebook account.
The release said the Network condemned the acts of rape committed by members of the RSF against women in the city of El Fasher and those fleeing the war.
It argued that these crimes constituted a blatant violation of international humanitarian law and amounted to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
They reveal the extent of the disorder and systematic abuses faced by women and girls in areas controlled by the RSF, amid the absence of protection and a complete lack of accountability.
“The Sudan Doctors Network holds the RSF fully responsible for these crimes and calls for an urgent and independent international investigation, immediate protection for the survivors and witnesses, and unrestricted access for medical and humanitarian organizations to provide care, treatment, and psychological and legal support,” the release said.
The RSF has always denied that this was a policy but rather individual cases of misconduct by its soldiers in the field. However, the victims in many previous cases spoke of gang-rape and abduction of women and young girls in particular in the presence of the leadership.
Two weeks ago, a video clip went viral as one female RSF leader told armed men that they should head to north Sudan where they would fornicate and improve the breeding of northern Sudanese women.
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