"The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Friday agreed to the deployment of an independent fact-finding mission to the city of el-Fasher in the wake of reported atrocities carried out there by forces engaged in armed conflict with the Sudanese army. Rapid Support Forces (RSF) last month overran army troops to take el-Fasher, until then the last Sudanese stronghold in North Darfur, reportedly raping, torturing and executing hundreds of people in the course of one single day."
"When the UNHRC met Friday in Geneva, Switzerland, it passed the measure to deploy the mission. The mission will seek to identify perpetrators and preserve evidence of potential crimes in hopes of affecting future convictions in what UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk called, "a display of naked cruelty used to subjugate and control an entire population." "The atrocities that are unfolding in el-Fasher were foreseen and preventable, but they were not prevented. They constitute the gravest of crimes," Turk said."
"Turk on Friday went a step further, calling for action against those "profiting" from the war, whether they be individuals or corporations. He also warned of surging violence in the central Sudanese region of Kordofan, which many have already reported increasingly mirrors the situation in el-Fasher. The Kordofan region consists of three states and serves as a buffer between the RSF's western Darfur strongholds and the army-held states in the east."
The United Nations Human Rights Council agreed to deploy an independent fact-finding mission to el-Fasher after reports of mass atrocities during clashes with the Sudanese army. Rapid Support Forces overran army positions and are reported to have raped, tortured and executed hundreds in a single day. The mission aims to identify perpetrators and preserve evidence to support future prosecutions. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk described the violence as a display of naked cruelty and labeled the crimes the gravest. Turk urged action against those profiting from the war and warned of escalating violence in Kordofan. Sudan criticized the measure as insufficient and accused the UAE of supporting the RSF, a claim the UAE denies.
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