"But the paramilitary group's move has been greeted with scepticism from human rights campaigners and Sudanese people, who see it as an attempt to temper criticism over the violence. Much of the outrage has been focused on one individual, Abu Lulu, whom RSF media outlets showed under arrest and taken to a jail cell. Abu Lulu, a commander in the RSF, featured in numerous videos that emerged after Sunday's attack on El Fasher of fighters executing people in civilian clothing."
"The detention of Abu Lulu appears to be a PR stunt to deflect global anger and shift attention away from the militia's responsibility for this massacre, said Mohamed Suliman, a Sudanese researcher and writer based in Boston. However, many Sudanese did not buy into this and launched a hashtag: You are all Abu Lulu' meaning the entire militia acts like him."
"Open-source investigators the Centre for Information Resilience said they had verified images that showed Hemedti's brother and deputy, Abdul Rahim Dagalo, was present in El Fasher during the attacks. Hala al-Karib, a prominent Sudanese activist focusing on violence against women with the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa, said the focus on arresting one man was a painful joke intended to deflect from the scale of the violence inflicted by RSF forces in El Fasher and elsewhere."
The RSF claim to have arrested several fighters after mounting outrage over killings in El Fasher, but the arrests have been met with scepticism by human rights campaigners and Sudanese citizens. Attention has focused on commander Abu Lulu, shown in RSF media under arrest after appearing in videos of fighters executing people in civilian clothing following Sunday's attack. Critics describe the detention as a PR stunt to deflect responsibility and launched the hashtag 'You are all Abu Lulu' to signal collective culpability. Open-source investigators verified images placing senior RSF figures in El Fasher. Activists say the single arrest distracts from widespread violence and lack of accountability.
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