CategoriesAbduction Arbitrary Killings Arrest Forced Evictions Human rights Ransom RSF Security Situation TortureOctober 26, 2025 marked one of the darkest days in Darfur’s ongoing crisis. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized El-Fasher, North Darfur’s capital and the Sudanese army’s last major stronghold in the region, after 18 months of brutal siege. What followed was systematic violence against civilians—mass killings, sexual assault, extortion, and forced starvation. This report […]
Yesterday marked the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists — a reminder that truth-telling in conflict zones is not only dangerous, it is life-threatening. In Sudan, this danger is not symbolic. It is unfolding in real time. On 26 October 2025, Sudanese journalist Muammar Ibrahim, a correspondent for Al Jazeera, was detained […]
CategoriesAbduction Global Advocacy RSF Security SituationFighters from Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have captured and forced dozens of young men to fight in the ongoing conflict around El Fasher, according to testimonies gathered by the Darfur Network for Human Rights (DNHR) from witnesses and sources inside the city. Witnesses reported that 65 young men were seized at RSF checkpoints between […]
Armed fighters from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) abducted more than a dozen girls and killed a civilian woman along the El Fasher–Tawila route in North Darfur between October 20 and 22, 2025, according to information gathered by the Darfur Network for Human Rights (DNHR) through field monitors and eyewitness interviews. On October 20, RSF […]
CategoriesAbduction Arrest Global Advocacy Security SituationFresh violence erupted on Saturday, 4 October 2025, in Shangil Tobai Administrative Unit, Dar Al-Salam locality, North Darfur State, after a clash inside Nifasha Camp between small truck drivers escalated into a broader assault by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). According to eyewitnesses, the incident began around 4:00 p.m. when two businessmen from the Arab […]
CategoriesAbduction Arrest Assault Forced Evictions Global Advocacy Human rights Humanitarian Aid Press release Refugee Security SituationBetween September 29 and October 2, 2025, intense attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on several villages in North Darfur, including Gerne, Halla Sheikh, and Shagra , have triggered new waves of displacement toward Tawalla Camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs), located about 30 km from El Fasher. According to eyewitness accounts, over 1,100 […]
CategoriesAbduction Arrest Dispatch Human rights RSF Sexual Violence TortureImmediate Release of WHRD On September 28, 2025, The Darfur Network for Human Rights (DNHR) and Nisa el Mustaqbal (Women of the Future Initiative) strongly condemn the arbitrary arrest and detention of Ms. Suwaken Ishaq Adam Arbab, a respected human rights and women’s rights defender, who was detained by members of the Rapid Support Forces […]
More than 50 civilians, including women, children, and elderly individuals, have reportedly been abducted from Abu Shouk camp in El Fasher by armed elements believed to be affiliated with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). According to verified field reports, the abductees were taken to a house in the Riyadh neighborhood, northeast of the city. The […]
CategoriesAbduction Aerial bombardment Arbitrary Killings Assault Dispatch Food Security Forced Evictions Global Advocacy Healthcare Refugee Refugee Crisis RSF Security SituationApril 22, 2025. Nertiti Locality, Central Darfur The Darfur Network for Human Rights (DNHR) expresses its deep concern over the ongoing mass displacement of civilians from El Fasher city and Abu Shouk IDP Camp, following an escalation of brutal attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). In particular, the recent massacre at Zamzam IDP Camp […]
CategoriesAbduction Aerial bombardment Arbitrary Killings Food Security Forced Evictions Freedom of Expressions Global Advocacy HomeArbitrary Killings Human rights31 March 2025 Author: Coalition for the ICC Two decades ago, the United Nations Security Council referred the situation in Darfur, Sudan, to the International Criminal Court (ICC). For the victims in Darfur, the first-ever UN Security Council referral to the ICC was a beacon of hope that those who committed unspeakable crimes would one […]
