“Rampage of Killings, Looting, Torture, Rape”: Ethnic Cleansing in Sudan’s Darfur Region
83,207
Published 2024-05-16
Human Rights Watch has documented ethnic cleansing in the West Darfur region of Sudan by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and allied militias against the Masalit people and other non-Arab communities. “These allied militia and the RSF then, from April until June, conducted a rampage of killings, of lootings, of torture, of rape,” says Belkis Wille, associate director with the Crisis, Conflict, and Arms Division at Human Rights Watch. She says international actors must cut off the flow of arms to all warring parties, but adds there is little “political will” to enforce an arms embargo in Sudan.
Transcript: www.democracynow.org/2024/5/16/sudan_ethnic_cleans…
Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET.
Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
All Comments (21)
-
Sudan has been suffering for too long stop this violence.
-
Thank you for bringing attention to Sudan. The people of Africa are often forgotten.
-
The result of 1,400 years of Arab Muslim genocidal settler colonialism in Sudan specifically/north Africa in general. The indigenous Sudanese, who are Nubians, example the Masalit and Fir ethnic groups, had been pushed west into Darfur over the last thousand years and are now being wiped out there too or pushed into Chad, South Sudan, etc. The Arab-Muslim militias conducting this genocide against non-Arab indigenous groups should be receiving way more attention.
-
Free these people from corruption and genocide
-
Never again. That means never again anywhere, any time, to any population of people
-
Thank you for covering this.
-
This has been ongoing in Sudan and the world has been ignoring it.
-
Arab supremacy is rarely covered
-
Thank you Democracy Now this is really important!
-
What a terrible situation. It breaks my heart to see people being killed just because they are of different ethnic gp.
-
Lost for words..
-
Horrifying! The world must come together and stop these killings of civilians in Sudan.
-
Where the pious muslims ....where is the African union
-
The enablers are more to blame. Why would you send money to these monsters to buy more weapons and k.. innocent civilians. Without this support they cannot carry out these mas........ These countries need to be called out at the UN.
-
Does everybody remember a huge protest rally in Washington? DC and April, o9.. on this and this was denounced be . What had been going on when to be stopped? And Mr. Spark smirk Obama made a little speech. He said with a a smirk We have to get the approval of Congress. Didn't apply to Libya or Syria. Or other war, he started as the boss of un security council, but it applied to Sudan.approval of congress he said .. And nobody did anything. .. And from 2009 to 2014. .. . 3 million people were slaughtered in Sudan.
-
The massacre in Gaza is beyond belief. BUT! What is happening in the Sudan is affecting many, many more people. The world is going mad. Evil appears to be the norm. How sad for humanity. 😭😭😭😭😭😭
-
My God, those poor kids, mothers, babies. Are these people ever going to have any peace. This is absolutely heartbreaking 💔 😢
-
You got brothers killing brothers so that others can take that land and control the resources
-
Why won’t the UN send In protection forces and rescue these people?? Send in Humanitarian Aid with the Security Forces!!!
-
thanks Democracy now for this . Too much suffering is going on in Sudan . Time for this to end .
