Witnesses and aid workers say Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces are holding residents for ransom in Al-Fashir. Killing or beating those whose families cannot pay. Survivors described paying ransoms of between 5 million ($1,400) and 60 million ($17,000) Sudanese pounds. Asked for comment, RSF said most cases of detention and extortion of people had been carried out by a rival group whose members disguise themselves in RSF uniforms. The statement can be seen as yet another laughable and ridiculous clarification from RSF.
EL FASHER DECEMBER 4: Witnesses and aid workers say Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces are holding residents for ransom in Al-Fashir, killing or beating those whose families cannot pay. The accounts suggest that large groups are being held in a cluster of villages within 80 km (50 miles) of al-Fashir, while others have been brought back into the city as the RSF demands payments worth thousands of dollars from their relatives. Their detention shows the risks faced by those who were unable to reach safety from al-Fashir.
Survivors described paying ransoms of between 5 million ($1,400) and 60 million ($17,000) Sudanese pounds.
Asked for comment, RSF legal adviser Mohamed Mukhtar said most cases of detention and extortion of people from al-Fashir had been carried out by a rival group whose members disguise themselves in RSF uniforms. The statement can be seen as yet another laughable and ridiculous clarification from RSF. An RSF committee is “investigating” more than 100 cases of alleged abuse in al-Fashir daily.
Sudanese ambassador to Türkiye says his country is compiling evidence against the terrorist organisation Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that it will present to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
