UN Human Rights Council Orders Probe into Atrocities in Sudan's Al-Fasher

UN Investigation into Al-Fasher Atrocities

• 🌍 The UN Human Rights Council has ordered a fact-finding mission to investigate alleged atrocities in Sudan's Al-Fasher.
• ⚖️ The mission aims to document evidence of crimes against humanity and identify perpetrators for justice.

Fall of Al-Fasher and Escalating Violence

• 💥 Al-Fasher fell to paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on October 26th, cementing their control in the Darfur region.
• 💔 The city has been described as a crime scene, with reports of starvation, rape, execution, and torture of civilians.
• 🏫 Al-Fasher University, where thousands were sheltering, was reportedly turned into a killing ground.

Devastating Witness Accounts

• 🛰️ Satellite imagery has captured blood stains on the ground in Al-Fasher.
• 🚶‍♀️ Fleeing civilians described civilians being shot in the streets and attacked by drones, with bodies scattered along escape routes.
• ⚠️ Information gathered indicates that hundreds of women and girls were raped along escape routes.

Displacement and Unaccounted For

• 🏠 Close to 100,000 people have fled Al-Fasher since the RSF takeover.
• ❓ Many individuals remain unaccounted for following the mass displacement.