Sudan: Türk Calls for Urgent Action to Protect Civilians and Prevent Large-Scale Atrocities in El Fasher

GENEVA (2 October 2025) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday called for urgent action to prevent large-scale, ethnically-driven attacks and atrocities in El Fasher, as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensify efforts to take control of the long-besieged capital of Sudan’s North Darfur State.

“After over 500 days of unremitting siege by the RSF and incessant fighting, El Fasher is on the precipice of an even greater catastrophe if urgent measures are not taken loosen the…