Sudan: ‘We Could Not Breathe Inside Those Containers’ RSF’s Systematic Detention, Torture and Extortion in North Darfur

After the fall of El Fasher, the Rapid Support Forces turned arbitrary detention into a criminal enterprise targeting thousands of civilians.

March 2026

On 26 October 2025, El Fasher, the last state capital in Darfur not under RSF control fell after more than 500 days of siege. As tens of thousands of civilians fled, RSF forces were waiting at checkpoints and on rural roads. Those who were caught did not disappear into chaos. They disappeared into a system.

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