Sudan: DNHR Welcomes UN Genocide Determination and U.S. Sanctions for El-Fasher Atrocities

The Darfur Network for Human Rights (DNHR) welcomes the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission’s determination that the Rapid Support Forces committed genocide in El-Fasher, as well as the United States Treasury Department’s sanctions on three RSF commanders responsible for the atrocities.

The UN Mission’s report, released February 19, concludes that the RSF carried out “a coordinated campaign of destruction against non-Arab communities in and around El-Fasher” with evidence…