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“Forgotten Conflict, Forgotten Nation: Will anyone listen to the victims’ voices in Sudan?” Thus Sudanese Human Rights Defenders in exile or (SHRDs) entitled their new report on 27 November 2025. It provides harrowing details of the atrocities committed since the conflict between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) erupted in April 2023.
Millions of people have been displaced, lost homes and businesses, suffered horrific violations, including torture, sexual violence and others and lost loved ones. The United Nations has declared Sudan to be the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, claiming tens of thousands of lives and displaced over 12.4 million people, including more than 3.3 million as refugees in neighbouring countries. Women and girls face unprecedented vulnerability, with a sharp increase in maternal deaths and over 80 per cent of hospitals in conflict zones non-operational, leaving many without critical medical care and cases of conflict-related sexual violence remain hugely underreported.
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The UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan titled its 2025 report as “War of Atrocities,” describing the seriousness of the atrocities endured by Sudanese since the war started. The report found that both parties detained individuals arbitrarily without charge or legal process, and subjected them to torture, inhumane and degrading treatment and inhumane conditions. The report again found large scale of rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence, amounting to crimes against humanity, committed mainly by RSF but also by SAF and targeting women and girls based on their combined gender and ethnicity.
The report of SHRDs features testimonies from over 15 survivors of grave violations, including torture, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, and sexual and gender-based violence. Interviews were conducted across Sudan, online, and in refugee camps in neighboring countries, painting a comprehensive picture of the trauma.
The violence has shattered victims, their families, and communities, leaving an impact that will be felt for generations. With no functional mechanisms for justice, victims are left without access to reparations, accountability, or even essential medical assistance.
This report calls on the regional and international entities to prioritize the suffering of Sudanese people that results in many violations of fundamental rights with people being killed, displaced, violated, facing starvation amid the world watching on the sidelines. SHRDs urge the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to keep documenting human rights violations through the Fact-Finding Mission, and urge them to visit Sudan as well as other places where Sudanese refugees have sought safety in the neighboring countries. They further call on the UN to impose embargo on Sudan to prevent influx of weapons from third parties fueling the war. Finally, SHRDs also urge the political bodies, including the UN Security Council, the African Union and IGAD to push SAF and RSF to end the atrocities and carry out effective investigations into violations committed and provide reparations for the victims.
Find the English and Arabic copies of the report below:
