Sudan civilians trapped by fear, disappearance and detention: rights experts

(UN News) As Sudan’s conflict enters a fourth year, civilians are increasingly trapped not only by frontline violence but by fear, disappearance and detention, according to an update by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan to the 62nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday. Both sides in the conflict – the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), along with allied groups – are increasingly trying to control populations already exhausted by war. “Civilians continue to bear the overwhelming burden of this conflict,” said Mission Chair Mohamed Chande Othman, warning that violence has evolved into a broader system of repression reaching into nearly every aspect of civilian life. – Sudan civilians trapped by fear, disappearance and detention: rights experts | UN News