Surveillance and detentions rife in city

With limited humanitarian aid, risks of child malnutrition remain high

“A pervasive pall of fear hangs over El Fasher today” – Agnès Callamard

Civilians in El Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan, are still suffering detention, torture and limited access to humanitarian aid one year after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured the city and committed brutalities against civilians, Amnesty International said today.

In new testimony, residents who recently escaped the city told Amnesty International how schools had been turned into detention centres, how their movement was strictly controlled, and that unlawful killings were rife.

According to figures gathered by humanitarian organizations working in the city, fewer than 70,000 people are present in El Fasher, compared to its pre-war population of more than one million. Humanitarian access remains limited, and humanitarian workers and other civilians in the city are constantly surveilled or monitored.…