Mashad Observatory for Human Rights expresses its utmost condemnation and deep concern over the heinous crimes committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) against civilians in North Kordofan State. These crimes include indiscriminate artillery shelling and systematic armed attacks targeting residential neighborhoods and villages surrounding the city of El-Obeid, in blatant violation of all international norms and the principles of international humanitarian law.
The artillery bombardment on El-Obeid resulted in the killing of 6 civilians, including 5 children from a single family, in a tragic scene that illustrates the indiscriminate violence inflicted by these forces upon innocent populations. The brutality did not stop there; the RSF launched deadly assaults on villages south of the city, killing over 100 unarmed civilians, among them 20 women and 10 children, and forcibly displacing more than 3,000 families into the unknown without shelter, food, or water—creating dire humanitarian conditions that threaten to spiral into an even greater catastrophe.
In addition, these forces looted hundreds of livestock and seized civilians’ property in a systematic manner, reflecting a clear intent to dismantle civilian life and destroy the means of survival in the region. These actions form part of a consistent and deliberate pattern of ethnic cleansing, forced displacement, and civilian terrorization, aimed at emptying the land of its indigenous inhabitants and dismantling its social fabric.
Mashad Observatory considers these horrific violations to be war crimes and crimes against humanity that must not go unpunished. The continuation of such patterns of violence amid suspicious international silence only strengthens a culture of impunity, undermines the foundations of international justice, and threatens regional peace and security.
Accordingly, Mashad Observatory renews its call on the international community, human rights organizations, and United Nations bodies to act urgently to stop these massacres, ensure the protection of civilians, launch an independent international investigation into these crimes, and bring those responsible to justice. It is imperative to put an end to the suffering of the Sudanese people, who continue to pay the price of power struggles with blood, death, and displacement.
