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Arkivbild på en kvinna i Khartoum, Sudan. (Marwan Ali / AP)

Flickor hålls som sexslavar under Sudans inbördeskrig

Våldtäkter och arrangerade äktenskap drabbar kvinnor och flickor under inbördeskriget i Sudan, enligt en ny rapport från Human Rights Watch (HRW).

Båda stridande sidor använder sexuellt våld som vapen, men framför allt den paramilitära gruppen RSF som krigar mot den reguljära armén, skriver The Telegraph.

Många vittnar om att de blivit kidnappade, torterade och fängslade som sexslavar. Vissa våldtäkter har varit så brutala att kvinnor och flickor har dött, skriver The Guardian. Flera flickor har blivit gravida.

Stridande för RSF har hållit flickor ”under förhållanden som kan uppgå till sexuellt slaveri”, enligt HRW.

Rapporten identifierar minst 262 sexbrottsoffer mellan 9 och 60 år.

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Inbördeskriget i Sudan
Wikipedia (en)
A civil war between two rival factions of the military government of Sudan, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) under Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) under the Janjaweed leader Hemedti, began during Ramadan on 15 April 2023. Fighting has been concentrated around the capital city of Khartoum and the Darfur region. As of 21 January 2024, at least 13,000–15,000 people had been killed and 33,000 others were injured. As of 5 July 2024, over 7.7 million were internally displaced and more than 2.1 million others had fled the country as refugees, and many civilians in Darfur have been reported dead as part of the Masalit massacres. The war began with attacks by the RSF on government sites as airstrikes, artillery, and gunfire were reported across Sudan. The cities of Khartoum and Omdurman were divided between the two warring factions, with al-Burhan relocating his government to Port Sudan as RSF forces captured most of Khartoum's government buildings. Attempts by international powers to negotiate a ceasefire culminated in the Treaty of Jeddah in May 2023, which failed to stop the fighting and was ultimately abandoned. Over the next few months, a stalemate occurred, during which the two sides were then joined by rebel groups who had previously fought against Sudan's government. By mid-November, the Minni Minnawi and Mustafa Tambour factions of the Sudan Liberation Movement officially joined the war in support of the SAF, alongside the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). In contrast, the Tamazuj movement joined forces with the RSF, while the Abdelaziz al-Hilu faction of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North attacked SAF positions in the south of the country. Starting in October 2023, momentum began to swing toward the RSF, as the paramilitary defeated army forces in Darfur and made gains in Khartoum State, Kordofan, and Gezira State. Since February 2024, the SAF has made gains in Omdurman. Since June 2024, the RSF has made gains in Sennar State. Further negotiations between the warring sides have so far produced no significant results, while many countries have provided military or political support for either al-Burhan or Hemedti.

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