Ministry of Foreign Affairs Media and Spokesperson Department

  A press release on the condemnation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for human rights violations committed by the Rapid Support militia in the state of West Darfur

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes the statement issued by the official spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva on June 24, which directly condemned the rebel Rapid Support Forces regarding the atrocities committed in West Darfur state, as the statement included statements received by the Office of the High Commissioner from eyewitnesses In the city of Adre, Chad, who confirmed that the Arab militias, backed by the leadership of the rebel Rapid Support Forces, had targeted members of the Masalit tribe and ordered them to leave the city of El Geneina and the state of West Darfur to Chad. The statement also called on the leadership of the Rapid Support Forces to immediately condemn and stop acts of premeditated killing, and to stop all other forms of violence and hate speech based on ethnic affiliation.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while welcoming this statement issued by a specialized UN mechanism, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, requests the international community and all international, regional and semi-regional organizations to follow the same approach and condemn in the strongest terms the violations committed by the rebel Rapid Support militia against the people. Sudanese. .

Issued in Khartoum
Monday, June 25, 2023 AD