Africa

Sudan: Armed Forces Airstrikes in South Darfur

ENG

Wednesday, 4 June 2025

Sudan: Armed Forces Airstrikes in South Darfur

Indiscriminate Strikes Add to Record of War Crimes

Ugandan Mothers Stand by Their LGBT Children

ENG

Thursday, 8 May 2025

Ugandan Mothers Stand by Their LGBT Children

Anti-Homosexuality Law Makes Supporting LGBT Loved Ones Dangerous

Uganda

Super Mothers

Uganda LGBT

South Sudan: Incendiary Bombs Kill, Burn Civilians

ENG

Thursday, 10 April 2025

South Sudan: Incendiary Bombs Kill, Burn Civilians

End Use of Cruel Indiscriminate Weapons; Allow UN Peacekeepers Deployment

ENG

Thursday, 16 January 2025

Retreat and Resistance in Dark Times

2025 World Report Covers Crackdowns, Crises, and Conflicts around the Globe

Sudan: RSF Fighters Rape Women and Girls, Hold Sex Slaves

ENG العربية

Monday, 16 December 2024

Sudan: RSF Fighters Rape Women and Girls, Hold Sex Slaves

Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters and allied militias have raped scores of women and girls, including in the context of sexual slavery, in Sudan’s South Kordofan state since September 2023, Human Rights Watch said today. These acts of sexual violence, which constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity, underscore the urgent need for meaningful international action to protect civilians and deliver justice.

ENG

Tuesday, 10 December 2024

Sudan: War Crimes in South Kordofan

(Nairobi, December 10, 2024) – The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed scores of civilians, and injured, raped, and abducted many others in waves of attacks in Habila and Fayu, two towns in Sudan’s South Kordofan state, between December 2023 and March 2024, Human Rights Watch said today. The attacks on mainly ethnic Nuba residents, which had not been widely reported, constitute war crimes.

Conflict

Sexual Violence

War Crimes