Sudan: Mass rapes and at least 20 women and girls
‘abducted and held in inhuman, slave-like conditions’
We have seen Nigerian jihadis kidnap and rape women. We have seen the Islamic State jihadis kidnap and rape women. And now we see Sudanese jihadis kidnap and rape women. No one seems to notice, but this is a common theme when jihadis conduct raids. What, oh what, could be the unifying factor?
UN condemns sexual violence and abductions in Sudan
Dabanga, November 5, 2023:
At least 20 Sudanese women and girls are reported to have been “abducted and held in inhuman, degrading slave-like conditions”, according to UN Human Rights spokesperson Liz Throssell. In a briefing at Geneva’s Palais des Nations on Friday, she expressed her deep alarm at these reports, urging for the captives’ release, and for them to be provided with the necessary medical and psychosocial support.
Throssell explained that women and girls are being “allegedly forcibly married and held for ransom” in areas of Darfur under the control of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
She referred to credible information obtained suggesting that over 20 women and girls have been taken, though the number could be higher.
“Some sources have reported seeing women and girls in chains on pick-up trucks and in cars. Initial allegations arose early in the conflict in the Khartoum area, which has remained largely under the control of the Rapid Support Forces”.
The UN spokesperson restated the calls of former High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk who condemned these “vile acts”, and urged for the prompt release of the abducted women and girls.
Officially, at least 105 people have been subjected to sexual violence since the hostilities in Sudan began on April 15. According to the Combating Violence Against Women Unit of the Ministry of Social Affairs, the documented rapes likely represent only two per cent of the total cases, “meaning there have been a possible 4,400 cases of sexual violence in 11 weeks alone”.
In mid-July, the Darfur Bar Association (DBA) said it received several reports about the existence of women slave markets in North Darfur, but could not confirm them….
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The Janjaweed are a group of Sudanese Arab jihadis that operates mainly in the Darfur region. For years they have waged jihad against black Africans there, likely motivated largely by Arab supremacism, but from the claim that they weren’t Muslim enough, or the right kind of Muslim.
Genesis 16:12 - "He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
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