Britain sanctions 4 commanders of the rapid reaction forces in Sudan

According to Isna, the people targeted by these sanctions include “Abdul Rahim Hamdan Daghlo”, the brother and deputy of General Hamidati, the commander of the RSF, along with three other commanders who are suspected of being involved in these crimes.

Under these sanctions, all targeted individuals face an asset freeze and a ban on entering the UK.

According to Reuters, in this regard, British Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper said: “The crimes that are happening in Sudan are absolutely terrible and a stain on the conscience of the world. “The overwhelming evidence of these heinous crimes – mass executions, starvation and the systematic and calculated use of rape as a weapon of war – will not and cannot go unpunished.”

In this regard, the Horn of Africa Women’s Network (SIHA) reported that it recorded more than 1,000 confirmed cases of sexual violence in 14 states of Sudan between 2023 and 2025.

The network announced in a statement that from 2023 to date, it has recorded 1,294 confirmed cases of sexual and gender-based violence in 14 states of Sudan.

The network stated that rapid response forces were responsible for the vast majority of these violations, with 87% of those identified as perpetrators being attributed to them.

SIHA added that “sexual violence in this war is systemic, not just collateral damage; “This violence follows the course of the conflict and reflects changes in territorial control.”

The statement found that “77% of the cases for which detailed information was available were rape offences.”

The network also recorded 225 cases of children, mostly girls, between the ages of four and 17 who were victims of conflict-related sexual violence, accounting for 18% of all cases recorded.

The statement also stated that the army “documented the arrest of more than 840 women in areas under its control, such as Wad Madani in Al Jazeera State, Al Qadarif and Bandar Sudan in Red Sea State.”

The statement emphasized the “highlight of ethnic targeting, as women and girls from Darfur’s tribes, including the Masalit, Berti, Fur and Zaghawa tribes, were directly targeted.” “The women of the Nuba mountains living in Khartoum were also targeted, humiliated and subjected to racism.”

The statement explained that it “traced a series of systematic violence that escalated in three stages as the troops advanced. “This violence begins with a wave of home invasions, characterized by raids and looting, along with sexual assault, and continues with the consolidation of control.”

The army is now entering the second phase of violence, openly targeting women in the streets and public spaces. The statement emphasized that “the third stage is the most brutal stage, which involves long-term detention of women in homes or prisons, where they face all kinds of torture, gang rape and forced marriage.”

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