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Amnesty International Calls for War Crimes Probe Over RSF Attack on Sudan Refugee Camp

Amnesty International has urged a war crimes investigation into a brutal assault by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the Zamzam displacement camp in April, documenting accounts of indiscriminate killings, rape, and arson that forced hundreds of thousands to flee. Rights group Amnesty International has called for an international war crimes investigation following a large-scale attack by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a major displacement camp earlier this year. In a report released Wednesday, Amnesty documented witness accounts of atrocities committed during the RSF’s assault on the Zamzam camp in North Darfur between April 11 and 13. The attack occurred as the paramilitary group laid siege to the state capital, el-Fasher. Based on interviews with 29 survivors, witnesses, and relatives, as well as video and satellite imagery, the report describes RSF fighters deploying explosives in populated areas, firing randomly into resid...