Sudanese human rights organisations had evidence the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had detained more than 5,000 people in the capital and were keeping them in inhumane conditions, the group told Reuters on Friday.
on the ground. Residents have accused the force of looting and occupying homes.
"These organisations are ignoring violations by the army against civilians including air and artillery strikes, detentions, and arming of civilians," a representative for the force said. The group said they would present to the United Nations documentation of cases of death by torture, as well as "degrading, inhumane conditions of detention devoid of human dignity and the most basic necessities of life."
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