Statement by the Sudanese Alliance for Rights Condemning the Attack on Al-Quba Neighborhood, El Fasher

The Sudanese Alliance for Rights strongly condemns the grave and indiscriminate attacks carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the Al-Quba neighborhood in El Fasher, North Darfur, between 15 and 17 April 2025. The artillery and drone strikes on residential areas led to the tragic loss of nine innocent civilian lives, including women, children, and the elderly.

The victims—Hassan Abdel-Majid (a child), Yassin Mohamed Ramadan, Murtada Ibrahim Suraj, Adam Zaghawa, Fahd, Ibrahim Janis, Hajja Um Jazayem (an elderly woman), Al-Sadiq Um Gadeebo, and Effa Abdul-Latif (a female child)—were all civilians with no involvement in the ongoing conflict. Their deaths constitute grave violations of international humanitarian law, including:
• Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions, which prohibits violence to life and person, in particular murder, mutilation, cruel treatment, and torture of civilians in non-international armed conflicts;
• Article 13 of Additional Protocol II to the Geneva Conventions, which explicitly prohibits attacks against the civilian population and individual civilians;
• Customary International Humanitarian Law Rule 1, which affirms the principle of distinction between civilians and combatants; and
• The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Article 8, which classifies intentionally directing attacks against civilians not taking part in hostilities as a war crime.

We call on all warring parties to respect these binding legal obligations and immediately cease all hostilities targeting civilian areas. The deliberate and systematic targeting of civilians is a war crime and must be addressed through independent and impartial investigations.

We urge the international community, including the United Nations, the African Union, and the International Criminal Court, to initiate urgent investigations and ensure that those responsible are held accountable.

The people of Sudan deserve justice, protection, and peace—not continued impunity and violence.


Sudanese Alliance for Rights

18 April 2025