Port Sudan July 29( Darfur2

The head of the National Committee for War Crimes and Violations of the Rapid Support Forces, Yasser Bukhari, revealed that 12,400 lawsuits have been filed against Rapid Support Forces (RSF) , including the killing of West Darfur State Governor Khamis Abdullah Abkar.

Yasser Bukhari said in a press conference on Sunday that the lawsuits included leaders and members of the Rapid Support Forces accused of crimes of murder, displacement, looting of property, rape, war crimes and crimes against humanity that occurred in Darfur, Al-Jazeera and Khartoum.

He pointed out that the violations included the recruitment of more than 6,000 children and the release of more than 19,000 prisoners.

He stressed that the committee filed lawsuits, interrogated the victims and witnesses, and issued arrest warrants, some of which were executed, while the other defendants were declared fugitives in accordance with the Criminal Procedure Code.

He said that the committee filed a number of lawsuits before the courts, including defendants and collaborators with the militia, and judicial rulings were issued in about 80 criminal cases, some of which were convictions and others acquittals.

Yasser Bukhari revealed that arrest warrants were issued against 12 defendants in the killing of Khamis Abkar, the former governor of West Darfur, after identifying the defendants.

He said that the committee filed complaint in the Zalingei and Ardmatta incidents related to the destruction of infrastructure, killing citizens and looting their property, and also opened reports in the Geneina incidents that led to the killing of 5,000 residents and 6,000 wounded, in addition to filing a criminal report in the attack on Wad al-Nura, which left 227 dead and 150 wounded, and the village of Sheikh al-Samani, 21 dead and 15 wounded.

He mentioned filing a criminal case in the attack on Al-Jazeera State, related to war crimes, crimes against humanity and looting of public and private funds, and also opened a report against an administrative officer who handed over to the Rapid Support Forces vehicles and machinery of local Khartoum assets and an amount of 11 billion pounds.