Adel Abdel Rahim / Anadolu

The National Commission for Human Rights in Sudan (government-affiliated) said Sunday that it had recorded 6,000 detention cases in the prisons of Al-Fashir, the capital of North Darfur state, in western Sudan.

This came during a workshop to review the commission's report on the human rights situation in the country, according to the Sudanese News Agency (SUNA).

The head of the report preparation committee, Kamal al-Din al-Dandarawi, said the war in Sudan has produced the "largest humanitarian catastrophe in the world," causing 14 million people to leave their homes as refugees or displaced persons, in addition to about 25 million suffering from food shortages.

Al-Dandarawi added that "the report documented gross human rights violations committed by the Rapid Support Forces militia, recording 6,000 detention cases in Al-Fashir prisons."

According to local and international institutions, the Rapid Support Forces' seizure of Al-Fashir on October 26, 2025, was accompanied by massacres against civilians there, amid warnings of entrenching a geographical division of the country.

On October 29, Rapid Support Forces commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemedti' acknowledged 'excesses' by his forces in Al-Fashir, claiming to have formed investigation committees.

Al-Dandarawi pointed out that the report included cases of impunity, violence against women and children, and violations of the right to education and health.

He added that 80% of health sector institutions were destroyed, and there were attacks on freedom of movement and residence, and attacks on civilian objects, including the looting of the Central Bank and 20 commercial banks, destruction of 8 airports, damage to 50 aircraft by shelling, and attacks on embassies, UN missions, mosques, and churches by the Rapid Support Forces.

Sudanese medical and human rights organizations accuse the Rapid Support Forces of detaining more than 19,000 people in the 'Daqris' and 'Kober' prisons in South Darfur state and other detention centers in Darfur, western Sudan, with no comment from the Rapid Support Forces on these allegations.

Of the country's 18 states, the Rapid Support Forces control the five Darfur states in the west, except for parts of North Darfur still under army control, which dominates most of the remaining states, including the capital Khartoum.

The Darfur region constitutes about one-fifth of Sudan's area of more than 1.8 million square kilometers, while most of Sudan's 50 million people live in areas under army control.

Since April 2023, the Rapid Support Forces have been clashing with the Sudanese army over differences regarding the unification of the military institution, leading to a famine considered among the worst globally, as well as the deaths of tens of thousands of Sudanese and the displacement of about 13 million people.