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Mass graves, burned bodies found in Sudan as UN warns of 'unimaginable atrocities'

Iran Press TV

Sunday, 09 November 2025 6:02 PM

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have buried hundreds of civilians in mass graves and burned many others in a desperate attempt to conceal the unimaginable atrocities their fighters have committed in the city of al-Fasher, local medics say.

The Sudan Doctors Network said in a statement on Sunday that the fighters had "collected hundreds of bodies from the streets and the city's neighborhoods and buried some in mass graves and burnt others in a desperate attempt to conceal evidence of their crimes against civilians."

The medical group described the killings as a "full-fledged genocide" and a "violation of all international and religious norms," saying that mutilating corpses and denying them proper burial amounts to crimes against humanity.

"The situation in al-Fasher has gone beyond a humanitarian catastrophe to become a systematic genocide, targeting human life and dignity amid an appalling international silence that amounts to complicity," it added.

"The RSF crimes," it said, "cannot be erased by burying or burning."

The doctors' network also called on the international community to take immediate action to launch an independent international investigation into the atrocities.

A report from Yale University's Humanitarian Research Lab in late October provided satellite evidence of mass killings and apparent pools of blood visible from space.

The UN Human Rights Office in Sudan also confirmed that "brutal attacks" have intensified in El-Fasher since the RSF seized the capital of North Darfur on October 26.

According to Li Fung, the UN's human rights representative in Sudan, al-Fasher, "has witnessed an escalation of brutal attacks" over the past 10 days.

Calling al-Fasher "a city of grief," Li Fung said, "Civilians who survived 18 months of siege and hostilities are now enduring atrocities of an unimaginable scale."

"Hundreds have been killed, including women, children, and the wounded, who sought safety in hospitals and schools. Entire families were cut down as they fled. Others have simply vanished," she added.

Since capturing the city, RSF forces have carried out ethnic-based massacres, detentions, and sexual violence, while blocking civilians from escaping.

UN human rights chief Volker Türk warned that civilians still trapped in the city were being prevented from leaving, expressing fears of ongoing "summary executions, rape, and ethnically motivated violence."

According to aid groups, the situation has triggered a mass exodus from the city. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimates that about 82,000 people have fled al-Fasher and nearby areas as of November 4.

According to the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), many families fleeing to the Tawila area of North Darfur arrived with "children who are not their own," after being separated from or losing their parents during the chaos.

Meanwhile, the medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) reported "extremely high levels of malnutrition among children and adults," while local aid workers say some families are surviving on just one meal a day.

The ongoing war between the Sudanese army and the RSF, now in its 19th month, has killed thousands and displaced millions.

Regional and international mediation efforts have so far failed to bring an end to the conflict, which human rights groups warn is descending into one of the worst genocides of the 21st century.