Category: War crimes

War crimes are serious violations of international humanitarian law, committed during armed conflict, that are considered to be serious enough to be prosecuted and punished. Examples of war crimes include murder, rape, torture, and the use of child soldiers.

↪ RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show 8 months ago
↪ Whistleblower accuses Foreign Office of ‘censoring’ warning of Sudan genocide 8 months ago
↪ UK rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite warning of possible genocide 9 months ago
↪ Sudanese militia group accused of war crimes agrees to a ceasefire 9 months ago
↪ Sudan’s RSF accused of ‘PR stunt’ after arresting fighters behind civilian killings 9 months ago
↪ ‘We will never, ever escape’: inside the ever-tightening siege of the Sudanese city of El Fasher 10 months ago
↪ Sudan’s hidden horror: inside the 15 August Guardian Weekly 12 months ago
↪ ‘They slaughtered us like animals’: the inside story of how one of the biggest atrocities of the Sudan war unfolded in Zamzam 12 months ago
↪ Assault on Sudan’s Zamzam refugee camp may have killed more than 1,500 civilians 12 months ago
↪ Mass rape, forced pregnancy and sexual torture in Tigray amount to crimes against humanity – report 1 year ago