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.

↪ US puts sanctions on network said to funnel Colombian mercenaries to Sudan 9 months ago
↪ RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show 10 months ago
↪ Whistleblower accuses Foreign Office of ‘censoring’ warning of Sudan genocide 10 months ago
↪ UK rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite warning of possible genocide 11 months ago
↪ Sudanese militia group accused of war crimes agrees to a ceasefire 11 months ago
↪ Sudan’s RSF accused of ‘PR stunt’ after arresting fighters behind civilian killings 11 months ago
↪ ‘We will never, ever escape’: inside the ever-tightening siege of the Sudanese city of El Fasher 12 months ago
↪ Sudan’s hidden horror: inside the 15 August Guardian Weekly 1 year ago
↪ ‘They slaughtered us like animals’: the inside story of how one of the biggest atrocities of the Sudan war unfolded in Zamzam 1 year ago
↪ Assault on Sudan’s Zamzam refugee camp may have killed more than 1,500 civilians 1 year ago