In a repeat of June 3, 2019 massacre, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) under the command of Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (aka ‘Hemeti’) are the main force behind the recent military coup in Sudan and are using brute force, including live fire, to disperse unarmed pro-democracy protesters. Since October 25, 2021, 13 young protesters were killed and several tens were severely wounded. The Sudanese police vehemently denied using live ammunition which confirms that RSF are responsible for these ongoing crimes.
The Janjaweed militia has spread throughout Khartoum terrorizing the Sudanese people breaking into their homes and shooting whoever expresses any resistance. The militiamen are specifically targeting women, storming into girls’ dormitories and committing heinous sex crimes, acts that are reminiscent of what happened in Darfur villages. By all accounts, Hemeti’s Rapid Support Forces are a reconstituted version of the Janjaweed, which was responsible for atrocities during the Darfur genocide.
We urge you to designate the RSF as a terrorist organization as they continue to terrorize the Sudanese people and are engaged in unlawful acts across the continent from smuggling gold, arms and drugs to fighting as stateless mercenaries.

The RSF militia is a rebranded name for the janjaweed who are known for their war crimes and atrocities in Darfur, they killed and raped women publicly on streets during the Khartoum massacre, engaged in the unlawful detention of activists, and is sending children to fight in Yemen at the behest of the Saudis. Most recently, its leader dagalo openly boasted that his militia will never be dissolved and be part of any unified national army, his personal aspirations do indeed contradict that one of the young Sudanese generations to build a country that ruled by law.