Kampala, Uganda —
The Darfur Victims Support Organization has urged the United Nations and the Human Rights Council in Geneva to urgently intervene to lift the siege on the city of El Fasher in North Darfur, provide cholera medications, and protect civilians in Sudan under Chapter VII of the UN Charter.
The organization emphasized the importance of coordinating with civil society organizations to document violations and hold perpetrators accountable. It also called on the “authorities” to declare Sudan a disaster zone to allow the unimpeded flow of international aid.
In a report prepared by its “Voices of the Victims” team, published on June 19, 2025, to document those silenced by bullets, the organization paid tribute to the resilience of Sudanese women on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. It honored Sudanese women facing violence since the war broke out on April 15, 2023.
The report stated that sexual violence, extrajudicial killings, and arbitrary detention have become systematic tools used against civilians, especially women. Their perseverance in the face of these violations is not just bravery, the report noted, but a living resistance that deserves global recognition. It warned that Sudanese women are dying twice — once through international silence, and once by the grinding war machine.
The organization called on the international community to act immediately before today’s crimes become a permanent legacy.
According to a preliminary report from Darfur, the organization revealed the scale of the humanitarian disaster in El Fasher, which has been under a deadly and suffocating siege for a full year. The lack of cash liquidity, collapse of the healthcare system, and severe shortages of food and water have rendered life unbearable. The organization urged an immediate end to the blockade and facilitation of humanitarian aid delivery.
It added that cholera is ravaging Sudan, spreading like wildfire from Khartoum and Omdurman to Sennar, South Darfur, and North Kordofan. The health system’s collapse has turned hospitals into ruins and left children among the worst-affected victims.
The report stated that violations continue, including the targeting of humanitarian convoys — notably the attack on an aid convoy in Al-Koma — describing it as a blatant breach of international law. It also cited the abduction of relief teams and the detention of a humanitarian group in Khur Ramla, Central Darfur, just two days ago, as evidence of the failure of protection mechanisms.
Additionally, the organization revealed the bombing of shelter centers, such as the attack on the Gouz Hamra camp for displaced persons in North Darfur, as a stark reminder that civilians are not just statistics but lives being crushed daily.
The report warned against hate speech, describing it as a weapon of social fragmentation. It noted that the International Day for Countering Hate Speech was observed on June 18.
The Darfur Victims Support Organization urged Sudanese people to resist divisive rhetoric and return to the slogan of the December Revolution: Freedom, Peace, Justice. It emphasized these are not mere slogans, but the only umbrella that can unite Sudan.
