Darfur movements: “We renounce our neutrality”
Sudan Liberation Movement and Justice and Equality Movement threaten RSF
The former Darfur rebel movements today took a step toward entering the war, announcing that they are no longer neutral and warning they are ready to fight on the side of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
At a press conference Friday afternoon in Port Sudan headed by the Sudan Liberation Movement leader Minni Minawi and the Justice and Equality Movement leader Jibril Ibrahim, the movements read out a statement accusing the RSF of carrying out ethnic killings, looting, rape, burning villages, occupying houses, and abducting women.
“In the face of these practices, crimes against humanity, and blatant violations of human rights, including the right to life, which are considered acts hostile to the homeland and the citizenry, therefore we declare our departure from neutrality, and we strongly condemn these violations by these militias and declare our strong resistance to these practices.”
The statement proposed an “immediate and permanent ceasefire.” It can…