The Unit for Combating Violence against Women reveals that girls were detained by the State of Southern Darfur’s Rapid Support

The Unit for Combating Violence against Women and Children has revealed frequent reports of an increase in enforced disappearances of women and girls in the western city of Nyala, South Darfur.

Survivors’ and eyewitness statements confirmed the presence of women and girls in RSF custody in various areas of Nyala.

The unit said that with the appearance of survivors who had been detained in various places, frequent reports of women and girls being detained in warehouses and hotels in Nyala and Khartoum for sexual exploitation through rapid support, and similar abductions of Yazidi women in Iraq by ISIL elements.

The Unit called for swift and serious international action to end this tragedy and to end the horrific human rights violations against women and girls in the Sudan.

In the light of the deteriorating security situation in Nyala, there are significant difficulties in reporting cases and serious risks to service providers, requiring urgent and robust international action.

She added that “the sale of women and girls is still a mere suspicion, but the overall situation encourages her to believe and not exclude this issue from its gravity.

Women paid the exorbitant bills for war against displacement, asylum, economic degradation and sexual violence, and it was tragic that violations against women and girls had reached the stage of “sexual slavery”.

The Unit for Combating Violence against Women and Children said it was working with its partners on the ground to gather and document information on enforced disappearances of women and girls in the Sudan, particularly in Darfur and Khartoum, and urged United Nations and international women’s and children’s organizations to support efforts to end the suffering of women detainees and to return enforced disappearances, and pressure to ensure that those involved in such crimes were held accountable.