The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said that world leaders must act now to so as to end the indiscriminate as well as catastrophic killing of unarmed civilians in the Al-Fasher region and other part of Sudan.
ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric disclosed this in a statement posted on the organization’s official social media handle X @ICRC.
It said the horrific attacks on unarmed civilians must stop and international humanitarian law must be respected.
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According to the group, civilians are enduring brutal attacks, rampant sexual violence and deliberate destruction of essential services.
“The appalling abuses of the rules of war we are witnessing in Sudan are indefensible. No patient should be killed in a hospital, and no civilian shot while trying to flee their home. These horrific attacks must stop and international humanitarian law must be respected.
“The world has turned a blind eye while civilians in Sudan have endured unthinkable horror. We have repeatedly called on the parties to the conflict to respect international humanitarian law, yet it continues to be violated with impunity.
“Civilians are enduring brutal attacks, rampant sexual violence, and the deliberate destruction of essential services. Facilities once dedicated to saving lives have become scenes of death and destruction.
“We have been demanding that attacks on humanitarian and medical personnel stop. Yet just this week in North Kordofan, five of our colleagues from the Sudanese Red Crescent Society were killed.
“Lives in Sudan now depend on strong and decisive action to stop these atrocities. The world cannot stand by as civilians are stripped of safety and dignity, and the rules of war meant to protect them are trampled.”