UN anti-racism experts on Tuesday raised “grave concerns” about ethnically motivated human rights violations and abuses in Sudan. The Committee urged Sudan to act to put an end to these violations and prevent further escalation.

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issued this decision under early warning and urgent procedures mechanisms. The experts are particularly concerned with increased dehumanizing language, hate speech, and abuses targeting the Fur, Masalit, and Zaghawa ethnic communities. These violations are allegedly being committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group and allied forces in El Fasher, North Darfur and other regions.

El Fasher fell on October 26 after a 540-day siege and atrocities followed including “ethnically motiva

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