Over the past two and a half weeks, four human rights defenders Mohammed Ahmed Kudia, Khamis Arabab, Abdelkhalig Matar and Khidir Sulieman Abdelmageed were killed in El Geneina, West Darfur.
I send our condolences to the family, friends and all Darfur Bar Association members. pic.twitter.com/K36jDYAo12
— Ibrahim Arbab (@Ibrahim49799833) May 31, 2023
On 28 May 2023, the human rights defender and lawyer Mohammed Ahmed Kudia was killed, his house burned down and property looted by members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group.
On 30 May 2023, the human rights defender, lawyer and member of the Darfur Bar Association, Khamis Arabab, was killed when his house in El Geneina was attacked by members of the RSF. For the past two years, he worked to defend victims of attacks on camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in El Geneina. He also provided legal aid to victims of human rights violations in Darfur.
Fighting in #Sudan has intensified for a second day after a ceasefire ended on Sunday. The Darfur Bar Association, which monitors the conflict in the region, says 17 people were killed by shelling on Monday, and 100 had died over the past five days. pic.twitter.com/PbbocZm0NR
— CGTN Global Watch (@GlobalWatchCGTN) June 13, 2023
On 5 June 2023, the human rights defender and lawyer Abdelkhalig Matar was killed alongside eight of his family members who were burned in their house in El Geneina.
On 11 June 2023, the human rights defender and head of the human rights organisation Afkar, Khidir Sulieman Abdelmageed, was attacked and killed on the road in El Geneina while trying to leave his house after recieving death threats. The human rights defender worked with several national and international human rights organisations who monitored human rights violations in Sudan. Recentely, he had worked with the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) in Darfur.
#Sudan: @UNHumanRights office appalled by killing of West Darfur Gov., Khamis Abdullah Abbakar in RSF custody.
More int'l attention needed on extreme violence in #WestDarfur.
Time for EU to take bolder action, sanction those responsible of crimes. https://t.co/X67h9PGtWH pic.twitter.com/KjlDhttKlx
— Philippe Dam (@philippe_dam) June 16, 2023
According to an announcement from the Darfur Bar Association in May 2023, the human rights defenders and lawyers Mohammed Ahmed Kudia, Khamis Arabab, Abdelkhalig Matar had also recieved death threats from militia members while working on cases related to attacks on IDP camps in El Geneina prior to their killings.
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https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/sudan-killing-four-human-rights-defenders-darfur-0
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20230615063112339
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_Bar_Association
