The European Parliament has formally called on the European Union to designate Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as a terrorist organization. This decision follows escalating violence and documented reports of widespread human rights abuses committed during the ongoing conflict between the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces. European lawmakers are urging member states to impose stricter targeted sanctions and increase pressure on both warring factions to implement an immediate ceasefire, allowing safe and unimpeded humanitarian aid delivery to millions of affected civilians.
- The European Parliament passed a resolution urging the EU to add the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces to its list of terrorist organizations.
- The conflict, which began in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the RSF, has triggered a severe humanitarian crisis and displaced millions of people.
- Lawmakers highlighted grave human rights violations, including ethnically motivated violence, war crimes, and sexual violence, with a particular focus on atrocities committed in the Darfur region.
- The resolution demands an immediate cessation of hostilities and calls on all parties involved to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid.
- The parliament also advocated for targeted sanctions against individuals and entities responsible for funding or supporting the warring factions.
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If this is a step to end a war, when is the EU labeling Israel and the US as terrorists? Just asking.