The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented a widespread arrest campaign carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) across various areas of North Darfur State, targeting journalists, civilians, and community leaders, during raids conducted on Saturday in several localities.
According to CFJ’s documentation, the campaign included the arrest of journalist Adam Ishaq Manan and his brother Sido Ishaq Manan, the former Commissioner of Al‑Waha locality. They were taken to an undisclosed location without any clarification of the reasons for their arrest or their place of detention, according to testimonies from their family members.
The arrests also extended to the city of Kutum, where Omda Mostafa Al‑Doud was detained, along with Asmaa Mohamed Khater, her cousin’s son, and others. Local sources further reported that the campaign reached Kabkabiya, where the fate of Abubakr Hamouda Dahloob and three other civilians remains unknown to date.
Available information indicates that the forces carrying out the raids were in possession of lists of wanted individuals, without disclosing the legal basis for these actions. In a video recording attributed to the RSF, an officer acknowledged the arrest of Asmaa Khater and her cousin’s son, stating that the detention was based on accusations related to the possession of military equipment and communication with external parties outside the area.
CFJ stated that these arrests—carried out in the absence of publicly disclosed judicial warrants and without revealing the detainees’ places of detention—raise serious concerns regarding the risk of arbitrary detention or enforced disappearance, particularly amid escalating security tensions in the region.
The Committee for Justice calls for the immediate disclosure of the fate and whereabouts of all detainees, ensuring their ability to communicate with their families and lawyers, respecting legal safeguards, and halting arrest campaigns targeting civilians outside the framework of the law.