At a virtual briefing before the United Nations Security Council on Monday, Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Nazhat Shameem Khan said the situation in Sudan's Darfur region had further darkened.''
The fall of El Fasher into the hands of the paramilitary gave rise to a campaign of extreme violations.
''Rapes, arbitrary detentions, executions, mass graves, all carried out on a large scale. Many of these crimes were filmed and celebrated by those who committed them. This appalling situation continues.'', said Nazhat Shameem Khan. And added: ''These crimes are repeated from city to city in Darfur. They will continue until this conflict, and the feeling of impunity that fuels it, ends.''
Ammar Mohammed Mahmoud, of the Permanent Mission of Sudan to the United Nations, for his part castigated without mentioning him, the country which would be behind the action of the paramilitaries.
''These atrocities perpetrated by this militia would not have taken place without the sponsorship, support and encouragement of a certain state that you know well, which provided military, financial, political, logistical and media support. It is therefore important that the Court's investigations extend to all those proven to have supported or collaborated with the militia.''
Faced with these war crimes, the ICC deputy prosecutor called on Khartoum to work seriously to ensure the arrest of people subject to arrest warrants from her institution.
