Amnesty International reported that, nearly a year after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured Al-Fasher in Sudan's Darfur region following a siege of more than 500 days, residents continue to face hunger, arbitrary detention, torture, limited humanitarian access and forced labour. The organisation said it interviewed 19 residents, 17 of whom reported having been arbitrarily detained; it said Zaghawa and Masalit people were particularly targeted. It also reported that women and children were held in schools and that detainees received little food or water, with families asked for ransom for releases. Amnesty said fewer than 70,000 people remain in the city, down from more than one million before the 2023 war between the RSF and Sudanese army.

Separately, a BBC investigation reported dozens of deliberate and systematic RSF attacks on hospitals and other health facilities during the siege, in which dozens of aid workers were killed, injured or abducted. The UN human rights chief described the findings as deeply worrying and said the alleged attacks amounted to war crimes. Amnesty called for an international peacekeeping force and said the United Arab Emirates supports the RSF with weapons and vehicles; the UAE denies involvement.