Dec 28, 2020
CAIRO (AP) The death of a Sudanese man who was snatched while sitting at a coffee shop has sparked controversy around the scope of a paramilitary force whose members once formed the backbone of a militia that rights groups say committed war crimes in Darfur.
Bahaa el-Din Nouri, 45, was taken on Dec. 16 from the Kalakla neighborhood in the southern part of the capital, Khartoum, by men wearing plain clothes and riding in a vehicle without license plates, his family has said.
Five days later, his body appeared at a hospital morgue in the city of Omdurman, just across the Nile River from Khartoum. The family refused to take the body for immediate burial after seeing signs of apparent beating and torture, according to Nouri’s brother, Yasser.
Dec 28, 2020
In this June 22, 2019 file photo, a Sudanese soldier from the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, led by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, stands on his vehicle during a military-backed tribe s rally, in the East Nile province, Sudan. The death of a Sudanese man who was snatched while sitting at a coffee shop has sparked controversy around the scope of a paramilitary force in Sudan. The 45-year-old man was arrested in mid-December, south of the capital, Khartoum and held at a detention center run by the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF. Five days later, his body appeared at a hospital morgue. (AP photo)