OHCHR / SUDAN HUMAN RIGHTS – ARABIC

A UN Human Rights Office spokesperson said, “Warring parties in Sudan are overseeing a wholesale assault on human rights amid global inaction, with deeply catastrophic consequences for civilians, as the conflict approaches its third year.” OHCHR / UNTV CH

• Video Length: 00:03:43
• Production Date: 11 April 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic
• Corporate Name: OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - OHCHR; UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS- UNHCHR
• Subject Topical: HUMAN RIGHTS
• Geographic Subject: SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 3360375
• Parent Id: 3360375
• Alternate Title: unifeed250411f

Description

STORY: OHCHR / SUDAN HUMAN RIGHTS – ARABIC
TRT: 03:43
SOURCE: OHCHR / UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 11 APRIL 2025 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

Shotlist

1. Various shots, exterior, Palais Wilson
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Thameen Al-Kheetan, Spokesperson, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“Warring parties in Sudan are overseeing a wholesale assault on human rights amid global inaction, with deeply catastrophic consequences for civilians, as the conflict approaches its third year. As hostilities have expanded in reach and intensity over the past year, the lives and hopes of so many Sudanese have been uprooted and caught in a mire of death, deprivation and suffering. Two years of this brutal and senseless conflict must be a wake-up call to the parties to lay down their weapons and for the international community to act. The ongoing conflict is not merely a power struggle but is significantly influenced by economic and business interests of national and international actors, in key sectors such as gold and agricultural commodities. Revenue generated from international trade in Sudan’s gold, gum arabic and livestock has become the financial backbone of the war economy. Proliferation of arms and continued weapons supplies, including to the western Darfur region, where a UN Security Council arms embargo is in place, are also compounding the fighting, enabling violations of international law and undermining peace efforts. All those involved in facilitating the transfer of arms and military material to Darfur must stop. And we also call for the arms embargo to be expanded to cover the whole of Sudan. The warring parties have regularly attacked populated areas and critical civilian infrastructure, such as healthcare facilities, water stations and power plants, in addition to perpetrating serious human rights violations and abuses, and obstructing humanitarian aid. Retaliatory attacks and summary killings of people suspected of collaborating with opposing forces – which are often ethnically-motivated – have continued unabated, fanned by hate speech and incitement to violence. Sexual violence remains pervasive across Sudan. Women and girls have been raped, gang-raped, sexually exploited and abducted for sex on a large scale since the conflict began. Torture and other forms of ill-treatment, as well as arbitrary detention and enforced disappearances, remain widespread in conflict-affected areas across the country.”
4. Wide shot, Palais Wilson

Storyline

A UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) spokesperson said today (11 Apr), “Warring parties in Sudan are overseeing a wholesale assault on human rights amid global inaction, with deeply catastrophic consequences for civilians, as the conflict approaches its third year.”

Thameen Al-Kheetan, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said, “As hostilities have expanded in reach and intensity over the past year, the lives and hopes of so many Sudanese have been uprooted and caught in a mire of death, deprivation and suffering. Two years of this brutal and senseless conflict must be a wake-up call to the parties to lay down their weapons and for the international community to act.

He continued, “The ongoing conflict is not merely a power struggle, but is significantly influenced by economic and business interests of national and international actors, in key sectors such as gold and agricultural commodities. Revenue generated from international trade in Sudan’s gold, gum arabic and livestock has become the financial backbone of the war economy.”

He said, “Proliferation of arms and continued weapons supplies, including to the western Darfur region, where a UN Security Council arms embargo is in place, are also compounding the fighting, enabling violations of international law and undermining peace efforts. All those involved in facilitating the transfer of arms and military material to Darfur must stop. And we also call for the arms embargo to be expanded to cover the whole of Sudan.”

He also said, “The warring parties have regularly attacked populated areas and critical civilian infrastructure, such as healthcare facilities, water stations and power plants, in addition to perpetrating serious human rights violations and abuses, and obstructing humanitarian aid.”

He added, “Retaliatory attacks and summary killings of people suspected of collaborating with opposing forces – which are often ethnically-motivated – have continued unabated, fanned by hate speech and incitement to violence. Sexual violence remains pervasive across Sudan. Women and girls have been raped, gang-raped, sexually exploited and abducted for sex on a large scale since the conflict began.

He concluded, “Torture and other forms of ill-treatment, as well as arbitrary detention and enforced disappearances, remain widespread in conflict-affected areas across the country.”