UN rights chief urges countries to 'stand up against atrocities' committed by paramilitary RSF in takeover of the city.
UN rights chief urges countries to ‘stand up against atrocities’ committed by paramilitary RSF in takeover of the city.
By Al Jazeera Staff and News Agencies
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The United Nations’s top human rights body has ordered a probe into abuses in Sudan’s el-Fasher, where mass killings have been reported since the city fell to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) last month.
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