The Gezira Human Rights Observatory has documented cases of enforced disappearances, rape, executions, and the expansion of detention centers holding more than 3,000 individuals in Sudan’s central Gezira State.
In a new report covering violations committed since the outbreak of conflict up to September, the observatory stated that the number of detainees in Wad Madani alone exceeded 3,000. Most were political activists, members of resistance committees, and emergency room volunteers, in addition to ethnically motivated arrests.
According to the report, 950 detainees have been referred to courts, which issued harsh sentences ranging from long-term imprisonment to the death penalty. Among them, 160 individuals were forced to confess under torture. In addition, 150 women were prosecuted on fabricated charges of “collaboration.”
The observatory highlighted the proliferation of detention centers in Managil, Wad Madani, al-Hasahisa, and East Gezira (Rufa’a), alongside escalating abuses carried out by military intelligence, security cells, joint forces, Sudan Shield forces, and the al-Baraa bin Malik group.
It further documented instances of torture, degrading treatment, and inhumane detention conditions, including at the Sour Factory facility in al-Hasahisa, where more than 230 people, including women and children, are held without separation from adults — a flagrant violation of children’s rights.
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