Al-Fasher- Where are you, Harun? A question that is reported, daily, in the mind of the young Mubarak Bashir Al -Nour, while standing in front of his tent in a shelter center in the city of El -Fasher, west of Sudan, after he lost his older brother in the rapid support forces attack on the Zamzam camp for the displaced, so that his personal pain turns into a motive to work for others.
Mubarak – as he says to Al -Jazeera Net – cannot describe the pain he feels after Aaron’s loss, “every night his memories are renewed in my mind, and I wish I know his fate.” He adds, “The loss of a relative is a common experience with many here, we are helping the families of the victims in searching for the truth and communicating their voices to the world. Every case is missing or deadly represents part of our story, which must be told.”
Mubarak joined a group of young men who founded an organization in the name of the “Genocide victims in Zamzam”, to document and restrict the number of dead, missing and rape, and work to achieve justice and fairness of the victims through international platforms, according to his clarification.
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Documentation and support
One of the founders of the commission, Ahmed Hussein Hashem, tells Al -Jazeera Net: They have been able – so far – to document about 101 missing and 400 dead, during the attack on the camp, where they work through a “advanced” digital database with the help of volunteers from inside and outside Sudan.
Hashem adds that the work of the commission is not limited to documentation, but also includes organizing psychological support sessions for affected families, providing legal assistance, communicating with international organizations, in addition to building a network of solidarity between the displaced. “Every case we document is a human story, and we are committed to supporting families in searching for the truth and knowing the fate of their children.”
Since the Rapid Support Forces intensified their attacks on Zamzam and Al -Fasher camp, some of its members have enslaved many people, according to observers.
The displaced, Eve Jumaa, tells her tragic story of Al -Jazeera Net, and says that her husband and three other men were kidnapped during the recent attack on the camp, and they were forced to work as shepherds of livestock at gunpoint.
“They were taken to remote areas near the town of Kabkabiya, and they were working hours without enough food, and they had no choice but to obey or face death,” she added.
Fortunately – Eve continues – “My husband managed to escape after a bold decision, and is now residing in a border area inside the Chadian lands with a number of refugees.”
According to the spokesman for the displaced, Mohamed Khamis Doda, the number of deaths on the camp reached about 1500 people, while the number of missing people reached about 400.
“The attack was violent, and left widespread damage in society, and the voices of the victims must be heard, and the body that was recently formed their voice in these difficult moments, where society suffers from the presence of deaths, wounded, missing and rape,” added to Al -Jazeera Net.
The duplication of the world
For his part, the member of the commission, Suleiman Mukhtar, pointed out that there is a clear criteria in dealing with the war in Sudan compared to conflicts in other countries.
He explained to Al -Jazeera Net, that the international interest in the Sudanese crisis lacks “seriousness and justice”, as it is given priority to some conflicts at the expense of others, which increased the marginalization of the Sudanese issue on the international scene.
He added that some crises receive wide media coverage and rapid international support, while Sudan is left to confront its “tragedies”, according to his description, and stressed the need to take care of the authority and support it in all forums.
For its part, the human rights activist, Fatima Abdullah, stressed that this “duplication” extends to the level of humanitarian aid, noting that Sudan suffers from a “severe shortage” in international relief financing compared to other crises that have more attention.
“This disparity means that the displaced and affected families in Sudan are deprived of basic support, while huge resources are devoted to other crises, which deepens the gap in achieving justice.”
A step towards justice
For his part, legal expert Mohamed Ibrahim Nakria believes that documenting violations related to the enforced disappearance of missing persons in Darfur is a basic step towards achieving justice.
He says to Al -Jazeera Net, that there is an “urgent need” to highlight these violations locally, regionally and internationally to limit the outbreak of this phenomenon, and he adds, “It has become necessary to reveal the places of detention and know the fate of the missing, because the suffering of their families is no less severe than the pain of those who have lost their loved ones.”
“This information must be provided to international legal authorities to ensure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable. Cooperation between local and international organizations enhances the opportunities to achieve justice and fairness of the victims.”
Observers note that, in the absence of the international community, civil society in Sudan plays a vital role in promoting human rights, especially in Darfur, where local organizations are working on monitoring and following up and providing support to victims and displaced people fleeing their areas due to the war.
“We are working to provide basic aid, but we need greater support to be able to meet the needs of society,” says activist Shatha Mohamed.
She added to Al -Jazeera Net, that the concerted efforts between local and international organizations is necessary to ensure the sustainability of these initiatives, calling on the world to focus on Sudan, which has become the “largest humanitarian crisis in the world.”
extermination
In light of this situation, the human rights activist, Mamoun Saleh, is working on documenting the crimes committed during the storming of the camp by collecting evidence, and says, “We do not carry weapons, but we are fighting a war for the truth, The world should know the size of the tragedy suffered by residents of Zamzam camp. “
“We move between the survivors, and we collect their certificates, as we rely on the phone to collect information from the survivors and witnesses who fled to other regions,” he added.
He pointed out that they discover more “tragic” stories daily, and that entire families have disappeared, and there are survivors suffering from an indescribable shock, and stressed that what happened in Zamzam is not merely a storming of rapid support, but rather a “systematic annihilation” process against civilians, criticizing the international silence that exacerbates the suffering of the victims more, and demanded that everyone should assume their responsibilities.
