The Sudanese government has presented what it describes as a grave humanitarian and criminal case before international institutions, announcing that it possesses intelligence documents and reports alleging the existence of human slaughterhouses and organ trafficking operations connected to criminal networks allegedly backed by the United Arab Emirates.
According to Sudanese authorities, the UAE backed Rapid Support Forces, known as the RSF, have transformed detention centres and secret prisons across the Darfur region into sites where serious violations are carried out, including torture, extrajudicial killings and alleged organ trafficking.
Sudan Brings Allegations to the United Nations
In a new diplomatic escalation, Sudan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Al Harith Idris, sent an official letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the President of the Security Council.
The letter accused the RSF of operating what Sudan described as an “organised criminal network” inside detention facilities in Darfur, particularly at Dagrees Prison in Nyala and Shala Prison in El Fasher.
Sudanese authorities claim that thousands of military personnel and civilians are being held in these facilities under harsh and inhumane conditions.
According to the contents of the letter, the alleged abuses go beyond detention and torture.
Khartoum claims there are organised operations targeting detainees and exploiting their bodies through networks involved in organ trafficking. The Sudanese government has called for an international investigation into these allegations and demanded accountability for anyone found responsible.
Allegations of Foreign Medical Personnel and Secret Burial Sites
The Sudanese government also presented information alleging the involvement of foreign medical personnel inside some detention facilities.
According to the allegations, these individuals were brought in to participate in secret operations involving prisoners and detainees, including members of the Sudanese Armed Forces, fighters from the Darfur Joint Forces, and civilians abducted during the conflict.
The letter further claims that some detainees were removed from prisons after being told they would be released.
Instead, according to Sudan’s allegations, they were taken to other locations in Nyala where serious abuses were committed against them before their bodies were disposed of and buried in undisclosed locations in an attempt to conceal evidence.
Khartoum also stated that Dagrees Prison holds large numbers of detainees, including soldiers, police officers, civilians and women.
The government alleges that detainees are subjected to systematic torture, including electric shocks, physical abuse, and deprivation of food, water and medical care.
Sudanese officials warned that deteriorating health conditions inside these facilities have led to the spread of disease and epidemics, with repeated deaths allegedly resulting from hunger, illness and lack of treatment.
Conditions at Shala Prison
In El Fasher, Sudan’s letter focused on conditions at Shala Prison, which it says came under RSF control during the conflict.
The government accused the group of detaining military personnel and civilians there, including children under the age of eighteen.
According to the Sudanese account, several detainees suffer from severe injuries sustained during military operations and shelling but are denied access to necessary medical treatment, causing further deterioration in their health.
The allegations also include claims of field executions carried out against detainees.
Among the incidents cited by Khartoum was an alleged killing of wounded civilians inside a student facility in El Fasher that had reportedly been used for military purposes during the fighting.
RSF Denies the Accusations
For its part, the Rapid Support Forces has previously denied similar accusations regarding systematic abuses inside detention centres.
The group has described such allegations as politically motivated and stated that it established committees to review conditions inside prisons and detention facilities under its control.
The accusations form part of a broader series of complaints Sudan has raised before international institutions since the outbreak of the war.
Khartoum has repeatedly accused external actors, particularly the United Arab Emirates, of providing military and logistical support to the RSF.
Abu Dhabi has consistently denied these accusations.
Sudanese authorities argue that the scale of the documented violations in Darfur requires urgent international intervention through independent investigative committees capable of establishing the facts and holding accountable those responsible for any war crimes or crimes against humanity.
Concerns Over Human Trafficking Networks
The allegations emerge amid ongoing warnings from the United Nations regarding the expansion of human trafficking and transnational organised crime networks, particularly in conflict zones where security collapses and vulnerable groups such as civilians, displaced people and detainees become more susceptible to exploitation.
A previous report issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights highlighted the growing presence of criminal networks involved in human trafficking inside the UAE, alongside reports alleging that senior Emirati officials provide an environment of protection enabling such activities.
The report documented a rise in human trafficking linked to transnational online fraud operations, revealing the spread of organised criminal networks that exploited hundreds of thousands of victims between 2021 and 2025, including documented cases inside the UAE.
It described the phenomenon as an extremely complex problem shaped by intertwined criminal, economic and technological interests, making it difficult to dismantle in the presence of informal protection mechanisms and structural shortcomings in pursuing those responsible.
According to the report, these networks could not have expanded to such an extent without supportive environments that allow them to operate and reposition themselves.
Such environments may include legal loopholes, disparities in law enforcement systems or unofficial protection structures that enable criminal activity to continue without serious accountability.
In this context, the report identified the UAE as one of the countries where trafficking cases had been documented, based on interviews with survivors and information collected by UN bodies and international partners.
According to the findings, criminal networks relied heavily on recruitment through fake job advertisements published on digital platforms and social media.
These advertisements promised high salaries and employment opportunities in fields such as digital marketing, customer service and modern technologies, but allegedly served as a gateway for exploitation and trafficking operations.
