The Sudanese government has raised an extremely serious humanitarian and criminal file before international bodies, after announcing that it possesses documents and intelligence reports exposing alleged human slaughterhouses and organ trafficking operations inside the country, linked to Emirati-backed criminal networks.
Sudanese authorities said the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces have turned secret detention centres and prisons in Darfur into sites of grave violations, including torture, physical liquidation and suspected trafficking in human organs.
Sudan Takes the File 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 António Guterres and the presidency of the Security Council.
The letter accused the Rapid Support Forces of operating an “organised criminal network” inside detention centres in Darfur, most notably Dagris Prison in Nyala and Shala Prison in El Fasher.
Sudanese authorities say thousands of soldiers and civilians are being held in these prisons under harsh and inhumane conditions.
According to the Sudanese letter, the violations have gone far beyond detention and torture. Khartoum alleged that organised operations are targeting detainees and exploiting their bodies within organ trafficking networks. The Sudanese government has called for an international investigation and accountability for all those involved.
Allegations of Foreign Medical Involvement
The information presented by the Sudanese government includes allegations of foreign medical personnel operating inside some detention centres.
According to Sudanese claims, these individuals were brought in to participate in secret operations involving prisoners and detainees, including members of the Sudanese army, the joint forces of Darfur movements, and civilians abducted during the conflict.
The letter also alleged that some detainees were removed from prisons after being told they would be released. Instead, according to the Sudanese accusations, they were taken to other locations in Nyala, where grave violations were committed against them before their bodies were disposed of and buried in secret sites to conceal evidence.
Dagris Prison: Torture, Starvation and Disease
Khartoum said Dagris Prison holds large numbers of detainees, including soldiers, police personnel, civilians and women.
The Sudanese government accused the RSF of subjecting detainees to systematic torture, including electric shocks, physical assault, and deprivation of food, water and medical care.
It warned that deteriorating health conditions inside these facilities have led to the spread of diseases and epidemics among detainees. The government also reported repeated deaths, which it said were caused by hunger, illness and the absence of treatment.
Shala Prison in El Fasher
In El Fasher, the Sudanese letter highlighted conditions inside Shala Prison, which it said came under the control of the Rapid Support Forces during the conflict.
Khartoum accused the RSF of detaining soldiers and civilians, including children under the age of eighteen.
According to the Sudanese account, several detainees are suffering from serious injuries caused by military operations and shelling, while being denied necessary medical treatment. This has led to the deterioration of some detainees’ health conditions.
The allegations also included claims of field executions of detainees. Khartoum cited one incident involving wounded civilians inside a student facility in El Fasher that had reportedly been used for military purposes during the fighting.
RSF Denies the Accusations
The Rapid Support Forces have previously denied similar accusations of organised violations inside detention centres.
In past statements, the militia described such claims as politically motivated and said it had formed committees to review the conditions of prisons and detainees under its control.
The latest accusations are part of a wider series of files the Sudanese government has brought before international institutions since the outbreak of the war.
Khartoum has repeatedly accused external actors, particularly the UAE, of providing military and logistical support to the Rapid Support Forces. Abu Dhabi has repeatedly denied these allegations.
Calls for an Independent International Investigation
The Sudanese government says the scale of documented violations in Darfur requires urgent international intervention through independent investigative committees.
It argues that such investigations are necessary to uncover the truth and hold accountable those responsible for any war crimes or crimes against humanity.
The accusations come alongside continued UN warnings about the expansion of human trafficking networks and transnational organised crime, particularly in conflict zones where security systems have collapsed.
In such environments, vulnerable civilians, displaced people and detainees become increasingly exposed to exploitation.
UAE and Human Trafficking Networks
A previous report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights exposed the growth of criminal networks involved in human trafficking in the UAE, amid reports suggesting the existence of protective frameworks involving senior figures within the Emirati system.
The report documented the rise of human trafficking linked to cross-border cyber fraud operations. It revealed the spread of organised criminal networks that exploited hundreds of thousands of victims between 2021 and 2025, including documented cases inside the UAE.
The report placed this phenomenon within a highly complex problem, pointing to the overlap between criminal, economic and technological interests, and the difficulty of dismantling these networks amid undeclared protection structures and systemic failures to pursue those involved.
It indicated that such networks could not have expanded to this extent without enabling environments that allowed them to operate and reposition themselves. These include legal loopholes, uneven law enforcement systems and informal protective umbrellas that allow criminal activity to continue without serious accountability.
In this context, the report pointed to the UAE as one of the countries where trafficking cases were documented, based on interviews with survivors and information gathered by UN bodies and international partners.
According to the available data, criminal networks relied on recruitment through fake job advertisements published on digital platforms and social media. These ads promised high salaries and employment opportunities in digital marketing, customer service and modern technology sectors.
