Described by An US Expert as the Most Comprehensive: HRW’s Latest Report Tracks Colombian Mercenary Networks in Sudan

Khartoum – Sudanhorizon
US expert on Sudanese affairs, Cameron Hudson, has described the report issued yesterday by Human Rights Watch regarding the network of Colombian mercenaries brought in by Emirati security companies to fight alongside the Rapid Support Forces militias as the most comprehensive report to date from Human Rights Watch, revealing the network of Colombian mercenaries who assisted the Rapid Support Forces in committing war crimes in Sudan, through interviews with the Colombians themselves.
In a tweet he posted on Tuesday on his X platform, Hudson stated, this is something the UAE cannot continue to ignore, and no one else can overlook.
Human Rights Watch released a detailed report on Monday on the recruitment and training of Colombian mercenaries to fight alongside the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and on the methods used to assemble them. The report stated that their numbers reached 300 in August 2024, some of whom participated in the siege of El Fasher and witnessed some of the crimes committed after the city fell to the RSF.
The human rights organization was careful to clarify its methodology in verifying the report’s findings. It stated that it conducted interviews with two Colombian contractors who participated in the fighting, spoke with three sources familiar with the Emirati security companies that recruited the mercenaries, interviewed six residents of El Fasher who saw foreign fighters, and interviewed two individuals who recognized captured Colombians. The organization also conducted research on social media platforms to identify, analyze, and verify the profiles of Colombian military contractors, including geo-locating posted videos and photos.
The report, the full Arabic text of which is published elsewhere by the news website “Al-Muhaqqiq,” concludes with a long list of 56 recommendations. Ten of these are directed to the United Arab Emirates, 14 to the US government, eight to the Rapid Support Forces, 10 to all governments, six to the European Union, and four each to the Sudanese and Colombian governments, the United Nations, and the African Union. The report requests that each of these entities take the necessary measures and conduct investigations to ensure a halt to the flow of weapons and mercenaries into Sudan and to stop the ongoing violations.

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