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How RSF is adopting Israel’s ‘template for genocide’ in Sudan

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Mira Al Hussein @miraalhussein.bsky.social · May 5

There's something to be said about the UAE increasingly behaving like- and aspiring to the level of impunity enjoyed by Israel.

"The RSF has also mimicked the Israeli tactic of carrying out mass expulsions under a humanitarian guise." - @matnashed.bsky.social

For years, Israel has used human rights terminology to whitewash killing civilians, now the RSF is doing the same.

How RSF is adopting Israel’s ‘template for genocide’ in Sudan

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Mat Nashed @matnashed.bsky.social · May 5

Israel has used human rights jargon and terms from IHL to provide a veneer of legality for its genocide in #Gaza.

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are now adopting the same practice to perpetrate atrocities in #Sudan.

My in-depth story for AJE.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...

For years, Israel has used human rights terminology to whitewash killing civilians, now the RSF is doing the same.

Unpacking Israel’s war on international humanitarian law

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Alonso Gurmendi @alonso-gd.bsky.social · Apr 11

Always a pleasure to speak with al-Jazeera’s Mat Nashed.

www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

Israel has tried to legally justify its attacks and treatment of Palestinians, even as it goes against international law

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Ana Santos Pereira @anamspereira25.bsky.social · Apr 15

"Entire cities and states have been decimated, pushing more than 12 million people to flee their homes. And yet, there has been limited media coverage of Sudan’s war - the experiences of Sudanese people have been neglected."

#KeepEyesOnSudan

Mat Nashed @matnashed.bsky.social · Apr 15

#Sudan 's civil war is a war on civilians.

To mark the 2nd year of the conflict, we produced an interactive that features the voices of five Sudanese civilians whose lives have been upended by the war.

Here are there unheard stories.

Don't look away.

interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2025/sud...

People impacted by the war speak out about their lives and how they will never be the same.

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Adrenalynn (she/her) @adrenalyn.bsky.social · Apr 15

🇸🇩 "Some evenings, we would roam out in the valley. Nyala is beautiful, stunning scenery. Other days were for socialising with our neighbours, days and nights full of dallouka music, and jabana coffee sessions with the other women. Life was so nice before the war." #Sudan

Mat Nashed @matnashed.bsky.social · Apr 15

#Sudan 's civil war is a war on civilians.

To mark the 2nd year of the conflict, we produced an interactive that features the voices of five Sudanese civilians whose lives have been upended by the war.

Here are there unheard stories.

Don't look away.

interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2025/sud...

People impacted by the war speak out about their lives and how they will never be the same.

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BSonblast @bsonblast.bsky.social · Apr 15

“Our family is spread across seven countries. I fear I’ll never see them again. That’s the fear I’ve had inside me since the start of the war.”

#KeepEyesOnSudan

Mat Nashed @matnashed.bsky.social · Apr 15

#Sudan 's civil war is a war on civilians.

To mark the 2nd year of the conflict, we produced an interactive that features the voices of five Sudanese civilians whose lives have been upended by the war.

Here are there unheard stories.

Don't look away.

interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2025/sud...

People impacted by the war speak out about their lives and how they will never be the same.

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Mat Nashed @matnashed.bsky.social · Apr 15

#Sudan 's civil war is a war on civilians.

To mark the 2nd year of the conflict, we produced an interactive that features the voices of five Sudanese civilians whose lives have been upended by the war.

Here are there unheard stories.

Don't look away.

interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2025/sud...

People impacted by the war speak out about their lives and how they will never be the same.

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Mat Nashed @matnashed.bsky.social · Apr 15

#Sudan 's civil war is a war on civilians.

To mark the 2nd year of the conflict, we produced an interactive that features the voices of five Sudanese civilians whose lives have been upended by the war.

Here are there unheard stories.

Don't look away.

interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2025/sud...

People impacted by the war speak out about their lives and how they will never be the same.

Unpacking Israel’s war on international humanitarian law

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Mat Nashed @matnashed.bsky.social · Apr 10

For decades, Israel waged a war on international humanitarian law by trying to create quasi-legal concepts to commit atrocities with impunity.

Now, Israel and its western allies risk destroying what's left of the human rights legal order.

My latest for AJE.

www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

Israel has tried to legally justify its attacks and treatment of Palestinians, even as it goes against international law

Unpacking Israel’s war on international humanitarian law

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Mat Nashed @matnashed.bsky.social · Apr 10

For decades, Israel waged a war on international humanitarian law by trying to create quasi-legal concepts to commit atrocities with impunity.

Now, Israel and its western allies risk destroying what's left of the human rights legal order.

My latest for AJE.

www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

Israel has tried to legally justify its attacks and treatment of Palestinians, even as it goes against international law