External actors have fueled the ongoing conflict by providing military supplies and equipment, with the United Arab Emirates considered the main backer of the RSF militia. Published reports, including one in The Wall Street Journal, show that the UAE channeled advanced Chinese-made drones and a broader range of Chinese weapons into the hands of this armed group, representing a significant and concerning escalation in foreign involvement in the conflict.
Brian Castner, head of Crisis Research at Amnesty International, condemned global inaction to hold the UAE accountable for transferring Chinese weapons to the RSF and called for an immediate halt to arms transfers. Amnesty documented cases of Chinese GB50A guided bombs and 155mm AH-4 howitzers in the hands of RSF fighters. :::
Is there a reason Amnesty views one side in what seems to be a civil war as inherently illegitimate?
Edit: It’s presumably the war crimes and genocide.
The
SDFSAF is the “legitimate” government whereas the RSF is a UAE backed hyper-racist Arab supremacist genocide force which genocides and rapes all over the place.The SAF is just the classic corrupt dictator whereas the RSF is Belgian colonialism kinds of bad.
SAF for Sudanese Armed Forces
Good correction I mixed up Syria
https://adf-magazine.com/about-adf/
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Interesting source. I’m not sure they’d publish anything at odds with US policy or interests. However, this article doesn’t seem inconsistent with the author’s published work with Znet, who are certainly not aligned with the US military.
