Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces condemned on Thursday US sanctions imposed on RSF's deputy leader, Abdelrahim Hamdan Dagalo, for alleged acts of violence and human rights abuses committed by the paramilitary troops.
In a statement, the RSF denounced the measure as “a purely political decision that was taken without an accurate and transparent investigation."
Also Thursday, in a rare televised interview on Sky News Arabic, Dagalo criticized the sanctions as unfair and tried to deflect the blame for rights abuses onto the army.
The US Treasury said Wednesday that the sanctions were imposed on Dagalo “for his connection to the RSF, whose members have committed human rights abuses against civilians in Sudan, to include conflict-related sexual violence and killings based on ethnicity.”
The sanctions include prohibiting any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services to Dagalo, who is the brother of RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti.
The sanctions block all US property and entities owned by Dagalo.
