On 28 October 2025, hundreds of patients and healthcare workers were reportedly killed when the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked the Saudi Maternity Hospital in El Fasher, Sudan.
Reports also indicate that more than 2,000 people have been killed as the RSF seized control of the city. Entire neighbourhoods have been destroyed, families are missing, and thousands remain trapped without food, water or medical care.
This is not an isolated atrocity. Since April 2023, reports estimate that more than 150,000 people have been killed across Sudan, and millions have been forced from their homes. Satellite imagery and on-the-ground evidence reveal communities wiped out, hospitals targeted, and mass graves uncovered.
The crisis in Sudan
Amnesty International and partner organisations have documented deliberate attacks on civilians, hospitals, and displacement camps by the RSF and allied groups — acts that may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. Despite this, the international response has been minimal.
Why Australia must act
Australia has the power to use its voice and influence to help end the suffering. Amnesty International Australia is calling on the Government to:
- Back an immediate, independently verified ceasefire and increase humanitarian funding with transparency.
- Champion a strengthening, and better enforcement of, the existing UN arms embargo
- Urgently review Australian defence exports to the UAE, which stands accused of supplying weapons to the RSF
- Demand transparency on weapons and resource-trade fuelling the war.
- Support accountability through the International Criminal Court (ICC) and credible evidence-collection efforts.
- Fast-track visas for Sudanese survivors and families.
- Impose targeted sanctions on individuals and companies enabling atrocities.
Your MP represents you and they need to hear that Australians expect action. When enough constituents speak up, Parliament listens.
