An international civil campaign has been launched under the name “Stop RSF Terror” to mobilize global public opinion and pressure governments, parliaments, and international institutions to designate the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia as a terrorist organization and impose coordinated sanctions on its leaders, financing and arms networks, and the entities enabling it to continue its operations.
The campaign seeks to transform solidarity with the victims of the war in Sudan, particularly the atrocities witnessed in El-Fasher, into organized international action calling for political and legal measures and accountability for those responsible for crimes committed against civilians.
The campaign draws on reports and evidence issued by the United Nations, international human rights organizations, and independent research centers documenting violations that include mass killings, sexual violence, ethnic cleansing, siege and starvation, forced displacement, and attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in various parts of Sudan.
Its objectives include mobilizing support for formal decisions to designate the RSF militia as a terrorist organization in accordance with the legislation and legal procedures applicable in different countries. It also seeks to promote sanctions against RSF leaders and associated financing, arms, and supply networks, strengthen international accountability efforts, and broaden public participation in putting pressure on decision-makers.
The campaign has launched a website at https://stoprsfterror.com/ to enable individuals and civil and human rights organizations around the world to participate. The platform allows users to select a target country, identify the relevant officials and entities, review or edit a prepared message, and send it by email to call for action against the militia.
According to the platform, participants can direct messages to government officials, parliamentarians, ambassadors, and international bodies, with the option of contacting numerous entities using the available lists. The platform also records and displays the aggregate number of messages sent to demonstrate the scale of public participation. It states that these statistics are presented in aggregate and anonymously.
The campaign says it is not affiliated with any government, political party, or armed formation. It does not collect financial donations or require participants to create an account, and it states that it does not collect personal data for commercial purposes.
The campaign has called on Sudanese people, friends of Sudan around the world, human rights and civil society organizations, researchers, journalists, and human rights defenders to take part in advocacy efforts, contact relevant international bodies, and share the campaign’s link, with the aim of turning calls for accountability into organized international public pressure.
The campaign emphasizes that documenting and condemning violations alone are insufficient to prevent their recurrence. It therefore calls for political and legal measures targeting those responsible for the crimes and the networks enabling them to continue committing violations.
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