JEM call on UN Security Council for non-fly zone over Sudan after airstrikes

The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) has sent an urgent appeal to the UN Security Council to impose a no-fly zone within the cities affected by the war, to limit the indiscriminate killing practiced by what it called ‘the Islamist remnants of the Al Bashir regime”.

The Darfur rebel movement called on human rights and civil society organisations to count the losses and write reports in preparation for referring them to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

In a statement seen by Radio Dabanga, JEM condemned the SAF bombing of Nyala, capital of South Darfur, which it described as “cowardly and immoral behaviour by the remnants of the genocidal regime, by targeting defenceless people in their own homes”.

It warned the Islamists within the Sudanese army against the policy of systematic killing and their campaign and holds them responsible for the loss of lives by airstrikes with barrel bombs.

The movement called on all human rights organizations and civil society organizations to condemn this behaviour and to record the human rights violations and record reports in preparation for referring them to the International Criminal Court.

It directed an urgent appeal to the UN Security Council to impose a no-fly zone above the areas affected by the war to limit what it described as indiscriminate killing that was continued to be practiced by the remnants of the Al Bashir regime.

Yesterday, sources reported renewed aerial bombardments on various parts of Nyala, according to the Sudan War Monitor.

The resumed airstrikes on Nyala, reportedly with barrel bombs, are indeed reminiscent of the indiscriminate bombing characteristic of the Al Bashir era.

 “Mothers in Nyala are teaching their children first aid on wounds and burns. They make their children sleep in separate rooms to decrease the risk of death,” a Sudan watcher posted on X (formerly Twitter) in mid-December.