Khalid al-Sadiq and his friend, a musician, experienced arbitrary arrest and torture by the Rapid Support Forces during the Sudan civil war. Al-Sadiq was arrested in August 2023 during a raid in Shambat al-Aradi and detained in a looted bathroom with others. He endured severe torture, including having his fingers crushed. Conditions worsened when his captors demanded ransom for his release, threatening violence. Both friends, after their release, emerged traumatized from their harrowing experiences.
Al-Sadiq's ordeal began in August 2023 when RSF forces raided Shambat and arbitrarily arrested him and countless other men. He was crowded into a bathroom in a house that the RSF had looted along with seven other people and was kept there for days.
During his first days of interrogation, al-Sadiq was tortured repeatedly by the RSF to pressure him for a ransom. They crushed his fingers, one at a time, using pliers.
At one point, to scare him, they fired at the ground near him, sending shrapnel flying into his abdomen and causing heavy bleeding.
After three days, the men were lined up by their captors. They tried to negotiate with us, demanding 3 million Sudanese pounds [about $1,000] per person.
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