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#RSF

Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres) (https://rsf.org/) — the international organization defending press freedom worldwide. Their press freedom rankings and documentation track threats to journalists.

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Updated July 1, 2026 Complicity in Genocide
Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern Ongoing

US Withholds Pressure on UAE Over RSF Atrocities in El Fasher, as El Obeid Faces Same Fate

Days after warning the UN Security Council of an imminent RSF assault on El Obeid that could repeat the El Fasher mass atrocity, the Trump administration declined to sanction or formally pressure the UAE -- the RSF's alleged arms and mercenary supplier -- reportedly because of a competing $1.4 trillion UAE investment pledge. This entry documents the administration's own complicity through inaction, not the RSF's direct atrocities.

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Updated March 26, 2026 Foreign Policy & War
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing

Emergency Arms Sales to Gulf States: $23 Billion Bypassing Congressional Review

Using emergency waivers under the Arms Export Control Act, the administration has bypassed Congress to approve massive arms sales to Gulf states, including to the UAE despite documented evidence of UAE weapons flowing to the RSF in Sudan's genocide. The simultaneous rescission of NSM-20 removed all human rights conditions from US arms transfers.

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