What happened:
The Sudan Doctors Network reported on June 23 that more than 215 civilian detainees died inside Daqris Prison in South Darfur during May and June 2026. The network attributed the deaths to "the spread of diseases and epidemics, as well as torture and mistreatment of detainees, under detention conditions that lack even the most basic standards of healthcare and human dignity". The prison is controlled by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and holds an estimated 19,800 detainees including women, children, police officers, and medical workers. In a June 12 memorandum to the UN Security Council, Sudan's Permanent Representative Ambassador Al-Harith Idris named foreign medical personnel from Colombia and Serbia as participants in organ removal from detainees, with bodies buried inside the 16th Infantry Division headquarters. Thirty-one detainees including children were transferred to a Nyala hospital more than two weeks ago showing no apparent illness; their fate remains unknown.
On the source:
The Sudan Doctors Network is an independent medical NGO operating inside Sudan. Their reporting on RSF detention conditions has been consistent since April 2023 and has been corroborated by the African Center for Justice and Peace Studies, the Committee for Justice, and a formal memorandum submitted by Sudan's government to the UN Security Council. The organ trafficking allegations are from Sudan's UN ambassador.
The pattern:
This is a disorder of Body [ homicide, trafficking, and legal-body signal ] at near-maximum severity. The MDI Body sub-dimension captures these indicators and all three are present simultaneously inside a single facility.
Disease-driven mass death in detention
Torture
Alleged organ extraction from living detainees
Conditions that "lack even the most basic standards."
Why it matters:
The RSF has operated Daqris as a mass detention facility for over two years. The Security Council has the Sudan government's memorandum. The ICC prosecutor told the Council in January that "atrocities are being repeated town by town". The documentation is all there.
The RSF continues to operate Daqris. No capable government has taken enforcement action. The 215 are dead.
The numbers:
Sudan MDI Score: 38.63
Band: Elevated
World Rank: 69th of 195
Body Sub-dim: 21.5
Body Lead Drivers: Widespread female genital mutilation; moderate homicide rate; and trafficking concerns
Primary source:
Sudan Doctors Network statement, via Radio Tamazuj, June 23, 2026 — radiotamazuj.org / Sudan UN memorandum to the Security Council, June 12, 2026, via Fana News — fananews.com