Sudan: Doctors Committee Reports Excess Security in Hospitals

14 January 2019

Khartoum / Port Sudan / Nyala — Yesterday, the Sudanese Doctors Committee reported an excess of security and police forces in hospitals, as doctors announce continuation of strikes in Omdurman and further afield.

In their report, the committee explained that there is an excess of security and police forces in hospitals in Port Sudan, Nyala, and Khartoum. The committee also pointed to an intensive presence of security forces inside and around hospitals in Khartoum North, where tear gas canisters were thrown into Bahri Teaching Hospital on Sunday.

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