Sudan: People Beaten With Whips, Hair Forcibly Cut, Passport Confiscated

Port Sudan / Khartoum — Residents of Port Sudan, capital of Red Sea state, were beaten with whips and had their hair forcibly cut on Wednesday evening because they allegedly violated the curfew in the city. A female student had her hair cut as well for not covering her head.

Journalist Amin Sinada told Radio Dabanga that the perpetrators of the violence in Port Sudan were army soldiers and members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Sudan's main government militia. He considers the assaults "a humiliation of citizens and a flagrant violation of human rights".

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