Justice Needed for Protester Killings in Sudan

Publisher:
Human Rights Watch
Publication Date:
18 November 2019
Tags:
Sudan, Conflict, Peace and Security, Governance, Human Rights, Legal and Judicial Affairs

Fatal attacks on protesters in Sudan in June were planned and could amount to crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Sudan's transitional authorities should commit to genuine accountability for unlawful violence against protesters since December, in which hundreds were killed. The 59-page report "'They Were Shouting 'Kill Them'': Sudan's Violent Crackdown on Protesters in Khartoum" documents Sudanese security forces' attacks on the protesters' sit-in camp in Khartoum on June 3, 2019 and in days following in other neighborhoods of the capital and neighboring Bahri and Omdurman. Human Rights Watch also documented attacks on protesters leading up to the June 3 crackdown and a subsequent attack on protesters on June 30 in Omdurman.

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