UN Should Press Sudan to Investigate, Prosecute
Those Responsible
(Nairobi, September 22, 2016) – Sudanese
authorities have yet to provide justice to victims of a violent crackdown on
anti-austerity protesters in Khartoum in September 2013, the African Centre for
Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch
said today.
“Although it seems like Sudan has succeeded in sweeping the horrific
violence of September 2013 under the carpet, victims’ families still demand
justice,” said Mosaad Mohamed Ali, Executive director at ACJPS “The UN Human
Rights Council, currently holding a session on Sudan, should press Sudan to
hold those responsible to account for the appalling bloodshed on the streets of
Khartoum and other towns, and provide meaningful justice to victims of
killings, assaults and other abuses.”
Sudanese authorities responded with a violent
crackdown to large-scale protests that swept the country following the
announcement of austerity measures on September 22, 2013, with security forces
and armed men allied to them using live ammunition, tear gas and batons.
As many as 185 protesters and other civilians were killed, most of them shot in the head or chest, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies and Amnesty International found in a joint study published in September 2014. Hundreds were injured and more than 800 others arrested, some held for weeks. Human Rights Watch research showed that many detainees were subjected to torture and other ill-treatment, that many journalists and human rights defenders were beaten and female protesters were sexually assaulted by security forces.
UN Should Press Sudan to Investigate, Prosecute
Those Responsible
(Nairobi, September 22, 2016) – Sudanese
authorities have yet to provide justice to victims of a violent crackdown on
anti-austerity protesters in Khartoum in September 2013, the African Centre for
Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch
said today.
“Although it seems like Sudan has succeeded in sweeping the horrific
violence of September 2013 under the carpet, victims’ families still demand
justice,” said Mosaad Mohamed Ali, Executive director at ACJPS “The UN Human
Rights Council, currently holding a session on Sudan, should press Sudan to
hold those responsible to account for the appalling bloodshed on the streets of
Khartoum and other towns, and provide meaningful justice to victims of
killings, assaults and other abuses.”
Sudanese authorities responded with a violent
crackdown to large-scale protests that swept the country following the
announcement of austerity measures on September 22, 2013, with security forces
and armed men allied to them using live ammunition, tear gas and batons.
As many as 185 protesters and other civilians
were killed, most of them shot in the head or chest, the African Centre for
Justice and Peace Studies and Amnesty International found in a joint study
published in September 2014. Hundreds were injured and more than 800 others
arrested, some held for weeks. Human Rights Watch research showed that many
detainees were subjected to torture and other ill-treatment, that many journalists
and human rights defenders were beaten and female protesters were sexually
assaulted by security forces.