SUDAN POLITICAL ALERT: US Senate Resolution to support peaceful transfer of power in Sudan

3/5/19: US Senate Resolution to support peaceful transfer of power in Sudan

 US Senators Ted Cruz (Republican) and Dick Durban (Democrat) expressed solidarity with Sudanese people in their bipartisan resolution which urged the US government to support a peaceful power transfer to a civilian-led political authority in Sudan, creating conditions for conflict resolution and democratic elections that meet international standards.

 Sudan’s TMC was also called on to:

• Respect the right to freedom of association and expression.

• Protect the rights of opposition political parties, journalists, human rights defenders, religious minorities, and NGOs “to operate without interference.”

• Lift the bureaucratic restrictions on humanitarian relief operations.

• Introduce strong measures to create transparency.

• Address the structural corruption and “kleptocracy of the state.”

• Pursue accountability for serious crimes and human rights abuses.

The resolution was co-sponsored by US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Chairman James Risch (Republican), as well as 9 Democrat Senators, and 8 Republican Senators (including Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham).