9/1/2023: Radio Dabanga - Current dialogues over Sudan’s thorny issues called ‘elitist’

Radio Dabanga report that Darfur’s displaced have labelled “elitist” the series of workshops held by the signatories of Sudan’s framework agreement.

Lawyer al-Moez Hazrat said that conferences on transitional justice held in “air-conditioned ivory towers” will not be able to achieve justice. He called for holding one of the planned workshops on transitional justice in a camp for the displaced in Darfur emphasising how holding grassroots conferences with the participation of stakeholders is especially important [as] we would benefit from the views of native administration leaders in this transitional justice process.”

Sheikh Abdelrazeq, a leader of Darfur’s displaced, said the “elitist” workshops will not achieve justice as “they are confined to Khartoum without any coordination with the victims.” He called on the signatories to reach out to people in Darfur.