SUDAN POLITICAL ALERT: Human Rights Watch – Justice Needed for Protester Killings

17/11/19: Human Rights Watch – Justice Needed for Protester Killings

 Human Rights Watch call for Sudan’s transitional authorities to commit to genuine accountability for unlawful violence against protesters since December 2018.

 HRW call for the replacement of the committee formed by Prime Minister Hamdok to investigate the June 3 massacre, given its inclusion of officials linked to the military, despite exempting women and sexual violence experts.

 HRW call for a committee that will not hesitate to identify members of the government responsible for the massacre, including Himedti, and other military leaders who are sovereign council members.

 HRW also call for the transitional government to enact legal reforms to bring Sudanese laws in line with international standards, and ratify key human rights treaties, as well as the hand-over of Omar al-Bashir and four other men with arrest warrants from the International Criminal Court.