June 3, 2020 -Sudanese transitional government has yet to deliver justice to victims and families a year after more than 120 people were killed and hundreds injured and abused in a violent attack on protesters in Khartoum, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.
The government’s investigation committee to deliver its finding to the attorney general in coming weeks .
After popular protest forced longtime president, Omar Albashir to step down on April 11, 2019, a transitional military council took over power, But protesters continue to gather amid tense negotiations s between civilian and military groups, in a sit-in in front of the military HQs in Khartoum, demanding a transfer of power to civilian rule Government security forces made several attempts to disband part of
the sit-in. in the early hours of June3, the security forces surrounded violently dispersed protesters, firing live ammunitions directly at protesters. Killing and wounding scores , and subjecting
many more to harsh beating, rapes, sexual assaults and humiliation and other abuse.
The security forces also attacked medical personnel, hospitals and clinics. Based on research in August 2019 , Human Right Watch said it found that at least 120 people had been killed and more than 900 injured
between June3 and 18.
Sudanese officials now estimate that at least 65 women were raped and others sexually assaulted. Human Rights watch concluded the crimes and abuses during the crackdown could qualify as crimes against humanity , because they were part of a longstanding government practice of using excessive force against unarmed protesters.