Khartoum, Feb 25(Darfur24) The United Nations expert on human rights in Sudan, Adama Diang, called for an “independent and professional investigation” into the violence against protesters since the start of the military coup in the country.
He called on the Sudanese authorities to “review” their dealings with the Sudanese anti-coup protesters, describing their confrontation with live bullets as a “major violation” of human rights.
“Shooting live bullets at people is a major violation of human rights,” Diang said at a press conference Thursday in Khartoum at the end of his first official visit to the country, which lasted for five days.
The UN expert added that the authorities’ handling of the protesting crowds “needs to be reviewed,” expressing concern about “the firing of live bullets or tear gas (bombs) directly at the demonstrators.”
The UN expert expressed his concern about the conditions of the detainees and said that “there is no justification for keeping these activists in detention, and they cannot meet their lawyers, and this is a major violation of their rights.
Diang appealed to the investigation committee into the dispersal of the Sudanese sit-in in front of the army headquarters in the center of the capital, two months after the overthrow of Al-Bashir in 2019, that “national investigators must clearly determine who is responsible for the occurrence of this massacre.”