UN rights experts called yesterday for the Human Rights Council to set up a probe into possible violations committed by Sudan’s security forces against “peaceful protesters”.
Sudan is “sliding into a human rights abyss,” a group of five United Nations experts said in a joint statement.
A military council has led Sudan since it toppled autocratic president Omar al-Bashir on April 11 after months of nationwide protests against his iron-fisted rule of three decades.
Following Bashir’s removal, protesters camped outside military headquarters in Khartoum for weeks to demand civilian rule, before security and paramilitary forces dispersed them in a June 3 crackdown that killed dozens.
The experts called for an “independent investigation” to be set up by the UN Human Rights Council, which opens a new session on June 24.
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