HRW calls on the Government of Sudan to respect peaceful protests on the first anniversary of the military coup

Oct. 25 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The NGO Human Right Watch (HRW) has asked the Sudanese authorities on Tuesday to put an end to human rights abuses and to respect peaceful protests, all on the day that marks one year since the military coup in the country. .

For this reason, the organization has recalled that protesters have continued to take to the streets to demand the end of the military “regime”, the reestablishment of a “fully civilian” transition and accountability for the abuses committed by the Sudanese authorities.

“The security forces have violently repressed the protests, committing a whole series of abuses, from murders to arbitrary arrests of hundreds of people,” the NGO recalled, as detailed in a statement.

More specifically, HRW has stated that on October 23 security forces killed a 15-year-old protester in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, bringing the number of protesters killed since the coup to 118.

According to the organization’s Sudan researcher, Mohamed Osman, the country’s leaders have not faced “any consequences” for their repression of the protest movement that has taken place in the African state over the past year.

“When protesters bravely take to the streets again in the coming days, the world should stand behind their demands for a rights-respecting future and make it clear that impunity for the serious crimes being committed will not be accepted, even highest level,” said Osman, according to the letter from the NGO.