{"id":48545,"date":"2022-06-04T15:22:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T15:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=48545"},"modified":"2022-06-04T15:22:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T15:22:02","slug":"un-expert-demands-accelerated-probe-into-sudan-post-coup-killings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=48545","title":{"rendered":"UN expert demands accelerated probe into Sudan post-coup killings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A protester was killed during Friday\u2019s demonstrations despite UN calls for security forces to \u2018refrain from excessive violence against protesters\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Published On 4 Jun 2022<\/span>4 Jun 2022<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A United Nations human rights expert on Sudan has called for accelerated investigations into the killings of protesters and other atrocities, as the death toll since last year\u2019s coup nears 100.<\/p>\n

Sudan has been rocked by deepening unrest and a violent crackdown<\/a> against near-weekly mass protests since army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan\u2019s power grab on October 25 derailed a fragile transition to civilian rule.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is simply unacceptable that 99 people have been killed and more than 5,000 injured as a result of excessive use of force by the joint security forces,\u201d Adama Dieng told reporters on Saturday, quoting a toll provided by pro-democracy medics.<\/p>\n

He called on authorities \u201cto expedite\u201d investigations into the killings of protesters.<\/p>\n

On what is his second visit to Sudan since last year\u2019s coup, Dieng raised concerns during talks with senior officials over arbitrary and mass arrests of activists, sexual and gender-based violence, and \u201cacts of torture and ill-treatment\u201d during detentions.<\/p>\n

He said an inquiry set up by Sudanese authorities has confirmed \u201cfour cases of sexual violence\u201d during the protests.<\/p>\n

The UN expert also pointed to an intensification of an existing economic crisis since the coup, which has seen Western donors return to the sidelines, after a brief engagement with a civilian-military power-sharing government established in the wake of the deposing of President Omar al-Bashir in 2019.<\/p>\n

Spiralling prices and a poor harvest are \u201cforecast to dramatically increase the number of people living in poverty\u201d, he noted.<\/p>\n

Dieng is scheduled to meet al-Burhan later on Saturday.<\/p>\n