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Sudan: UN expert calls for probe into unlawful killings of Sudanese protesters

By Arabnews.com

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FILE PHOTO: Protesters gesture and shout slogans as they demonstrate against the Sudanese military’s recent seizure of power and ousting of the civilian government, in the capital Khartoum, Sudan October 30, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin/File Photo

NEW YORK: A UN human rights expert on Wednesday sounded the alarm bells at “excessive use of force” by the Sudanese military against peaceful demonstrators protesting the October coup, and urged the military to honor the people’s demand to reinstate the civilian government.

The UN special rapporteur on the right to peaceful assembly and association, Clément Voule, spoke of “disturbing reports of unlawful killings and injuries,” as a result of the military and security personnel beating protesters and their use of live ammunition to disperse the peaceful crowds.

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