Sudan’s Public Prosecutor’s Office has announced the opening of an investigation into the possible use of illegal ammunition during the repression of the recent protests against the Army, mobilizations that have been ongoing for more than a year in response to the coup d’état of November 2021.
«The Prosecutor’s Office has informed me that our request has been accepted and that an investigation committee has been formed headed by Tahir Abdelrahman, chief prosecutor of the office for Martyrs,» said lawyer and activist Mez Hadrat, as reported by the Sudan Tribune news portal.
Hadrat had filed a petition for an investigation into the possible use by security forces of tear gas canisters filled with stones, nails and glass, which allegedly caused the death of two protesters between November 23 and 24.
The Central Committee of Sudan Doctors (CCSD) has repeatedly reported injuries caused by the use of this type of material, which has led lawyers and activists to call for a ban on its use. In this regard, Hadrat said that the petition was presented in view of the «significant increase in deaths and injuries caused by these dangerous projectiles».
The military authorities and several political parties and civil society organizations recently signed a ‘framework agreement’ to relaunch the transition process, hard hit after the coup led in 2021 by the army chief and president of the Sovereign Transitional Council, Abdelfatá al Burhan, with the aim of holding elections within two years.
Al Burhan led a coup in October 2021 that ousted the transitional prime minister, Abdullah Hamdok, appointed after an agreement between the previous military junta and various civilian organizations and opposition formations.
Although Hamdok, who was detained after the coup, returned to office in November 2021 following an agreement signed with Al Burhan amid international pressure, he finally stepped down after denouncing the bloody repression of anti-coup demonstrations in the African country, which has resulted in more than a hundred deaths at the hands of the security forces.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
