KHARTOUM -

As soon as the mass processions break up in Khartoum, social media crowds with dozens of videos, photos, testimonies and testimonies that reveal grave violations committed by members of the regular forces in the demonstration squares and in neighborhoods near the sites of the protests, and the incidents of looting at gunpoint have increased steadily in The public roads caused widespread concern, prompting many to arm themselves to confront the deteriorating security situation.

And before Khartoum woke up from the horror of the crime of gang rape of a young woman from South Sudan, which took place last Monday under the Musalmiya bridge in central Khartoum, and it was carried out by a force dressed as the Central Reserve Police, according to the victim’s account, the Sudanese circles were grieved the day before yesterday, Wednesday, with the killing of a 20-year-old man after His exit from the bank in moments, as a force in a regular dress intercepted him and stabbed him, and seized an amount of money he had in front of dozens of passers-by on the road.

Stories are crowded daily about manifestations of great security chaos in the Sudanese capital, the heroes of which are mostly individuals in uniform of regular forces, while the violations witnessed by the processions reinforce certainty that the military will benefit from the immunity of non-accountability, according to a decision issued by the President of the Sovereign Council last December in accordance with the provisions of the Emergency Law.

Emergency Order No. (3) granted the regular forces, including the intelligence service, the powers to “arrest persons, search, monitor property and facilities, seize funds, and prohibit and regulate the movement of people.” The emergency order and the protection of public safety announced last October 25.

Since that date, thousands of Sudanese have organized semi-recurring demonstrations in the capital and the states to protest "the army's control of the authority, which resulted in the international and regional isolation of the military authority, which despite its diligence in grafting the Sovereignty Council with civilian elements, failed to agree on a prime minister and a civilian government, which exacerbated The vacuum in the country,” activists say.

The continuous violations of the security forces charged with suppressing the protests provoke angry reactions among the Sudanese, especially with the silence of the official authorities about them, while the looting, killings and bloody targeting of demonstrators continue, as the number of protests victims during the past 5 months has reached 87 dead, according to the Central Doctors Committee, while The voluntary organization “Present” counted 3,400 injured people, 500 of whom are still receiving treatment inside and outside Sudan.

Several formations of the regular forces are in charge of confronting the demonstrators, and they include the police forces, the Central Reserve, the Rapid Support and the army, whose elements are usually located in the vicinity of the presidential palace, the General Command and important government institutions.

Despite the violent reactions caused by the mass rape incident in Khartoum, the Police Presidency ignored the incident, and then issued - on the same day - a statement regarding a video clip in which a number of its employees appeared to assault a teacher in Nyala, capital of South Darfur, which sparked outrage there, which caused He prompted the security committee headed by the governor to present an official apology to the teachers and announce the arrest of the commander of the force that stormed the school and assaulted the teacher.

The Presidency of the Police Force confirmed - in its statement - that the teachers are respected and appreciated, and pledged to follow up on the result of the urgent investigation into the clip and to take deterrent and decisive measures against its perpetrators.

Shocked by claims that a young woman, bus passenger, was gang raped by Central Reserve Police officers in #Khartoum yesterday following dispersal of a protest.

The authorities should conduct an immediate investigation to identify those responsible and bring them to justice.

— Adama Dieng (@AdviserAdaDieng) March 15, 2022

Salima Ishaq, head of the Unit for Combating Violence against Women in the Ministry of Social Development, denies her knowledge of the findings of a commission of inquiry announced by the Sovereignty Council to investigate allegations of rape committed against female demonstrators during the December 19 procession, and assures Al Jazeera Net that no contact was made with them. In this regard.

At the time, the United Nations Human Rights Office announced that it had received reports of 13 cases of rape, while the government's Anti-Violence Against Women and Children Unit confirmed that 9 cases occurred in the vicinity of the presidential palace during the suppression of the protests on 19 December.

I closely followed the incident of beating and insulting teachers by the police forces in Nyala, and directed the governor to take immediate measures;

The first is to stop the force commander immediately and bring those involved to trial after investigations.

The governor has done his duty, but the police command in Khartoum is expected to act more effectively.

— Mini Arko Minawi.

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Mona Arko Minawi (@ArkoMinawi) March 15, 2022

Systematic humiliation

Journalist Bahram Abdel Moneim - who was subjected to a robbery on the eighth of this March from a regular group whose phone and money were stolen from him - confirms that the party that commits abuses such as looting and rape, often belongs to the police, especially the "Central Reserve" forces.

He adds - to Al Jazeera Net - that the same force stopped him at gunpoint for the purpose of "looting and looting", despite showing his media card, and he also believes that the forces want these actions to humiliate and break the will of the demonstrators and media professionals.

And he continues, "Someone said in a decisive tone when I told him that I am a journalist, we are looking for journalists specifically."

Adama Dieng, the UN human rights expert on #Sudan, expressed his shock at the alleged gang rape of a young woman by the Sudanese police forces in the wake of yesterday's demonstrations in Khartoum 👇 https://t.co/MNoUIvgDVU

— Fadi Al-Qadi (@fqadi) March 15, 2022

Bahram tried - as he says - to seek help from a police patrol near the scene of the accident, recounting the incident to them, but one of its members pushed him aside and called him to forget the matter and ask God to compensate for what he had lost.

The journalist explains the silence of the official authorities about the abuses as an attempt to avoid discontent among those forces, who require immunities and guarantees to be granted while pursuing demonstrators and media professionals, which led to an increase in violations such as killing, rape and looting.

public trials

The security expert, Major General Amin Ismail Majzoub, considers the violations, whether they belong to regular bodies or from a third party organization that seeks to drive a wedge between the regular forces and the people, describing them as “disturbing incidents that do not resemble the morals of the Sudanese, in addition to being reprehensible and denounced regionally and internationally and are part of rights violations.” Human".

However, the expert said - in his speech to Al Jazeera Net - that the state of security liquidity and the preoccupation of the regular forces with combating the movement and the daily protests may lead to a failure "here and there, but this does not absolve the state of its responsibilities; therefore, investigations and public trials must be conducted until the citizen is reassured and Khartoum is back safe. ".

Violations and denials

The head of the Commission for Human Rights, Rifaat Al-Amin, confirms that the commission monitors all violations and communicates with the competent authorities to address them, and tells Al Jazeera Net that they "do not have documented information regarding the allegations of rape," but stressed the demand for "the authorities to immediately investigate these allegations, and if they are proven, we call for those involved to be brought to justice." without delay.”

It also stresses that the authorities must take preventive measures to prevent violations, and in the event that they occur, the state is obligated to investigate and bring to trial whoever is proven to be involved.

In turn, the leader of the Justice and Equality Movement, Brigadier General Hamid Hajar, denies the participation of armed group forces in dispersing the protests and being involved in the abuses raised, and he tells Al Jazeera Net, "This is pure slander, there is no force for the movements in Khartoum or the cities of Darfur. All the forces of the armed struggle movements are in the assembly areas. According to the Juba Peace Agreement.

Hajar accuses parties of trying to ignite a civil war in Sudan without being able to pay for it, and concludes that "there are those who have a political battle with the military component and want political gain at the expense of armed struggle movements. Sudan is the homeland of everyone and protecting its security and safety is everyone's responsibility."