UN calls for independent investigation into killings of protesters in Sudan
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday expressed concern about the killing of at least ten protesters, including a child, by security forces in Sudan, calling for an "independent investigation".
"I ask the authorities to conduct an independent, transparent, thorough and impartial investigation into the security forces' response, in line with applicable international standards," Bachelet said in a statement, stressing that "victims, survivors and their families have the right to (know) the truth, (achieving) justice and (obtaining) justice. on) compensation.
For its part, the Central Committee of Sudan Doctors said that at least ten people were killed after protests against the military rule in Sudan continued for a second day on Friday.
And the Bloomberg news agency quoted Muhammad al-Mutassim, a member of the resistance committee, as saying that the demonstrators gathered near and around the presidential palace in the capital, Khartoum.
The police said in a statement that the demonstrations also left more than 200 injured, after clashes took place between security forces and demonstrators.
The demonstrations began on Thursday on the anniversary of the 1989 coup that ended the rule of the last elected civilian government in Sudan.
The United Nations, the African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) condemned the use of violence against the demonstrators.
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