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Amnesty International today called on the international community to examine all forms of peaceful pressure, including targeted sanctions, against members of the Sudanese transitional authorities responsible for the violent attack this morning on sleepy protesters.
The organization also called for the immediate cessation of violent attacks on protesters by the rapid support forces and other security forces, and for those responsible for these brutal attacks, resulting in at least 13 deaths, to be held accountable by their forces. acts.
On 3 June, at around 4.30 am, armed forces under the command of the Transitional Military Council (TMC) attacked peaceful protesters in Khartoum State, fired with live ammunition and tear gas, setting fire to tents and hitting protesters.
"Many of those badaulted this morning were asleep when the rapid support forces and other Sudanese security agencies started to unleash a deadly violence. Thanks to this senseless mbadacre, the TMC has completely destroyed the confidence of the Sudanese people and destroyed their hope for a new era of respect for human rights and the right to demonstrate without fear, "said Sarah Jackson, Deputy Regional Director of the TMC. Amnesty International. East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes.
"The UN Security Council should immediately put pressure on the interim military authorities to stop these attacks against peaceful protesters and to consider targeted sanctions against members of the TMC and others involved in the attack. .
"The Sudanese people have suffered for decades under the repressive regime of Omar al-Bashir and his ouster should have been a new chapter in the respect of human rights. Today's bloodshed shows that the transitional authorities have completely failed to turn the page on Sudan's appalling record of human rights, and the international community must take immediate steps to show that will not be tolerated. "
Amnesty International also calls on the African Union Peace and Security Council to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in the country and to ensure respect for human rights and the right to protest. peacefully.
The number of people reported dead is currently 13 and increases as injuries die. According to the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD), more than 100 people are being treated for various injuries. Amnesty International has received reports that security forces have attacked at least two hospitals near Khartoum's sit-in – Almoalim and Royal Care hospitals – in search of the wounded.
Context
At around 3:00 am local time, the Sudanese Professionals' Association (ASP), which has been running the demonstrations since December 2018, issued warnings of an imminent security attack to break the security crackdown. sit-in in front of the army headquarters in Khartoum, where protesters have been camped since 9 April.
Around 4:30 am, a hundred security vehicles without license plates and loaded with heavy weapons and hundreds of soldiers parked in front of the sit-in.
In less than 30 minutes, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and other security forces attacked protesters asleep, fired with live ammunition and tear gas, set fire to tents and brutally beat protesters.
On May 30, the TMC issued a statement claiming that the protesters' sit-in had been infiltrated by "uncontrollable elements" and that it had therefore become a high-profile crime scene and a threat to the protesters. On the same day, the TMC wrote to diplomatic missions asking them to stay away from the protest site.
In an interview with Sky News on June 3, Lt. Gen. Shams al-Din Kabashi, TMC spokesman, confirmed that security forces had attacked "saboteurs" in the neighboring area of Colombia along from the Nile Street, but denied having attacked the sit-in area.
Protesters from Port Sudan, Gadarif and Sinja were also attacked by security agents, according to Nazim Seraj, a leading member of a civilian committee to treat the wounded. Security forces also beat protesters, stole their phones and money, and then released them.
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