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United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday urged the Human Rights Council to open an investigation into possible violations of "peaceful protesters" committed by Sudanese security forces.
Sudan "is sliding into an abyss of human rights," said a group of five UN experts in a joint statement.
A military council has been leading Sudan since its fall, April 11, of autocratic president Omar al-Bashir after months of national protests against his iron-fisted three-decade regime.
After the dismissal of Bashir, protesters camped in front of the army headquarters in Khartoum for weeks to demand a civilian regime, before security forces and paramilitary forces dispersed them during the crackdown that took place. killed dozens of people on June 3rd.
The experts demanded that an "independent inquiry" be put in place by the UN Human Rights Council, which will open a new session on June 24.
The signatories of the declaration include Aristide Nononsi, who focuses on human rights in Sudan, as well as the Special Rapporteur on the right to peaceful badembly, Clement Nyaletsossi Voule, and Agnes Callamard, the rapporteur on extrajudicial executions or summary.
United Nations human rights experts are independent experts who do not speak on behalf of the world body.
Establishing a Human Rights Council investigation requires a resolution that gets the support of the majority of the 47-member council.
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