Human Lives Human Rights: Rights groups have called on the Sudanese military leaders to immediately and unconditionally release Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and all others who were arbitrarily detained.
At least seven other civilian government leaders are reportedly in detention, and military leaders have also restricted access to the internet and imposed a state of emergency.
The arbitrary detentions and human rights violations today run counter to Sudan’s ambitions for a future where the human rights of all are respected and amount to a betrayal of the hopes and sacrifices of hundreds of thousands of Sudanese people.
Political differences must be resolved with recourse to human rights, not through high-handed and abusive military means.
Rights groups call on the military leaders, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, to adhere to Sudan’s human rights obligations.
This includes ensuring protection of the right to life and ensuring that the peaceful protesters now massing in response to today’s events can demonstrate unhindered and unharmed.
Human rights firms also call on the authorities restore full access to the internet, to facilitate freedom of information, association and peaceful assembly.
