{"id":16068,"date":"2019-06-18T16:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T20:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=16068"},"modified":"2019-06-18T16:01:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T20:01:06","slug":"sudan-top-un-official-demands-cessation-of-violence-and-rape-against-civilians-by-security-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=16068","title":{"rendered":"Sudan: top UN official demands cessation of violence and rape against civilians by security forces"},"content":{"rendered":"
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…. HUMAN RIGHTS ….<\/p>\n

An article from the United Nations<\/a><\/p>\n

Following recent reports of attacks and rape by security forces and paramilitaries against the pro-democracy protesters in Sudan who have been holding a sit-in outside army headquarters in the\u00a0capital, Khartoum, the United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten,\u00a0expressed\u00a0<\/a> \u201cgrave concern\u201d on Thursday [June 13] and called for an \u201cimmediate and complete\u201d end to the violence.<\/p>\n

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\nAhmed Bahhar\/Masarib. Protesters take to streets in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. 11 April 2019.
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According to her Office, despite restrictions on communications in Sudan, reports of serious human rights violations have emerged since the beginning of the month.<\/p>\n

These include reported rapes and gang rapes of protesters, women\u2019s human rights defenders and women medical personnel working in hospitals near the sit-in perpetrated by the \u201cRapid Support Forces\u201d or RSF \u2013 a paramilitary group run by the Sudanese Government, primarily composed of the Janjaweed, a party to the Darfur conflict \u2013 and other militias.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI demand the immediate and complete cessation of all violence against civilians including sexual violence,\u201d stated Special Representative Patten, noting that the RSF have consistently been listed in the UN Secretary-General\u2019s annual report on conflict-related sexual violence.<\/p>\n

\u201c[They] should take effective measures to prevent and punish sexual violence in accordance with relevant Security Council resolutions, including\u00a0resolution 2467<\/a>,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

After the three-decade autocratic rule of President Omar al-Bashir ended in a military takeover in April, talks faltered in May between protesters and the ruling Transitional Military Council over a timetable for civilian rule.<\/p>\n

On 3 June,\u00a0security forces and paramilitaries fired on pro-democracy protesters\u00a0<\/a> holding a sit-in outside army headquarters in the capital Khartoum, leaving a number of people dead and many more injured. Three days later, the African Union suspended the participation of Sudan in all its activities until the effective establishment of a civilian-led transitional authority.<\/p>\n

Pending verification of the alleged incidents by relevant UN bodies, Ms. Patten highlighted the fact that \u201cthe weakness of the rule of law and a general climate of impunity\u201d is further compounding a highly-volatile context.<\/p>\n

\u201cI urge the prompt investigation of all credible allegations of sexual violence and accountability for those responsible,\u201d said the Special Representative, adding that she strongly supports the rapid deployment of a United Nations human rights monitoring team to examine the situation on the ground.<\/p>\n

She also called upon the international community, including members of the UN Security Council, to use \u201call possible diplomatic channels with leaders of Sudan to pave the way for a swift transition to a civilian administration and an end to all forms of violence and intimidation against civilians\u201d.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the UN Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF), sounded the alarm over the \u00a0killing and injuring of dozens of minors\u00a0 <\/a> in the protests backlash.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…. HUMAN RIGHTS …. An article from the United Nations Following recent reports of attacks and rape by security forces and paramilitaries against the pro-democracy protesters in Sudan who have been holding a sit-in outside army headquarters in the\u00a0capital, Khartoum, the United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten,\u00a0expressed\u00a0 \u201cgrave concern\u201d on … Continue reading Sudan: top UN official demands cessation of violence and rape against civilians by security forces<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,74],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-16068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-human-rights","category-mideast","tag-mideast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}