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HRW: Sudan Attacks May Be Crimes Against Humanity

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   A prominent human rights groups said Monday that fatal attacks on
   protesters in Sudan in June of this year may amount to crimes against
   humanity.

   Human Rights Watch has released a 59-page report entitled "They Were
   Shouting 'Kill Them': Sudan's Violent Crackdown on Protesters in
   Khartoum."

   The report details the abuses the Sudanese security forces leveled on
   protesters, beginning on June 3, 2019 and afterwards in the protesters'
   camp in Khartoum. The account also documents the security forces abuses
   leading up to the June attack.

   The protests had first targeted price increases in Sudan but then
   expanded into protests against Sudan's president of 30 years, Omar
   al-Bashir and his administration.

   Large numbers of security forces descended on the protesters' sit-in
   area on June 3, HRW said, "and opened fire on unarmed protesters,
   killing many instantly." It added," The forces raped, stabbed, and beat
   protesters, and humiliated many, cutting their hair, forcing them to
   crawl in sewer water, urinating on them, and insulting them."
   

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