Sudan Urged To Stop Unnecessary Use Of Force Against Protestors – The Organization for World Peace

Protests continue to escalate as the visit of the United States Special Envoy draws closer. They are due to visit the Capital city of Khartoum to try and negotiate a way to reinstall a civilian-led, democratic government after a military-led coup took power from the civilian coalition on October 25th. The main cause of conflict between the civilian-led protest groups and the Sudanese Security Force (SSF) controlled government is the resistance of the people to recognize them as the legitimate government of Sudan.

Since the coup, Sudans streets have constantly seen large crowds gathered to protest the new leadership and to call for the return to the democratic reform the country was undergoing before the coup. These protests have turned violent, and the past week is an example of the violence launched against civilian protesters by the military government.

The protest on January 17th led to a violent response by the government against protestors, which saw a further seven killed by the military. This adds to the reported 71 people killed since protests began on October 25th.Furthermore, the Sudan Doctors Committee revealed that around 100 protesters were wounded by a combination of bullets, tear gas, or sound bombs launched by the Sudanese Security Force. Unarmed civilians trying to democratically demonstrate their outrage with the injustice of the coup are met with bloodshed, thus demonstrating the need for outside intervention to protect innocent civilians from the violence of the regime.

Furthermore, civil rights continue to be abused and ignored by the regime as they have arrested and detained wounded prisoners from hospitals in an attempt to punish and deter other civilians from protesting. Alongside this, they have also attempted to silence and deter the media from reporting on or giving attention to the protests. The deterrence for media has included acts such as beating or detaining journalists to presumably send a message to society. Acts like these further emphasize the need for an UN-led intervention into Sudan to negotiate with the military to try and create a new government in which human rights are protected, and the people of Sudan are not being killed by their government.

In terms of peace negotiations, there is hope for resolution in the near future. The worsening situation for the people of Sudan, and the clear disregard for human rights by the SSF has continued to alert and draw global attention from both the UN and Western states such as the U.S. They have since sent Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa to David Satterfield and assistant Molly Phee on a visit to the capital in hopes of brokering a civilian-led transition to a form of democracy in Sudan. This coincides with the UN efforts to negotiate with the military and try to find a pathway back to a civilian-led, democratic government previously held in Sudan. These discussions will hopefully broker peace in the area, and thus put a stop to the inhuman murdering of Sudan civilians by the military and see a return to the democratic-like government which was in place before.

This human rights crisis must continue to receive media, and political attention from foreign states because if it does not then the SSF will continue to abuse and disregard the human rights of their citizens. Diplomacy seems to be the best option for a resolution because any sort of violent reaction may increase the oppression and violence towards the innocent people of Sudan.

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