HUDO Centre No.: H.K/PS/60/021
28th October 2021
PRESS STATEMENT
CONDEMNING THE ONGOING MILITARY COUP AND ATTEMPTS TO UNDERMINE SUDAN’S
POLITICAL TRANSITION
HUDO Centre strongly condemns the ongoing military coup in Sudan and all
actions that may jeopardise Sudan’s political transition or any attempts by the
military to undermine Sudan’s political transition process that threatens
stability and development of Sudan towards democracy. It should be remembered
that, after the ouster of former president Omar Al-Bashir, power-sharing
agreement (Transition Constitutional Document – TCD) was signed and a
transitional government was set up comprising both military and civilian
leadership. This was to leadup to full democratic elections in 2023. On Monday
25th Oct 2021, Sudan’s military under the command of General Abdel Fattah
Al-Burhan staged a coup and dissolved authorities (civilian rule) leading the
country’s transition to democracy, arrested political leaders including cabinet
ministers, journalist and activist as well as suspended seven (7) articles in
the Transition Constitutional Document and declared a state of emergency.
Protesters took to the streets, many have been shot dead while others got
injured due to gunfire and ongoing arbitrary arrest campaign. The coup came
less than a month before General Burhan was supposed to handover the leadership
of the Sovereign Council that runs the country to a civilian. HUDO Centre
condemns the coup and calls for the immediate release of all people who are
unlawfully arbitrarily detained and to stop the ongoing arrest campaign. We
also call upon all Sudanese citizens, regional and international stakeholders
involved in the transitional process to push for the restoration of civilian
government, and account those responsible for the misconduct.
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