Sudan HRs Commission regrets police behaviour

The National Commission for Human Rights in Khartoum has denounced the behaviour of police forces, who on Sunday prevented a delegation of Sudanese activists to submit a memorandum to the Commission. The youth department of the National Consensus Forces (NCF, a coalition of opposition parties) and relatives of political detainees on Sunday organised a sit-in against the widespread detentions of political activists in front of the Human Rights Commission office in Khartoum. Police prohibited the handing over of their memorandum, and broke up the protest. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Commission criticised the repeated concentration of riot police forces in front of its building, without being requested or given permission. “Every time citizens want to hand a memorandum or petition to the Commission, heavily armed police in vehicles are stationed in front of the office.” The Commission expressed its regret about the police’s behaviour, and considers their action “a lack of respect for the Commission”. It said that it “will immediately put an end to the issue through official channels in accordance with its legal competence”. File photo: Riot police in Khartoum Related: Seven party members, 513 others detained in Sudan (18 August 2014)