Investigations and Monitoring Needed in Response to Sudan Violence

Expand Smoke rises behind barricades laid by protesters in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. © 2019 Mohammed Najib via AP On the heels of Monday’s brutal and bloody crackdown on protesters in Khartoum, the African Union (AU) has suspended Sudan’s membership and threatened its leaders with sanctions for failing to hand over power to a civilian-led government. The AU’s willingness to follow through on its past threats is a welcomed move. But suspension is not enough. The violent June 3 attack aimed to disband the protesters who had been camped out since the days before…

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