U.N. human rights boss Michelle Bachelet on Monday called out the Sudanese authorities to grant human rights monitors access to the country, end the brutal repression against protesters and restore internet in the country, reported Reuters.
In a speech opening a three-week session of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, Bachelet said her office had received reports that over 100 protesters were killed and many more injured during a violent attack by security forces on a peaceful sit-in outside the defense ministry on June 3.
Sudan’s uprising “has been met with a brutal crackdown by the security forces this month,” she said.
Meanwhile, on Sunday, Sudan’s ruling military council said Ethiopia and the African Union should unify their efforts to mediate between the council and an opposition coalition over the composition and formation of the country’s transitional government. The military took over Sudan’s reigns after ousting long-time president Omar al-Bashir on April 11.
The generals and the opposition have been at a standoff for weeks over the formation of Sudan’s transitional government which will rule the country until an election is conducted. The protestors and opposition want a civilian leader for the council, while the army wants someone from the military to head the new government group.
The Sudan military has reportedly rejected Ethiopia’s proposal regarding the composition of the transitional government. The proposal called for the creation of a 15-member governing body that would install a civilian administration, comprising of eight civilians and seven members of the military.
