Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Wednesday pledged to provide justice to all pro-democracy protesters who were killed a year ago when security forces broke up a sit-in outside the defence ministry, reported Reuters.
The Sudanese people marked the first commemoration of the brutal attack on the main site of protests outside the headquarters of the Sudanese army on Wednesday, June 3.
More than 100 people were killed and 700 others wounded in the violent crackdown a year ago. While activist doctors claimed over 130 people were killed in the raid and ensuing violence, the Sudanese security officials have acknowledged 87 deaths.
The uprising led to the overthrow of Sudanese veteran leader Omar al-Bashir and ushered in a power-sharing agreement last year.
Some protesters came out on the streets of the capital Khartoum in large number carrying pictures of victims and chanting, “Our martyrs are not dead, they are alive with the revolutionaries”, a Reuters witnesses said.
In a televised speech, Prime Minister Hamdok gave assurance of justice to the victim’s family and friends.
“I assure you all, that achieving comprehensive justice and retribution for the souls of our hero martyrs … and for the wounded and missing is an inevitable and irreversible step,” the Sudanese Prime Minister Hamdok, who leads a transitional government, said in a televised speech.
The prime minister said the ruling body is waiting for the completion of the report of the Independent Investigation Commission to conduct public trials of the accused, stressing it crucial to ensure comprehensive justice and to make sustainable social peace in Sudan.
“We are awaiting the completion of the independent investigation committee’s work, which will be followed by referring all those found guilty of participating in the massacre that dispersed the sit-in to fair and public trials,” Hamdok said.
The investigation committee is expected to deliver the report of its findings to the attorney general in the coming weeks.
