Rights groups urge Sudan army to free those detained in coup
ABC News
Two leading international rights groups have urged Sudan’s military to release government officials, activists and others detained during the army’s coup last month
CAIRO -- Two leading international rights groups urged Sudan’s military in a joint statement Tuesday to release government officials, activists and others detained during the army's coup last month.
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International also appealed for an end to “further arbitrary arrests” and the crackdown that has been taking place on anti-coup protests.
This was the first time the two groups issued a joint statement; they had each separately appealed on Sudan's military to free those arrested during and after the coup.
On Oct. 25, the Sudanese military seized power, dissolving the country’s transitional government and detaining more than 100 government officials and political leaders, along with a large number of protesters and activists. The army also placed the country’s prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, under house arrest in his residence in the capital of Khartoum.
