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Sudan sentences six militiamen to death for killing student protesters, PM sez time to disband militia
2021-12-05
[SUDANTRIBUNE] El-Obeid Court in North Kordofan state Thursday sentenced to death six members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for the killing of student protesters two years ago.

On July 29, 2019, six students were rubbed out by the RSF snuffies as they dispersed angry protests in the capital of North Darfur state over food and fuel shortages and high inflation.

The death sentence
...the barbaric practice of sentencing a murderer to be punished for as long as his/her/its victim is dead...
did not include one of the RSF recruits who took part in the killing of protesters many of whom were wearing school uniforms. The court found that was a minor under the age of 18 when he committed the crime.

The SRF militia which operates under the command of the Deputy Chairman of the Sovereign Council Mohammed Hamdan Daglo Hemetti is widely accused of recruiting children, also they are accused of committing widespread brutalities and grave human rights
...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless...
violations in Darfur and South Kordofan.

The Public Prosecution had charged the Rapid Support personnel under Articles 21, 130 and 186 of the Criminal Code, related to criminal participation, premeditated murder and crimes against humanity.

RSF militia has no future in Sudan says Hamdok's adviser

[SUDANTRIBUNE] Yasir Arman, Political Advisor to the Sudanese Prime Minister, said that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have no future as an independent militia but must be integrated into the national army.

Arman who is also the deputy head of the SPLM-N Agar was recently appointed as a political advisor to Abdallah Hamdok. His appointment comes as the prime minister has seen a decline in his popularity due to harsh economic reforms and failure to achieve justice, especially for the victims of bloody raids by the RSF on the pro-democracy protesters in June 2019.

In an interview with Sudanese TV Saturday, Arman said he accepted the position offered to him last February because it would allow him to mobilize the Sudanese street to support the civilian-led transitional government.

Speaking about the RSF, Arman stressed the need to integrate the gunnies into the unified national army within a framework of the security arrangements agreed in the Juba Peace Agreement.

"We are against creating strife between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces, but the RSF have no future as independent forces because Sudan cannot have two armies."

Last May, the RSF General Commander Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo "Hemetti", voiced his rejection of the integration of his forces into the unified national army saying the militia was established by law by the former regime.

Arman pointed out that the RSF leaders can have ambitions, interests and fears.

"If its leaders have political ambitions, they should participate in the elections just like the others," he said.

"As for their interests and fears, they must be clearly discussed and resolved and a single national army is formed," he stressed.

Arman was referring to the idea that Hemetti who owns many companies engaged in gold mining, agriculture and trade wants to keep to protect his interests.

Hemetti reiterated several times his support for the democratic change in Sudan. He says he encouraged the army generals to stand with the popular protests and to oust the former president. However,
by candlelight every wench is handsome...
some of them reject these allegations.
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Posted by:Fred

#1  And the band played on...
Posted by: Jay-Dubya   2021-12-05 07:41  

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