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The Sudanese prosecutor’s office announced on Wednesday the discovery of mass graves containing the bodies of people missing since the events of the popular uprising that toppled Omar Al-Bashir nearly two years ago.
The prosecution revealed in a statement: “After efforts that lasted several months, the independent investigation commission discovered the mass graves.”
The statement confirmed: “The independent investigation commission will complete the exhumation and autopsy procedures after securing the site with the necessary measures to avoid tampering with evidence.”
“The investigations into the disappearances and forced disappearances of people since the events of the December 2018 revolution continue with full transparency to guarantee the principle of non-impunity,” the statement added.
The statement called on all competent agencies and the families of the disappeared to cooperate with the investigation committee to complete their investigation.
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In December 2018, popular protests broke out in Sudan against difficult economic conditions, culminating in the removal of President Al-Bashir on April 11, 2019.
Sudan’s Central Committee of Doctors estimates that 38 people have been reported missing since the outbreak of the revolution, according to local media.
The Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), an important component of the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) alliance, claims that hundreds of people have been victims of enforced disappearances since the sit-in at the army headquarters dispersed in the capital of Khartoum.
In June 2019, gunmen dressed in military uniforms dispersed a sit-in calling for the transfer of power to civilians, in front of the army command headquarters in Khartoum.
The dispersion caused the death of 66 people according to the Ministry of Health, while the FFC, leader of the popular movement at the time, estimated the figure at 128.
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