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Another member of Sudan’s suspended Empowerment Removal Committee (ERC)* has been detained, as the coup authorities continue their crackdown on political opponents. Taha Osman Ishaq, who is also a leading member of the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), was held by a joint force of police and security agents in central Khartoum on Saturday.
Adama Dieng, who was appointed in November 2021 by the UN Human Rights Council, has expressed deep concern over the killing of two protesters in Khartoum on Monday. In a series of tweets, Dieng called on the Sudanese authorities to ensure prompt and impartial investigations into the killing, wounding, and arbitrary detention of demonstrators and members of resistance committees, to bring those responsible to justice. Since the military coup of October 25 last year, 81 demonstrators have been killed.