AU Peace and Security Council Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/au-peace-and-security-council/ The low down on African affairs Thu, 06 Jun 2019 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 AU Peace and Security Council Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/au-peace-and-security-council/ 32 32 Amnesty International calls for killer Sudanese troops to be confined to barracks https://jjcornish.com/2019/06/amnesty-international-calls-for-killer-sudanese-troops-to-be-confined-to-barracks/ Thu, 06 Jun 2019 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2019/06/amnesty-international-calls-for-killer-sudanese-troops-to-be-confined-to-barracks/ Following Sudan’s suspension by the  African Union for the killing of more than 100 pro-democracy demonstrators in Khartoum, Amnesty International calls for the Rapid Support Forces responsible for the slaying to be confined to barracks. The human rights watchdog calls what happened in the Sudanese capital barbaric and a bloodbath. The African Union punitive measure […]

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]]> Following Sudan’s suspension by the  African Union for the killing of more than 100 pro-democracy demonstrators in Khartoum, Amnesty International calls for the Rapid Support Forces responsible for the slaying to be confined to barracks.

The human rights watchdog calls what happened in the Sudanese capital barbaric and a bloodbath.

The African Union punitive measure against the military junta in Khartoum is unprecedented.

It has gone further than the United Nations Security Council where China and Russia blocked condemnation of the attacks on Sudanese civilian  demonstrators

The continental body’s Peace and Security Council decided at an emergency meeting yesterday that Sudan will remain suspended until a civilian-led administration is restored.

The Transitional Military Council is split on how to respond raising fears of a civil war in Sudan.

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