SUDAN NEWS ALERT: AP – Sudan prosecutor: Generals did not order sit-in dispersal

27/7/19: AP – Sudan prosecutor: Generals did not order sit-in dispersal

 AP report that Sudanese prosecutors claimed that the military council did not order the June 3 massacre, blaming Rapid Support Forces militias for the widely condemned dispersal.

 Prosecutor Fathel-Rahman Saeed announced that eight RSF officers exceeded their orders when they led RSF troops to clear the Khartoum sit-in, but did not elaborate on how the investigation would proceed against the accused officers.

 Fathel-Rahman said that security forces were told to “clear” a “lawless” area close to the sit-in (Columbia), not to “raze” the protest camp.

 The opposition Sudanese Congress party, which is part of the protest movement, disputed the prosecutors’ conclusion, noting that security forces moved on June 3 to disperse several sit-ins across the country at the same time, meaning that the break-up was based on a “political decision” made by the authorities.