Military Officers Get Death Sentence For Killing Protesters

Six officers of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces who killed six students during a public demonstration in 2019 have been sentenced to death.

Media reports put the number of deaths during forceful and brutal dispersal of the protests at over 120, though the death toll has been the subject of dispute.

Nine members of the RSF were arrested days after the protests.

Citing a statement on the judgement, Reuters reports that the civilian court in Al-obeid where the officers were being tried held that the officers broke RSF law and behaved individually, as “their actions have no relation to the forces they were part of.”

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Judge Mohamed Rahma, sentenced six of the defendants to death, acquitted two and referred one to juvenile court, as he was a minor.

The deceased, including 4 schoolchildren, were part of a student protest following the June 3, 2019 killing of dozens of protesters pushing for democratic rule.

The protests were held after the military ousted President Omar al-Bashir, who had been in power for about 30 years.

Similarly, RSF officer Youssef al-Fiky was sentenced to death in May over the murder of a civilian with his car during the protests disruptions.

The RSF, formed in 2013, was made up of Arab nomads and a militia called Janjaweed.

The civilian-military administration that has led Sudan since 2019 then moved to integrate the RSF into the country’s armed forces.

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