UN asks Sudan’s coup leaders to release political detainees

UN asks Sudan’s coup leaders to release political detainees

As the UN Security Council met behind closed doors on Wednesday in New York to discuss the crisis in Sudan, António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, renewed his call for the immediate release of all those detained in the military coup.

Pro-democracy demonstrations in Khartoum, the country’s capital, continued one day after the army dissolved the transitional government and detained civilian Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and his cabinet.

“I once again strongly condemn the forceful military takeover of power in Sudan,” Guterres said while responding to a…

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