Sudan Human Rights Monitor President Amin Mekki Madeni has expressed disappointment that the Human Rights Council in Geneva did not classify Sudan as Chapter 4 which indicates higher levels of violations.
Speaking on regular broadcast by Radio Tamazuj, Mekki said they were hoping Sudan would be put under Chapter 4 because of abuses committed by the government, “but unfortunately it has been kept again under Chapter 10.”
“Laws will not be implemented by an oppressive and totalitarian government, they will be in the framework of a democratic transformation, and in the framework of peace if there is peace in the country” he said.
Madeni recently returned to Khartoum from Geneva where he attended deliberations on a report submitted by the Human Rights Council’s independent expert on Sudan.
The human rights activist further said he was not surprised by some African and Arab countries that supported Sudan during the deliberation on the report. He noted that there are Sudanese laws which violate international law and that the constitution itself allows the government to continue committing the abuses.
The leading civil society member stressed that the only solution is a radical change that will lead to an alternative democratic transformation in Sudan.