UN expert demands accelerated probe into Sudan post-coup killings

A protester was killed during Friday’s demonstrations despite UN calls for security forces to ‘refrain from excessive violence against protesters’.

A United Nations human rights expert on Sudan has called for accelerated investigations into the killings of protesters and other atrocities, as the death toll since last year’s coup nears 100.

Sudan has been rocked by deepening unrest and a violent crackdown against near-weekly mass protests since army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s…