{"id":251483,"date":"2023-03-01T12:13:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T10:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/statement-of-the-special-representative-of-the-secretarygeneral-and-head-of-united-nations-integrated-transition-assistance-mission-in-sudan-unitams--on-the-death-of-a-young-demonstrator-in-khartoum?lang=en"},"modified":"2023-03-01T12:13:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T10:13:35","slug":"statement-of-the-special-representative-of-the-secretary-general-and-head-of-united-nations-integrated-transition-assistance-mission-in-sudan-unitams-on-the-death-of-a-young-demonstrator-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/statement-of-the-special-representative-of-the-secretary-general-and-head-of-united-nations-integrated-transition-assistance-mission-in-sudan-unitams-on-the-death-of-a-young-demonstrator-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) \u2013 On The Death Of A Young Demonstrator In Khartoum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/aaf16a0d3959785\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/aaf16a0d3959785\" alt=\"United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS)\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/aaf16a0d3959785\">Download logo<\/a><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/africarc\/loganalytics?press_id=242427&amp;press_source=United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS)\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) regrets and condemns the killing of a young demonstrator, who was shot dead yesterday in the Sharq Alnil area of Khartoum. The use of live ammunition against protestors is unacceptable and contravenes Sudan&rsquo;s human rights obligations.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNITAMS acknowledges the statement by the Ministry of Interior that legal measures have been taken against the police officer responsible and urges the authorities to conduct a prompt, transparent investigation into this death and all other human rights violations that occurred in the context of protests since 25 October 2021 and to hold those responsible accountable.<\/p>\n<p>The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNITAMS calls upon the authorities to take urgent measures to stop the excessive use of force against protestors.<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS).<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download logo The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) regrets and condemns the killing of a young demonstrator, who was shot dead yesterday in the Sharq Alnil area of Khartoum. The use of live ammunition against protestors is unacceptable and contravenes Sudan&rsquo;s human [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[4585],"class_list":{"0":"post-251483","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-africa-news-2","7":"tag-apo","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}