The Massacre of Port Sudan مجزرة بورتسودان

The Massacre of Port Sudan مجزرة بورتسودان

A was massacre was committed by the authorities in Port Sudan in January 2005, where 22 beja citizens were immediately shot dead, and more than 400 injured, including women and children. This amounts to a crime against humanity, racial cleansing, mass murder.
This happened when the Beja citizen of Port Sudan organized a peaceful demonstration demanding peace, federal rule, end of marginalization, development to their region and democracy.

The unlawful attitude of the Sudan security forces towards the peaceful demonstrators, including the brutal and exaggerated response by using direct, firearms, led to dismay and disgust in the whole country.

Under high pressure the government was compelled to form an investigation committee. But the committee has not up to this moment publish results.

It is obvious that the massacre has been committed by direct orders by the ministry of interior, the commissioner of police, and the chief police officers in the city of Port Sudan in gross violation of international law and the Sudan criminal procedure.

The Beja tribes live in north east of Sudan, and constitute 15% of the total population of the country. They have their own cushitic language, there own culture, their own history. They form as such a completely different ethnic group. They have been so far completely marginalized inspite of the fact that they were fierce fighters for the Independence of the country and that they have sacrificed a lot for this purpose.
Their region did not witness any development and remained as backward as 1000 years ago. They were exempted from ministerial posts, from the diplomatic services, from high ranking Civil posts. The governors of the region, and all civil servants are imported from the center of the country.
In the demonstration of January 2005 they demanded share of power and wealth. Their demands were met brutally by the security forces shooting down 22 and injuring several hundred. The governor of the Red Sea admitted later that the dead were innocent people. The crimes committed in Darfur and east Sudan are of the same nature, This crime has been committed in the center of a big town by the dreadful death squad known as the special security forces, which has been brought to the town by plane. Red handed they were flown back to Khartoum, after terrorizing the peaceful town for several days.

Instead of questioning the criminals, the authorities detained 17 Beja leaders and sent them to a remote prison called Dabak, more than 1000km away from their home town in violation to the international law.

The criminals are still free, never seriously questioned and sit in their high posts comfortably. The relatives of the victims demanded a proper, transparent deal with the wrong-doers by Independent Judiciary in accordance with the law, regardless of any religious, political, or administrative status. But there was no response from the authorities.
Actually their trial in Sudan proved to be impossible. The international community is requested to take action and bring these criminals to the international court, as has been done with Darfur criminals.
Responding to the demands of the Beja people in development, democracy, equality and end of marginalization would contribute to establish permanent peace in the country.

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• sudan
• eastern sudan

[jinkess]

أقيمت ندوه جماهريه امس عن أزمة شرق السودان ومجزرة بورسودان

تحدث فيها أعضاء من قرفنا ورئيس لجنة اسر شهداء مجزرة بور سودان ومتحدث من التيار الشبابى العريض كسلا ومجموعه من شباب شرق السودان بعد إنتهاء الندوه تم إعتقال الاسماء المشار اليها أعلاه من قبل جهازأمن المؤتمر الوطنى وهم فى طريق عودتهم...

الحريه لللمعتقلين ناجى موسى - عمار ضرار -غازى الطيب - محمد محجوب



[sudanihor]

بستأذنك بالنشر لتعميم القضيه ونشرها وتنوير الناس بها

[PSudanPrince]

why are they killing all this poor harmless people.....

[awab74]

والله نحن معكم بس خلو مطلبكم واقعي ماتقولو ماعاوزين بلويت في البورت البورت حقتنا كولنا كسودانيين غرابه وشماليين وكردافه وناس الوسط وانحنا مواليد البورت ففالنعمل كلنا لبورتسودان انا كنت بي القرب من مكان الحدث

[omer410]

الله يتقبل الموتي بواسع رحمته بس ما فهنا الحصل في المنطقه شنو الوصلا من غاز مسيل لدا الخلا الجيش يستخدم السلاح شنو

[hamidalfakiful]

يا للعار باسم الين والوطن قبح الله وجهكم يا تجار الدين

[mohamedelgadi11]

Powerful documentary timely released. There is no way to have those resonsible of the crime get away with it. Thanks to important documentation like this one.

let's follow the criminals weherever they go... we will get them, no doubt

[respect2494]

ربنا ينتقم من الظالمين حقيقة حاجة مؤلمة

اخوكم من الخرطوم

[dgash1000]

مطالب حقيقية و لكن حكومة المركز لا يرى هؤلاء كبشر لهم الحق فى التنمية و التعليم و البنية التحتية و الطرق و بعد هذا يضربهم بالسلاح الفتاك لا لشئ سوى مطالبتهم بحقهم الشرعى سبحان الله يمهل ولا يهمل لكم يوم

[bikoooo1]

الظالم ليه يوم

قريبا حنسمع عن سقوط البشير و عصبته

و الارض حتنظف من الكيزان , و حتتبل بدمهم