Today in Limassol Court, the third death inquest for Thanasis Nikolaou continued with the testimony of anthropologist Eleftheria Charilaou.Before the proceedings began, the judge summoned the prosecutor, Savvas Matsas, who had been present in all previous hearings, to leave the courtroom. Although t
The Senior Public Prosecutor in Khartoum reportedly plans to bury dozens of unidentified bodies. The Sudanese Missing Persons Committee protests the burial of any unknown body before an Argentine medical team has arrived to conduct autopsies.
The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) today called on several organisations and figures in Sudan, including the Attorney General, Minister of Health, United Nations and, various professional associations to implement the recommendations, concerning the protocol on dealing with unidentified bodies, announced by the Missing Persons Investigation Committee (MPIC) on September 19.
In a report by The Guardian newspaper last week, Zainab Mohamed Salih interviewed families demanding DNA tests to identify relatives who are missing after three years of political unrest in Sudan.
The Central Committee of Sudan Doctors has denounced the decision of the Sudanese Senior Public Prosecutor to bury unidentified bodies in mortuaries without recording forensic details.
“We saw in the media that the Attorney General of the Republic of Sudan directed the burial of unidentified bodies piled up in mortuaries, which constitutes a dangerous deviation from the protocols and laws relevant to the matter,” the CCSD said in a press statement yesterday.