Sudan’s justice minister forms body to probe killing of woman by police
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March 9, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The justice minister of Sudan, Mohamed
Bushara Dosa, revealed on Friday that his ministry has formed a
committee to investigate the killing of a woman by police this week.
Dosa announced the move when he visited, on Friday, the house of the
victim in Al-Deim area in central Khartoum, to give his condolences to
her family.
The victim Awadia Agabna was shot dead on Tuesday in front of her
house by a member of the Public Order Police (POP) during an
altercation between them and her brother after they accused him of
being drunk.
The police issued a widely criticised statement saying they were
attacked by “drunk” members of the victim’s family and had to fire
“three shots in the air” to defend themselves.
Awadia’s killing sparked protests and condemnation from human right
groups who criticised the POP and its law, which aims to regulate the
behaviour of men and women in accordance with Islamic laws.
The minister told the victim’s family, according to Sudan’s official
news agency, SUNA, that his ministry would not hesitate to apply the
law and that all people are equal before justice.
According to Dosa, the investigation committee would operate under his
personal supervision.
A number of officials including the minister of interior and governor
of Khartoum apologised to the victim’s family and promised
investigation into the case.
The interior minister revealed this week that the officer who
committed the crime had his immunity revoked and he would stand trial.
Meanwhile, the crime continued to reverberate as two politicians
issued statements condemning it and blaming the authorities.
The leader of the National Umma Party (NUP), Al-Sadiq al-Mahdi, said
that the “brutal” killing of Awadia was not “a product of coincidence”
but rather of laws allowing law enforcement authorities to do whatever
they want with absolute immunity.
Yasir Arman, the secretary general of the armed opposition Sudan
People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N), said that his group
stands in solidarity with Awadia’s family.
He said Awadia was “assassinated by the [ruling] National Congress
Party’s leaders who invest in hatred and racism and who established
political and media platforms to spread them until they infected state
authorities including the police and security services”.
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