Emeute à Khartoum avril 2009
Crowd burns Khartoum shops, cars after executions
Tue Apr 14, 2009
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – A crowd of angry demonstrators burned shops and cars in a local market in south Khartoum, residents said on Tuesday, a day after nine Darfuri men were executed for the killing of a newspaper editor.
Some 5,000 people turned out under a heavy police presence to attend the funerals of the nine men, found guilty of killing Mohamed Taha Mohamed Ahmed in September 2006.
Some in the crowd chanted slogans in support of the Sudan Liberation Movement, a Darfur rebel group which has been fighting the government in the western region of Darfur.
Local radio, citing witnesses and security sources, reported that relatives of the executed men had clashed with police in two places.
Witnesses said a small number of demonstrators destroyed and damaged shops and cars on the way to the funerals.
At the men’s trial, the lead police investigator said the defendants had been infuriated by an article in Ahmed’s newspaper, al-Wifaq. A defence lawyer said the article played down reports about rape in Darfur and used unflattering language to describe Darfuri women.
The newspaper had also angered Islamists with articles about the Prophet Mohammad and had criticised the ruling National Congress Party of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.
The human rights group Amnesty International condemned the executions, saying the men were tortured to extract confessions.
« The execution of the nine men is outrageous. They were arbitrarily arrested, tortured and then subjected to an unfair trial, » said Tawanda Hondora, Amnesty’s Africa Deputy Director.
The government, viewing the killing of the editor and the trial as sensitive matters, initially restricted reporting of the case to state med
Riot in Khartoum after Sudan hangs nine Darfur men in connection with editor’s death
Tuesday, 14 April 2009
At the funeral of the 9 Darfur men accused of killing editor of daily al-Wifaq newspaper, Mohammed Taha, angry relatives rioted, burning down shops and cars in South of Khartoum, Reuters reports.
A crowd of about 5000 attended the funeral of the executed men. Reuters reports that a small group in the crowd shouted the name of Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM). SLM is one of the Darfur rebel group fighting the Sudanese government for greater autonomy.
Mr. Taha was seen as a controversial figure. He was abducted on September 4, 2006 and later found beheaded. His death shocked the world.
The executed men were said to have been angered by Taha’s comment about Sudanese president Beshir and prophet Mohammed. The defence argued that the executed men were embittered by Mr. Taha’s published article about the prophet prompting their action.
However, human right groups see the execution as politically motivated.
Amnesty Internation deputy director in African said that the men « were arbitrarily arrested, tortured and then subjected to an unfair trial. »
The nine men were hanged in front of Taha’s relative in Khartoum. The men were subjected to extreme torture and any confession extracted out of the men is seen by critics as inadmissible
Emeutes à Khartoum à l’occasion de l’exécution de neuf Darfouris
14 avril 2009 Reuters
Une foule de quelque 5.000 personnes a assisté à Khartoum aux obsèques de neuf hommes originaires du Darfour exécutés lundi après avoir été reconnus coupables d’avoir trempé dans l’assassinat en 2006 du rédacteur en chef d’un journal.
En dépit d’un importante présence policière, ce défilé a donné lieu à des débordements. Des participants, dont certains scandaient des slogans en faveur de rebelles du Mouvement de libération du Soudan, ont incendié trois magasins et une dizaine de véhicules et en ont endommagés d’autres.
Le rédacteur en chef d’Al Wifak, Mohamed Taha Mohamed Ahmed, avait publié des reportages minimisant les cas de viols au Darfour et dépeignant les femmes darfouries sous un jour peu flatteur. Mais il avait aussi irrité les islamistes par ses écrits sur le prophète Mahomet et critiqué le Parti du congrès national du président Omar Hassan al Bachir.
Khalid Abdoul Aziz, version française Marc Delteil
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