Sudan Attacks on Protestors and Health Workers

The Investigations Lab team conducted an open source investigation to corroborate testimonies of on-the-ground violence in Sudan. Physicians for Human Rights sought to triangulate eyewitness accounts of attacks with reports from other witnesses, news reports and video footage, legal records, medical documentation, and other sources to produce sufficient data to assess the violence. Extensive monitoring of social media platforms produced valuable video footage that was verified and geolocated. 

Our report found disproportionate or unnecessary force was used against protestors; attacks on medical facilities; violations against medical personnel; and evidence of torture and abuse of activists. The report was written by Physicians for Human Rights Medical Expert Rohini Haar, advisory board member and research fellow of the Human Rights Center.