However, official and legal bodies refuted these justifications; A former senior commander in the Sudanese police confirmed that the Sudanese Forensic Evidence Department has huge capabilities that enable it to perform the task; A senior official source in the Sudanese Foreign Ministry denied the existence of any official response confirming the validity of the African Union’s rejection of a request from the Sudanese government to provide logistical support to the committee.
In the same context, legal expert Saleh Mahmoud explained that the committee was long overdue in issuing the final report and indicting, despite the availability of many important data.
physical evidence
Nabil Adeeb told Sky News Arabia that the Sudanese Criminal Evidence Department does not have sufficient capabilities to examine the material evidence obtained by his committee.
Adeeb indicated that the African Union apologized for providing the required logistical support after a full year of contacting him. However, a senior diplomat in the Sudanese Foreign Ministry confirmed to “Sky News Arabia” that there was no official confirmation on this.
Adeeb explained, “The logistical aids have not been available so far. We have a large set of physical evidence that needs examination and proof, and these evidence include corpses, tombs, audio and video recordings that need to be examined by experts in a forensic laboratory that has the necessary equipment for examination.”
He added, “There are video clips on the Internet that need expert examination to prove the time and place in which the video was filmed and the link of the clip to the facts. Also, it must be proven that the clip was not tampered with after it was filmed and that it was not subjected to any installation or alteration … Without these proofs, the clip cannot be Evidential value required in court.
In response to a question about reports that speak of the great capabilities of the Forensic Evidence Center of the Sudanese Ministry of Interior, which is considered one of the best reference centers used by many countries, including the African Union and some Arab countries; Adeeb said that this is not true and that the center does not have the necessary capabilities to examine physical evidence related to the crime of dispersing the sit-in. However, he confirmed that his committee has not communicated with the center since its formation and did not ask him to examine any of the material evidence available to it.
Adeeb indicated that his committee is working in coordination with the Prime Minister’s Office to reach agreements with international bodies, which he did not name, to seek help in examining physical evidence.
The security and legal expert and former leader in the Sudanese police, Al-Tayeb Abdel-Jalil, refuted the claim that the Criminal Evidence Department was unable to deal with material evidence related to the crime of dispersing the sit-in. He assured Sky News Arabia that it has highly qualified technical and human capabilities and capabilities.
“In addition to the great capabilities that the Sudanese Forensic Evidence Department enjoys, it is considered a reference center for many countries of the world,” he explained.
Abdul Jalil described the physical evidence of the crime of dispersing the sit-in as “simple” that can be easily proven. He added, “Even if we assume for the sake of argument that there are complex aspects, the Sudanese Forensic Evidence Department has the ingredients that enable it to perform the task. It also has a cooperative relationship with similar centers in Europe and many parts of the world.”
time range
The decision to form the committee set three months – subject to renewal – as a period of time for submitting the final report; But so far, and despite the passage of more than 17 months since its formation, the committee has not submitted its final report, which sparked a lot of controversy in the Sudanese street.
Adeeb refused to specify a specific timeframe for completing the investigation and submitting the final report.
However, the legal expert, Saleh Mahmoud, was surprised by these justifications. He told Sky News Arabia, “When the Security Council commissioned the Italian judge’s commission, Anthony as a politician, in October 2004 to investigate the crimes of Darfur; the commission submitted its report in March 2005, i.e. in less than 6 months. Although the area of the area in which the crime was investigated by Adeeb is less than 4 square kilometers, while the area of Darfur is many times the size of existing countries.
material capabilities
Adeeb said that financial means is one of the problems facing the committee; But when it comes to money, he said, it’s affordable. He explained, “Now I am paying from my own pocket to run some business and waiting for them to come back to me… We proceed with our work, and even if there is a delay in responding to the material demands, we provide it from our pocket.”
In the opinion of the journalist Al-Fateh and Didi, if the matter is true and it turns out that there are shortcomings in meeting the financial requirements of the committee, this confirms the lack of institutionalization and the great imbalance in priorities.
Investigation progress
According to Adeeb, the investigation involved 3,500 people, most of whom were civilians. He stressed that the committee had finished hearing the statements of all those who wished to be heard or investigated.
But Kasha Abdel Salam Kasha, the father of Abdel Salam, who was twenty-five years old when he was killed in the sit-in dispersal, told Sky News Arabia that the committee did not ask for his testimony. Kasha expressed his categorical rejection of the way the committee works; Pointing out that they, as “families of martyrs,” no longer trust the committee and do not expect any results from it, stressing that they will continue to work to search for the truth.
Kasha stressed the need to achieve an impartial investigation, even if this required the intervention of international bodies.
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source https://pledgetimes.com/sudan-official-and-legal-bodies-refute-the-justifications-for-the-delay-in-the-results-of-the-investigation-of-the-sit-in-dispersal/
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