International News

Having prepared a training course for the Ministry of Justice we were made aware of events within the country that has prevented us from delivering an Incident and Aviation Crash investigation course to a group of judges and Court Researchers – we wish them well and hope they remain safe in these troubled times – Below is a breaking news story from Human Rights Watch (see link below)

In the early hours of October 25, media outlets reported that security forces had arrested at least five ministers, as well as other officials and political leaders. The military reportedly placed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok under house arrest and moved him and his wife to an unrevealed location. By midday, Lt. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the chairperson of the Sovereign Council – a collective presidency body comprised of both civilians and military leaders – announced in a televised speech that he was installing a state of emergency and was dissolving both the cabinet of ministers and the sovereign council.

Story from https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/10/26/sudan-military-takeover-threatens-rights