Because of the situation in Sudan Demands for a special session of the UN Human Rights Council

A number of countries have called on the United Nations Human Rights Council to hold a special session on the situation in Sudan, while British Ambassador Simon Manley stressed the urgent need for the United Nations Human Rights Council to discuss the situation in Sudan.

Dozens of countries called on the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday to hold a special session on Sudan, following a crackdown on mass gatherings after the military coup, according to Agence France-Presse.

In a letter to the President of the Council on behalf of 48 countries, including 18 member states of the Council, British Ambassador Simon Manley stressed that there is an urgent need for the highest human rights council at the United Nations to discuss the situation in Sudan.

The letter said: "We demand the Human Rights Council to hold a special session this week to discuss the human rights implications of the current situation in the Republic of Sudan." According to the letter, "a special session is needed because of the importance of the situation."

In his letter, Manley said that the call for a special session was led by Britain, the United States and Norway, in addition to Germany and the government of Sudan that was overthrown by the coup.

On October 25, the Sudanese army chief, Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, turned against his civilian partners in political institutions during a transitional period that was supposed to allow Sudan to transition to democracy in 2023, after the fall of Omar al-Bashir's 30-year rule.

The move led to a wave of international condemnation and calls for a return to civilian rule, amid warnings to the military authorities against using violence against demonstrators.

The death toll from the bloody repression of the protests has reached 12 people since last week and nearly 300 wounded, according to the Sudanese Central Committee of Doctors against the coup.