Sudan SPLM MPs call for debate on death of refugees in Egypt

Jan 11, 2006 (KHARTOUM) — SPLM legislators in Khartoum want the National Assembly to discuss the recent killing of Sudanese refugees by Egyptian police.

Several Sudanese refugees died late last month when police in Cairo violently evicted them from a protest camp, ending a three month-long sit-in strike.

According to Sudan Radio Service (SRS), over 30 SPLM members of parliament have already signed the petition, led by Yohaness Akol.

Some of the SPLM members are lobbying now and gathering signatures of MPs to raise the issue in the National Assembly.

Thirty-one members of parliament from the SPLM signed this memo and they are claiming for an official investigation concerning the accident.

Also the members of the SPLM in Southern Kordofan are trying to organise a demonstration against the presence of Egyptian forces there which are part of the AU military presence in Darfur.

The SRS reported that many people in Khartoum are angry with the Egyptian government because of the incident. When using public means of transport it is common to hear what he described as angry and protesting voices condemning the killing of Sudanese refugees in Cairo.