This archive report was first published on 22 September 2019.
On June 3, a brutal crackdown on protesters outside army headquarters in Sudan's capital left at least 127 demonstrators dead and hundreds wounded.
International observers were shocked by the violence, which occurred shortly before dawn.
Doctors linked to the protest movement reported the high death toll, while officials provided a lower estimate.
Despite an earlier investigation by military authorities, the Forces of Freedom and Change, an umbrella protest movement, had demanded an independent probe into the crackdown.
On Saturday, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok announced an independent investigation into the violence, led by a seven-member committee.
The committee, formed in accordance with Sudan's constitutional declaration, will present its report within three months.
According to the declaration, signed in August, the committee's formation is a key step towards power-sharing between protest leaders and the previous ruling military council.
Earlier, a military council-led probe had confirmed that members of the Rapid Support Forces, a feared paramilitary group, were involved in the crackdown.
However, the military council denied ordering the dispersal of the sit-in, claiming it had only ordered an operation to clear a nearby area.
A prosecutor who headed the earlier probe revealed in July that an RSF general had separately ordered a colonel to disperse the sit-in, despite lacking orders from higher authorities.
