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Sudan accused of trying to ‘bury the truth’ with mass graves for protesters

Sudan accused of trying to ‘bury the truth’ with mass graves for protesters

Families demand DNA tests to identify if their relatives are among thousands of unclaimed bodies in hospital morgues

The families of those missing after three years of political unrest in Sudan are to meet government officials to discuss how to bury more than 3,000 unclaimed bodies in the country’s mortuaries.

Last week, the government announced plans to dig mass graves as Sudan’s senior public prosecutor said mortuaries were overcrowded, many remains were decaying and they needed to be cleared.

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