EU expresses concern over NGOs closures

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The European Union has expressed its concern on the closure of civil society organization.

In a press statement it issued yesterday, the European Union said it expresses its concern following the announcement of the closure of a certain number of civil society organisations in Sudan, among which four leading entities, namely the Khatime Adlan Centre, the Sudan Studies Centre, the Arry organisation for human rights and the Hela Help Organisation. 

“These actions seem contradictory to the recent invitation by the president of Sudan to all political forces and civil society organisations to take part in the process of drafting a new constitution that will strengthen national unity and consensus,” a spokesperson for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said yesterday.

“The high representative calls on the government of Sudan to reverse its decision,” the statement added.