Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International urged Sudan’s military on Tuesday to release government officials, activists and others detained during the armys coup last month. In a joint statement, the international rights groups also appealed for an end to “further arbitrary arrests” and the crackdown that has been taking place on anti-coup protests. On Oct. 25, the Sudanese military seized power, dissolving the country’s transitional government and detaining more than 100 government officials and political leaders, along with a large number of protesters and activists. The army also placed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok under house arrest in his residence in the capital of Khartoum. Since the takeover, at least 14 anti-coup protesters have been killed due to excessive force used by the country’s security forces, according to Sudanese doctors and the United Nations. On Sunday, security forces tear-gassed demonstrators and rounded up more than 100 people, most of them anti-coup teachers in Khartoum. The coup has drawn international criticism and massive protests in the streets of Khartoum and elsewhere in the country. Mohamed Osman, Human Rights Watchs researcher on Sudan, said that since the coup, the Sudanese “military has resorted to its well-trodden and brutal tactics, undermining small but important progress on rights and freedoms that Sudanese from all walks of life have fought for.” Tuesdays joint statement also quoted Amnestys deputy regional director, Sarah Jackson, as calling for a “joint, coordinated, and strong regional and international response” to rights violations in Sudan. “The Sudanese people have the rights to peaceful protest, to liberty and security, fair trial, and many more that the military cannot undermine,” she said.