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has called for the release of two arbitrarily detained teenagers in Ìýwith fears they could have beenÌýtortured.

Mohammed Adam, 17, and Mohammed al-Fatih, 18, were detained by security forces in JanuaryÌýinÌýconnectionÌýwith theÌý during an Ìýin Sudan's capital Khartoum.

The ministry of interior stated on 25 January that the brigadier died after being stabbedÌýand that the alleged perpetrators were tracked down. While the suspects were not named, it isÌýwidely believed that their statement could have referred to theÌýteenagers, according to Amnesty.

"Adam... [and]Ìýal-Fatih have been arbitrarily detained by security authorities in Sudan for over a month... the Sudanese authorities must release them unless they are charged and remanded by an independent court," the rights-based NGO said.

Both the boys have been tortured while in detention, according to their lawyerÌýRanaÌýAbdulghafar Abdulraheem, who said she sawÌýcigarette burns to al-Fatih's head, The Guardian reported.

Al-Fatih was taken away by security forcesÌýat a mosque close to theÌýanti-coup demonstrations, whileÌýAdam was arrested while lying in a hospital bed.

He had reportedly beenÌýinjured by a tear gas canister fired during protests,.

Sudan's military general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan last year against former Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok's government.

Military forces have violently crushed pro-democracy protests ever since andÌýhave to counter any sign of opposition.Ìý

At leastÌý83 civilians have been killed and over 2,600 injured since theÌý, according to the Central Sudan Doctors Committee.

The and wasÌýthe firstÌýfatality in the ranks of security forces since the coup began.