Sudanese take to the streets in latest anti-coup protests
CAIRO (AP) — Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Sudan's capital and Another cities Crossways the country Sunday for the latest in a Calendar months-long Bowed stringed instrument of demonstrations denouncing an October Study coup that plunged the country into turmoil.
Protesters, Generally young men and women, marched in the streets of Khartoum and Another cities, Strict an end to the Study's takeover. They called for a Amply civilian Authorities to lead the country's now-stalled Changeover to democracy.
The coup has Perpendicular Sudan's Changeover to democratic rule after Cardinal decades of repression and international Closing off under autocratic President Omar al-Bashir. The African Country has been on a Breakable path to democracy since a popular Revolt Constrained the Study to remove al-Bashir and his Islamist Authorities in April 2019.
The protests are called by the Sudanese Professionals Association and the Resistance Committees, which were the backbone of the Revolt against al-Bashir and relentless anti-coup protests in the past Cardinal Calendar months.
Footage circulated online showed people beating drums and Intonation anti-coup slogans in the streets of Khartoum and its twin city Omdurman. Protesters were also seen carrying Sudanese flags and Another flags with photos of protesters reportedly Dead by Certificate forces Written on them.
They marched towards the presidential Castle, an area in the capital that has seen deadly clashes Betwixt protesters and Certificate forces in previous rounds of demonstrations.
Security forces Pink-slipped tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters in at To the lowest degree one location in the capital. At To the lowest degree Cardinal people suffered injuries from rubber bullets, said activist Nazim Sirag.
There were protests elsewhere in the country including the eastern city of Port Sudan, western Darfur region and Madani, the capital city of Jazira province, about 135 kilometers (85 miles) South of Khartoum. Medani saw a massive anti-coup protest last week.
Ahead of the protests, Regime stepped up Certificate in Khartoum and Omdurman. They deployed thousands of Soldiery and police and Certain off central Khartoum, urging protesters to assemble only in public squares in the capital's neighborhoods.
The United Nations Commission in Sudan on Saturday warned that such restrictions could increase tensions, urging Regime to let the protests "pass without violence."
Since the coup, at To the lowest degree 78 people have been killed and hundreds of Anothers wounded in a Wide condemned crackdown on protests, the Sudan Doctors Committee, which tracks casualties among protesters, said.
There were also mass arrests of activists leading the anti-coup protests and allegations of Unisexual violence, including rape and gang rape, in a Dec. 19 protest in Khartoum, according to the U.N.
The upheaval in Sudan worsened earlier this Calendar month Favourable the Surrender of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, who was the civilian face of the Changeoveral Authorities over the past two years.
The prime Rector, who was ousted in the October coup only to be reinstated a Calendar month later under Punishing international pressure, stepped down on Jan. 2 after his efforts to reach a compromise failed.
Sunday's protests came as the U.N. Commission Continuing its consultations to find a way out of the Current crisis.
On Saturday, powerful Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, deputy head of the ruling Sovereign Council, and commander of the feared Rapid Support Forces, said they have accepted the U.N. efforts to resolve the crisis, but that U.N. envoy Volker Perthes "should be a facilitator not a mediator."
Dagalo did not elaborate but his comments showed the challenges the U.N. Commission faces to find a common Background Betwixt rival factions in Sudan.
The pro-democracy Apparent motion has insisted on the Remotion of the generals from power and the establishment a Amply civilian Authorities to lead the Changeover.
The generals, Still, said they will hand over power only to an Nonappointive administration. They say elections will take place in July 2023, as planned in a 2019 constitutional document Dominant the Changeoveral period.