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Protesters take to Sudan’s streets again, decrying coup and arrests
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KHARTOUM, 11 February 2022, (TON): Sudanese protesters marched in neighborhoods across the capital and the country in protest at October’s military coup and a wave of political detentions.
The takeover ended a partnership between the military and civilian political parties, drawing global condemnation and plunging Sudan into political and economic turmoil.
Protests organized by resistance committees have drawn hundreds of thousands of people, and at least 79 have been killed and more than 2,000 injured in crackdowns.
Hundreds of protesters diverged from planned routes to renew efforts to march on the presidential palace, but were met with tear gas and a heavy security presence a little more than a kilometer from their goal.
22-year-old university student Salah Hamid said “we will continue demonstrating in the streets until we bring down military rule and bring back democracy.”
Other protests took place across the Nile in the cities of Omdurman and Bahri, and farther away in Gadarif and Sennar.
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