Crackdown on Sudan Protest Stirs Concern
Rights groups are voicing concerns about Sudan's violent response to anti-government protests. The rising costs of bread and fuel sparked the initial protests, which quickly escalated to demand removal of longtime President Omar al-Bashir.
Protests in Khartoum
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Sudan:
Sudan Call - 'The Time of Dialogue With Khartoum Regime Has Ended'
Dabanga, 13 March 2019
The Sudan Call alliance of opposition parties and armed movements has affirmed that their meeting scheduled to be held in Paris from March 18-20 will have nothing to do with… Read more »
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Sudan:
Fuel Shortage - Transport Paralysed in El Gedaref, Kassala
Dabanga, 13 March 2019
Residents of El Gedaref have complained about the ongoing fuel crisis, saying that the shortage of diesel has paralysed life in much of the state, which is largely agricultural. Read more »
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Sudan:
Women Detainees Released, Flogging Verdicts Quashed
Dabanga, 13 March 2019
On Tuesday, the Omdurman Women's Prison in Sudan released a large number of young women who were held during demonstrations over the past weeks. Large crowds in front of the prison… Read more »
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Sudan:
Sudan Uprising - Vigils and Sit-Ins By Doctors, Pharmacists, Students
Dabanga, 13 March 2019
Protests and acts of civil disobedience continued throughout Sudan on Tuesday in response to the call of the signatories to the Declaration of Freedom and Change. Read more »
InFocus
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Streets in Khartoum were deserted in response to calls for a one-day general strike by the Sudanese Trade Union Association and several opposition parties who are demanding an end ... Read more »
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President Omar al-Bashir's declaration of a state of emergency will not save his regime. Instead, security forces must halt worsening violence, Bashir should step down and all ... Read more »
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The move comes less than a week after President Omar al-Bashir declared a state of emergency, following weeks of protests across Sudan, against fuel and cash shortages. Read more »