Human Lives Human Rights: Days after the military signed a new power-sharing deal with the prime minister, thousands of protesters took to streets in Sudan .
Sudanese security forces fired tear gas at thousands of protesters who rallied against a deal that saw the prime minister reinstated after his ouster in a military coup last month, witnesses have said.
Protest organizers dubbed Thursday as “Martyr’s day”, to pay tribute to the 42 people killed, according to medics, in the deadly crackdown against anti-coup demonstrators.
Protesters chanted: “The people want the downfall of the regime” while in the capital’s twin city Omdurman others shouted “power to the people, a civilian government is the people’s choice”.
Security forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters in Omdurman as well as in the central state of North Kordofan and in North Darfur, witnesses said.
Live streams on social media also showed protests in cities including Port Sudan, Kassala, Wad Madani and El Geneina.
Reporters at the site said that protesters are demonstrating to also “express their anger at what they say was a betrayal by the prime minister for accepting to negotiate and to sign a deal with the military.
Since the takeover, people have been demanding that the military completely step aside from the politics of the country and hand over power to a complete civilian government, restoring the position of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, releasing all political prisoners but also having no role in the day to day affairs of the country.
