Yesterday, Monday, the Sudanese Doctors Committee announced the killing of seven protesters and the injury of dozens in mass demonstrations in the capital, Khartoum. The establishment of a “special force to combat terrorism to confront potential threats”, while the Forces for Freedom and Change called yesterday for the organization of a comprehensive two-day civil disobedience, in response to what it described as the massacre once morest the demonstrators.
Earlier yesterday, Sudanese police fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators near the presidential palace in Khartoum.
Eyewitnesses said: The security forces confronted a protest procession of thousands of people that came from southern Khartoum, at the Sherouni station, regarding 800 meters from the presidential palace, and fired tear gas and sound bombs at them.
According to witnesses, the situation in the central Khartoum area witnessed a kind of hit and run between the heavily deployed security forces and the protesters.
Yesterday, demonstrations took place in Khartoum, Omdurman, Bahri and other cities such as Port Sudan, Madani and Atbara calling for democratic civilian rule.
Meanwhile, the President of the Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, chaired yesterday an emergency session of the Security and Defense Council to discuss the security situation in the country, during which the Council decided to form a special force to combat terrorism to “confront potential threats.”
In a statement, the Council expressed its regret over “the chaos that resulted from the departure from the legitimacy of peaceful demonstration and the adoption of the method of violence and the emergence of currents restricting the freedom to practice life and encroaching on public property as a dangerous phenomenon that threatens security and national and community peace and crosses the red lines of state sovereignty.”
In addition, nine out of the 15 members of the UN Security Council called yesterday in a joint statement, “all Sudanese parties to exercise the utmost restraint.”
The joint statement read by Mexico’s ambassador to the United Nations, Juan Ramón de la Fuente, on behalf of his country, and Albania, Brazil, France, Gabon, Ghana, Ireland, Norway and Britain express our deep concern regarding the army’s actions on October 25, 2021.
In turn, the United Nations Mission for Sudan said: The continued use of violence and live ammunition during yesterday’s demonstrations is unacceptable.
The mission had confirmed that the consultations it has been conducting on the political process in Sudan since its launch on January 8, has consistently involved a wide range of Sudanese stakeholders, including civil society and women’s groups as well as representatives of some resistance committees from academics and lawyers, as well as representatives of the Central Committee The mission indicated in a statement yesterday that these consultations aim to understand the different views and positions on how to move forward to overcome the current political stalemate and reach democracy and peace.
The mission indicated that during the meetings, Sudanese stakeholders called on UNITAM to expand the scope of consultations outside Khartoum and organize sessions with stakeholders in all states. (agencies)
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