Hundreds of thousands defy Sudanese junta

Submitted by AWL on 28 December, 2021 - 8:03 Author: Sacha Ismail
Sudanese democracy protest

On 30 December Sudan will see the eleventh round of protests since the military coup on 25 October.

19 and 25 December saw huge turnouts, and in between the official dates for demonstrations protests of various sorts seem to be continuing pretty much non-stop.

In the last week many hundreds have been arrested, and hundreds injured including in some cases through direct hits with tear gas canisters and stun grenades. On 25 December a 12 year old boy was flogged. On 19 December at least 13 women and girls were raped, sparking protests specifically against sexual violence.

Since 25 October the military has killed at least 48 people.

The uprising for democracy continues in the face of not just horrible repression, but also former civilian prime minister Abdalla Hamdok joining the coup-regime as a figurehead and the US and others signalling they would be happy to accept it with further modifications.

The mass of the democracy movement has made very clear that even a return to the pre-coup status quo is unacceptable. They want a fully civilian government.

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