The Sudanese Ministry of Health announced that 36 people were injured during demonstrations yesterday, Thursday in Khartoum, to demand the handover of power to a civilian government, while Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok confirmed that the demonstrators demonstrated their adherence to peace and democratic transformation.

The committee said in a statement that "the regular forces used force, bullets and tear gas against innocent people."

At a time when the official authorities did not provide details about the identities of the injured, the police announced that two of its employees were injured by protesters in the city of Omdurman, west of Khartoum.

Police said, "A small group of protesters deviated from the peaceful and attacked the security forces in front of Parliament.

On Thursday, huge crowds of demonstrators went out in separate areas of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, and other cities in protests to reject the military rule, and demanded a demonstration called by the "Forces of Freedom and Change - the Central Council" to support Hamdok's government.

The security forces closed the roads leading to government headquarters and major markets.

And circulating videos showed the participation of a number of ministers of the transitional government in the Khartoum demonstrations in support of the democratic transition.

The clips show the participation of Minister of Cabinet Affairs Khaled Omar, Minister of Industry Ibrahim Al-Sheikh, and Minister of Transport Mirghani Musa.


Demonstrations in other cities

Coinciding with the Khartoum demonstrations, large numbers of demonstrators gathered in Freedom Square in El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan State, western Sudan.

The demonstrators demanded the civil verdict and the extradition of those wanted by the International Criminal Court for trial at the court's headquarters in The Hague.

In the city of Port Sudan, northeastern Sudan, demonstrations took place in which groups of revolutionary forces participated.

The demonstrators demanded the handover of power to the civilian component and the completion of building the institutions of the transitional authority.

The processions marched through a number of the city's streets, all the way to the General Secretariat of the Government of the Red Sea State, at a time when the army forces closed all roads leading to the command center in the city center.

The Darfur region also witnessed demonstrations demanding the handover of power in the country to the civilian component.

The demonstrators chanted slogans warning against undermining civilian rule, and against a military coup against power.

These demonstrations come within the framework of the so-called "October 21 Million to Support Civil Transition".

In the city of Port Sudan, in the north-east of the country, processions took place in which groups of revolutionary forces participated, in response to the call of the Central Council, to demand the civil state and the completion of the institutions of the transitional authority.

On the other hand, the Beja Optical Council and the Independent Amaudiya organized a demonstration in front of the southern port gate in the city of Port Sudan, in the northeast of the country.

The demonstrators renewed their demands to cancel the eastern path of Sudan in the Juba negotiations, to dissolve the government, and to form a government of non-partisan competencies.


Republican Palace sit-in

Meanwhile, supporters of the Alliance of Freedom and Change Forces - the National Charter group continue their sit-in in front of the Republican Palace in Khartoum.

The protesters are calling for expanding the base of participation in the transitional period, commitment to implementing the provisions of the constitutional document, dissolving the current government, forming a government of competencies, and speeding up the formation of the transitional authority structures.

Al-Jazeera correspondent Ahmed Al-Raheed indicated that the Republican Palace sit-in received delegations from several regions yesterday to participate in its activities, and in support of its demands.

He said that the protesters are calling for the dissolution of Abdullah Hamdok's government, and are calling for the completion of state institutions such as the Legislative Council, the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Judicial Council, and the Supreme Council of the Public Prosecution.

They accuse what they describe as the group of four of hijacking the revolution, and of excluding the others.

The reporter added that the protesters reject the accusations of allying with the remnants of the "defunct" regime, and stress the need to open the transitional period for the various political and social components, with the exception of Al-Bashir's party.

He pointed out that they also advocate the participation of various Sudanese in drafting and writing the constitution.

The handover of power

In turn, the Prime Minister said, in a speech marking the 21st of October, that "the demonstrators today have proven their commitment to peace and democratic transformation."

He renewed his pledge to complete the institutions of the transitional government, stressing that he will not retreat from the goals of the revolution.

I salute the millions of my countrymen and citizens on this great day, the 57th anniversary of the glorious October Revolution, who went out today in all the cities and countrysides of the country, and the countries of the diaspora, to affirm their adherence to the civil democratic transformation and the slogan of the December Revolution (freedom, peace, justice and civility is the choice of the people). pic.twitter.com/VoYGB72mfJ

— Abdalla Hamdok (@SudanPMHamdok) October 21, 2021

For its part, the Sudanese Professionals Association called for the continuation of the revolutionary escalation after the street said its word.

In a statement, the assembly condemned what it described as an attack on the peaceful processions that took place in the streets of Sudanese cities.

The assembly believed that what was done was a blatant declaration by the current authority, with all its components, of its hostility to the revolution and the aspirations of the revolutionaries.

The gathering of professionals called on the demonstrators not to back down until the handover of power and to make the millions processions the final whistle and the fall of what he called the hateful partnership of blood and power, as he put it.

Ibrahim Al-Sheikh, the Sudanese Minister of Industry and a leader in the Alliance of Forces for Freedom and Change - the Central Council group, called on the Chairman of the Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, to hand over power to the civilian component immediately.

Al-Sheikh said in a statement to Al-Jazeera that "what happened in the city of Omdurman in terms of injuries due to the process of dispersing the demonstrations, is not far from the overall plan to create a security defect."


right to pretend

For his part, Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, said that the international organization supports the right of all Sudanese to demonstrate and express their opinions freely and peacefully.

Dujarric stressed that the United Nations is committed to supporting the transitional authorities in Sudan in their transition to democracy.

The army has shared power with civilians in a transitional authority since President Omar al-Bashir was ousted in 2019 in a popular revolution after three decades in power.

Recently, a coalition of rebel groups and political parties aligned with the army, which accused civilian parties of mismanagement and monopolizing power, and sought to dissolve the cabinet.

Civilian leaders say this would amount to a coup, and say the military aims to install a government it can control.