Al-Jazeera correspondent said that the Sudanese security forces fired tear gas at demonstrators at the "Sharoni" station in the vicinity of the presidential palace in the capital, Khartoum, who are calling for full civilian rule and the release of political detainees.
Anadolu Agency said that one of the demonstrators was injured as a result of security forces firing stun grenades and tear gas canisters at the demonstrators to prevent them from reaching the presidential palace in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.
#February 20 processions
The convoys of the city of Khartoum break the security cordon and enter Al-Qasr Street # No Negotiation_No Illegal_Partnership # Charter_of_People_Power pic.twitter.com/ITiwvSJ5eV
— Amel f abueissa (@AbueissaAmel) February 20, 2022
The demonstrators - who raised slogans rejecting the decisions of the President of the Sovereign Council, Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan - responded by throwing stones at the security forces, and hit-and-run operations took place between the two parties on Al-Qasr Street and the sub-streets, opposite the Sharoni transportation stop and Khartoum Teaching Hospital.
And earlier today, Sunday, thousands of protesters demonstrated in the neighborhoods of Khartoum and Bahri (north of the capital) and Omdurman (west of the capital), at the invitation of the coordination of the resistance committees (activists) responsible for organizing the demonstrations.
On Sunday, hundreds of Sudanese women staged a protest in front of the women's prison in Omdurman;
To demand the release of all detainees in the country, without security interference towards them, according to Anatolia.
⛔️ Again, apply ✌🏻#Feb20March# Million February 20
#88Plus pic.twitter.com/PxnJkifnmT
— Lily✨♥️ (@lily_nida) February 20, 2022
Opposition forces and human rights organizations accuse the Sudanese authorities of arresting political leaders and dozens of activists in the resistance committees.
On the other hand, Al-Burhan said last Thursday that the complaints against some people (intended to be arrested) were made by the judicial authorities, stressing the independence of these authorities.
Despite the excessive repression, the Khartoum convoys were able to break the security cordon and reach the Republican Palace Street pic.twitter.com/yr5NcoJqEN
— Salma |
Salma 🦋 (@salma1siddig) February 20, 2022
Since last October 25, Sudan has witnessed protests, rejecting the exceptional measures taken by Al-Burhan;
Most notably, the imposition of a state of emergency and the dissolution of the Sovereignty Council and the Transitional Ministers.
Those who reject these measures say that they represent a coup against a transitional period that began on August 21, 2019, and is supposed to end with elections in early 2024, during which power is shared by the army, civil forces and armed movements that signed a peace agreement with the government in 2020.
However, Al-Burhan denied the occurrence of a military coup, and considered that its measures aimed at correcting the course of the transitional period, and said that power would only be handed over to those who came through elections or through political consensus.