Sudan: new anti-junta demonstrations repressed in Khartoum
Previous demonstration in Khartoum, Sudan, on February 10, 2022. REUTERS - MOHAMED NURELDIN ABDALLAH
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For the second day in a row, thousands of Sudanese demonstrated this Monday, February 21, 2022 against General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's coup.
These rallies coincide with the visit of the UN human rights envoy, the Senegalese Adama Dieng, who is supposed to meet various Sudanese officials as well as civil society actors to try to shed light on the repression of the demonstrations. and the waves of uninterrupted arrests of activists or politicians.
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With our correspondent in Khartoum
,
Eliott Brachet
While tear gas and stun grenades rain down on the front line, in the back, Hiba, a 21-year-old nursing student, treats a young demonstrator.
“
There is a lot of tear gas today.
The demonstrators retreat.
They need to catch their breath to go back
.
»
“
I can sacrifice myself for the good of the country
”
Hiba is accompanied by her 43-year-old mother who unrolls a bandage to apply it to the wounds of another injured person.
“
If I take to the streets, it's not just for my daughter, but to defend the goals we set ourselves three years ago: freedom, peace and justice.
Since then, people have not lost their strength or the hope that drives them.
Young people take to the streets and sacrifice themselves
.
So I too, for the good of the fatherland, for my children, I can sacrifice myself
.
»
The mother and daughter are both members of the resistance committee in their neighborhood, Jabra in the southwest of Khartoum.
“
We both go down to each demonstration.
We are pacifists, we only want to have our rights respected.
So far this regime is killing us and oppressing us.
That's why we're here, we're asking for a civil and democratic regime.
That's all
.
»
Brutal repression
Once again, the repression is brutal.
In addition to firing live ammunition, armored vehicles or police 4x4s do not hesitate to rush into the crowd and chase demonstrators.
The balance sheet is at least 90 injured, according to doctors.
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