The killing of a Sudanese youth during his participation in a demonstration in Khartoum, and the Sudanese Doctors Committee accuses the authorities

The Central Committee of Sudan Doctors said in a post on its Facebook page today, Friday, that a protester died of a bullet wound to the chest during his participation in demonstrations commemorating the “dispersal of the sit-in” in the capital, Khartoum.

The non-governmental committee said in a statement published on its Facebook page that a young man in his twenties was killed by live bullets in the chest, "he was fired by the coup forces in abundance during their suppression of (demonstrations) processions in Al-Sahafa neighborhood (south of Khartoum)."

"This brings the total number of our people's martyrs counted by the committee since the October 25 coup last year to 99," she added.

Today, Friday, thousands of Sudanese demonstrated across the country to commemorate the third anniversary of the "dispersal of the sit-in by the General Command of the Army" in the capital, Khartoum, and to demand democratic civilian rule.​

Thousands of demonstrators came out in Khartoum, and the cities of Bahri (north), Omdurman and Nyala (west), Rabak (south), Madani (central), Atbara (north), and Gedaref (east), to commemorate the dispersal of the sit-in and to demand civilian rule.

The demonstrations came in response to a call by the "resistance committees" coordinators with the aim of "commemorating the third anniversary of the sit-in dispersal and calling for democratic civilian rule."

On June 3, 2019, gunmen in military uniforms broke up a sit-in demanding the handover of power to civilians in front of the army's general command headquarters, which resulted in the killing of 66 people, according to the Ministry of Health, while the "Forces of the Declaration of Freedom and Change" (the leader of the popular movement at the time) estimated The number is 128 people.

And since last October 25, Sudan has witnessed protests, rejecting exceptional measures taken by the army chief, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, most notably the imposition of a state of emergency and the dissolution of the Sovereignty Councils and the Transitional Ministers.

In exchange for accusations of carrying out a military coup, Al-Burhan said that he had taken these measures to "correct the course of the transitional period", pledging to hand over power either through elections or a national consensus.