The Sudanese authorities imposed strict security measures in anticipation of the "June 30 million", whose exit was called today, Thursday, according to the "Sudan Tribune" news website.

The resistance committees, political forces, trade unions and human rights entities are intensifying their calls to participate in the millions aimed at "overthrowing the military coup".

The atmosphere of the ongoing preparations reminds us of the Sudanese going out in huge processions on June 30, 2019 to force the military component to return to negotiations with the forces of the Declaration of Freedom and Change;

After the violent incidents that accompanied the dispersal of the sit-in, the General Command of the Army.

Since yesterday morning, Wednesday, a number of Khartoum areas have witnessed a heavy deployment of security forces focused around the sovereign headquarters and bridges, in addition to careful inspections of bridge crossings.

Yesterday, Wednesday, neighborhoods in the capital (Khartoum) witnessed protest demonstrations calling for civilian rule and an end to military rule.

The Central Committee of Sudan Doctors announced the death of a protester after being shot in the chest by the security forces in the city of Bahri, north of the capital, Khartoum.

Al-Burhan said that he does not object to the exercise of the right to expression through peaceful demonstration (communication sites)

In a related context, the head of the Transitional Sovereign Council in Sudan, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, said that the armed forces will not compromise in their duty to work to achieve and sustain the country's security and stability, and that it is looking forward to the day when it sees an elected national government from which it will take over the burden of managing the country.

Al-Burhan added, during his visit to the headquarters of the Special Forces in southern Khartoum, that the only way to form an elected government is either by comprehensive national consensus or going to elections and not by calls for demonstrations and sabotage, as he put it.

Al-Burhan indicated that he does not object to the exercise of the right to expression through peaceful demonstration.

Western support for the protesters

On the other hand, a joint statement by the embassies of the United States, Britain, Canada, Norway, Switzerland and Japan in Khartoum - published by the US embassy via Twitter - said that the pro-democracy protests show that the Sudanese people want a democratic transition.

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— US Embassy Khartoum (@USEmbassyKRT) June 29, 2022

The statement called on all parties to work within the framework of the political process, to find a path towards a democratic transition, while affirming the right of the Sudanese people to demonstrate without fear or violence.

The statement also urged all parties in Sudan to exercise restraint and protect civilians.

Since the beginning of this week, the security forces have intensified their deployment in the main streets of Khartoum, Omdurman and Bahri, and since Tuesday, car inspection campaigns have started with serious preparations to close the main bridges linking the three cities of the capital.

And the date of June 30 is a special event for the Sudanese, who used to commemorate the government of ousted President Omar al-Bashir annually since 1989, in celebration of its arrival to power, overthrowing the government of the late Prime Minister Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi.

In 2019, about 6 weeks after the removal of al-Bashir, the political scene worsened with the failure of the agreement between the Military Committee and the Coalition for Freedom and Change (the forces of the revolution that ousted al-Bashir), especially after the massacre caused by the sit-in in front of the army headquarters in Khartoum, which prompted the civil forces to go out on June 30 to denounce the massacre.