Sudan.. 7 dead in the "June 30 Million" and the United Nations expresses its concern

The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors announced that the death toll from the demonstrations has risen to 7, and the United Nations expressed "grave concern" about the security forces' continued use of excessive force against protesters.

The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors said that a demonstrator was killed "after being shot in the head by the forces of the coup authority in the city of Omdurman, and by doing this, it confirms that it does not exclude anyone, and thus confirms once again that there is no difference between them and the gangs."

According to the committee, the total number of deaths that it has counted since the army seized power last October 25 has reached 110, and the committee described them as "martyrs of truth and truth."

UN concern

At a press conference in New York, Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, said, "We have stated our position before, and we will continue to state it... We are deeply disturbed and concerned about the continued use of excessive force and live ammunition by security forces against protesters in Sudan."

He added that people should be allowed to express their opinions freely, and that the security forces of any country should defend this right.

Dujarric considered that the only way forward for the Sudanese is through a political settlement as quickly as possible, explaining that the head of the UN mission in Sudan, Volker Peretz, issued a statement two days ago in which he stressed that "violence against the demonstrators will not be tolerated."

Part of the Khartoum demonstrations (Anatolia)

Demonstrations across the country

Anadolu Agency reported that the demonstrations called for by the "resistance committees" took place in the cities of Omdurman (west of the capital), Al-Obeid (south), Wad Madani and Hasahisa (central), Gedaref and Port Sudan (east), and Atbara (north).

The demonstrators carried Sudanese flags and pictures of the victims of the protests, chanting slogans calling for democratic civilian rule, "the overthrow of military rule", and "justice" for the victims of the protests.

Sudanese activists reported on social networking sites that some areas in Khartoum witnessed a cut in communications and the Internet, and circulated pictures of confrontations, and said that the security forces dispersed by force a demonstration near the Republican Palace in the center of the capital.

Since yesterday morning, Wednesday, a number of areas in the three cities of the capital, Khartoum, Omdurman and Bahri, witnessed a heavy deployment of security forces focused on the sovereign headquarters and bridges, in addition to careful inspections of those crossing the bridges.

Invitation to demonstrate

The forces of freedom and change had previously published a statement under the title "The people are victorious and the coup is defeated," in which it said that "the people are writing a new epic of national liberation and the revolution against injustice and tyranny," noting that millions of demonstrators all over the country came out in rejection of what she called the coup.

Yesterday, Wednesday, the Sudanese Congress Party organized several events to call on citizens to demonstrate and participate in the "June 30 Million", calling for the demonstrations to continue until "the path of democratic transition is restored" in Sudan.

Western support

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

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

The Sudanese used to commemorate the arrival of ousted President Omar al-Bashir to power in 1989, on June 30, when he overthrew the government of the late Prime Minister Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi.

Then, in 2019, the civil forces set this date for a demonstration, about 6 weeks after the removal of al-Bashir, to denounce the massacre that dispersed the sit-in in front of the army headquarters in Khartoum.

Since October 25, 2021, Sudan has witnessed popular protests calling for the return of democratic civilian rule, and rejecting exceptional measures taken at the time by Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, head of the Sovereignty Council and the commander of the army, and the rejectionists consider them a military coup.