Sudan: thousands of anti-coup celebrate the 1964 revolution in the street
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Sudanese march on October 21, 2022 against the coup while celebrating the country's first revolution, that of October 21, 1964. AFP - -
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Thousands of Sudanese demonstrated Friday, October 21 in the streets of the country's major cities against General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's coup led almost a year ago, on October 25.
And this October 21 marked an important date: it commemorates the first revolution in the history of Sudan which brought down General Abboud in 1964 and allowed the return to a civilian government.
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With our correspondent in Khartoum,
Eliott Brachet
For a year, the country has been plunged into the doldrums with weekly
demonstrations
and an economy on the brink.
The military say they want to return power to civilians, negotiations are underway, but no agreement has yet been reached.
In the streets, the slogans have not changed, the demonstrators demand the departure of the military from the political scene.
In an atmosphere of celebration and revolutionary songs, we found this Friday in the streets many elderly activists, parents, grandparents.
Proof that the challenge transcends all generations.
Mohammed Ibrahim, a 65-year-old pharmacist, refuses any new political agreement with the military.
“
Those who for a year have destroyed our country with this coup are now looking for a way out.
No one should support them.
The international community, which prides itself on defending human rights, is hypocritical.
She is now trying to promote an agreement that would allow the putschists to stay in place.
But we won't let them!
»
Over the past year, 117 people have been killed in protests.
The figure rises to 300 dead since the beginning of the revolution against Omar al-Bashir.
These murders have gone largely unpunished.
And this lack of justice is the driving force behind the protest, explains Farah Abbas, the father of a young man killed on June 3, 2019. “
If justice is not done, Sudan will never find the path to stability.
We paid full price.
The blood that has been spilled is precious.
And the Sudanese people will never forget it
”.
Suddenly the procession is nipped by the police who charge the crowd.
The demonstrators disperse quickly.
They want to keep forces for the big mobilization scheduled for next Tuesday.
The processions were once again violently repressed by the police.
Tear gas, but also live ammunition in the city of Omdurman.
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