Military kills 129 civilians over protest
Admin l Wednesday, June 12, 2019
KHARTOUM, Sudan – Protesters in Sudan led by the Freedom and Change Alliance have agreed to suspend civil disobedience and resume talks with the Abdel Fattah al-Burhan-led Transition Military Council. The activists suspended the protest to resume talks with the army following intervention from Ethiopia.
So far, the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD) says at least 129 people have been killed by the military since the begining of civil disobedience in April.
The military seized power April 11 after a non-violent overthrow of Omar al-Basir and laid their plans for democracy which did not go down well the Sudanese. Since then there has been unrest, characterised with killings of civilians.
So far, the military has agreed to release all political detainees as part of the condition for resumption of talks with the populace not having access to the internet.
Speaking to reporters in Khartoum, Ethiopian envoy, Mahmoud Drir said the Transitional Military Council (TMC) agreed to free political prisoners as a goodwill gesture.
“The Freedom and Change alliance agreed to end the civil disobedience (campaign) from today. Both sides have also agreed to resume talks soon”, he said, adding tht the talks will lead to handover to civilian regime.
So far the group lead by the Freedom and Change has been accused of hijacking the protest by some activists.An activist, Ahmad Mahmoud, believes that the UAE and Saudi Arabia are culpable in the killings.
