Hundreds Protest in Sudan, Keep Pressure on Bashir
Students, activists and other protesters frustrated with economic
hardships have held almost daily demonstrations across Sudan since Dec.
19, calling for Bashir to step down.
Police used tear gas Monday to disperse hundreds of students from
Eastern Nile University protesting in Khartoum North, and hundreds of
other demonstrators on Sitteen Street, which runs through several
upscale neighborhoods, witnesses said.
At least four demonstrators were detained Monday by security forces in
Khartoum 2, an upscale area in the heart of the capital where dozens
protested, a witness said. Security forces used batons to disperse the
demonstrators, some of whom torched car tires.
Dozens more protested on a main street in Khartoum's Riyadh neighborhood.
Tear gas, live ammo
Police
have used tear gas, batons and sometimes live ammunition to break up
protests. Officials have confirmed 33 deaths in the unrest since
December, but activists say the toll is significantly higher.
Opposition organizers often give the protests a theme for the day —
Monday's were for "student martyrs." Demonstrations on Sunday, which
drew thousands in and near Khartoum, were for "graduates and the
unemployed."
Bashir, who took power in a military coup in 1989, promised during a
swearing-in ceremony for a new cabinet last week that he would engage in
dialogue with the opposition. The opposition has rejected dialogue with
Bashir and has continued to call for him and his government to step
aside.
Last month Bashir declared a state of emergency, dissolved the central
government, replaced state governors with security officials, expanded
police powers and banned unlicensed public gatherings.
That has not stopped the protesters, who have stepped up demonstrations in recent days.
VOA.
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