Protests in Sudan Erupt After Student Deaths

On 29 July 2019, paramilitary forces have fired tear gas and ammunition at demonstrators during protests against fuel and bread shortages in El-Obeid, the capital city of the state of North Kordofan, killing of at least five people, including four school students aged between 15 and 17 years. At least 62 people have been injured.

Central Committee of Sudan Doctors (CCSD)
July 29th, 2019

Breaking Update From El Obeid

Five (5) Sudanese civilians were killed by snippers in El Obeid city during a peaceful procession for secondary school students today.
The deceased are:#SudanUprising pic.twitter.com/lMPKl44O4a

— لجنة أطباء السودان المركزية – CCSD (@Sd_Doctors) July 29, 2019

التحالف الديمقراطي للمحامين
بيان حول ضحايا تظاهرات مدينة الأُبيِّض

بمدينة الأُبيِّض نهار يوم الإثنين الموافق ٢٩ يوليو ٢٠١٩م سقط خمسة طلاب شهداء وإثنان وستون جريحاً من طُلاب المدارس بفعل الرصاص الحي إثر تظاهرةٍ احتجاجية#الابيض_تنزف#الالتزام_باعلان_الحريه_والتغيير

— تجمع المهنيين السودانيين (@AssociationSd) July 30, 2019

Protests erupted across Sudan on 29 and 30 July 2019, following the killings in El-Obeid. Hundreds of schoolchildren in Khartoum and other cities of Sudan, dressed in their school uniforms, took to the streets to protest against the killings in El-Obeid.

ثريد لتجميع تفاعل مدارس العاصمة والولايات إحتجاجا علي مجزرة الأبيض من حساب كشك الجرايد @kushkAljarayd
💥مدارس النهود(ولاية غرب كردفان )#الابيض_تنزف#مليونيه_القصاص_العادل pic.twitter.com/yKbE4JkXOM

— حازم زيتون🌿HaziⓂ Zaytoon (@Hazim_Husein) July 31, 2019

The ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) has condemned the killing and ordered all schools in the country shut for an indefinite period. However, the paramilitary forces are headed by TMC’s Deputy Head, General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti).

Prior to the killings in El-Obeid, hundreds of people have rallied across Sudan to demand an independent investigation into a deadly raid on 3 June 2019 where paramilitary forces raided the monthslong mass sit-in in Al Qeyada in front of the headquarters of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), killing at least 120 people and injuring more than 300.

Protest leaders have called off planned talks with the TMC. The Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) have called on another ‘Millions March’ on Thursday, 1 August 2019.

مليونية (القصاص العادل) يوم الخميس ١ أغسطس ٢٠١٩

جماهير شعبنا الأبي،

لنا أن نفخر بعلو كعب الثورة والتغيير وسيادة صوت طُلاب الحق على كل ما عداه في المشهد العام في بلادنا، فالشعب المعلم لا ينتظر حادياً أو هادياً ليريه معالم الطريق#الابيض_تنزف#الالتزام_باعلان_الحريه_والتغيير

— تجمع المهنيين السودانيين (@AssociationSd) July 30, 2019