Several protesters killed by security forces in Sudanese civil disobedience campaign
The crackdown against Sudan's anti-government protesters continued on Sunday when police fired tear gas and live ammunition into a crowd taking part in a civil disobedience campaign in the country's capital, Khartoum.
At least four people have been killed, an opposition-aligned doctors' committee, who blamed paramilitary forces for the deaths, said. The protesters reportedly created makeshift roadblocks in the city's northern Bahari district in an attempt to make it as difficult as possible for the military to govern Sudan before riot police stepped in to disperse them, BBC reports.
The opposition also said that a number of Sudan's bank, airport, and electricity workers were arrested before a strike against the Transitional Military Council, while the Sudanese Professionals Association says employees are being threatened by authorities to go into work rather than take part in the strike. On Friday and Saturday, three leaders of the opposition were arrested after meeting with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who is serving as a mediator between the military and the protesters.
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This stage of the civil disobedience campaign comes on the heels of violence last week when paramilitary forces stormed a protest camp in Khartoum. Sudanese doctors said the violence resulted in over 100 deaths, though the country's health ministry said 61 people were killed.
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Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.
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