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Sudanese Security Forces Kill Another Demonstrator as Protests Continue 3 Months After Coup

HeadlineJan 31, 2022

In Sudan, security forces killed a 27-year-old pro-democracy demonstrator Sunday as thousands of people defied a protest ban and took to the streets of Khartoum and other cities to call for an end to the military coup regime.

Weam: “Despite everything that is happening and despite all the martyrs who are dying — every day we lose a martyr — but people insist on their goal. We will gain victory. They are firing bullets now, and the revolution continues.”

At least 79 protesters have been killed since Sudan’s October 25 coup. In 2019, a popular uprising led to the ouster of former authoritarian President Omar al-Bashir, but Sudan’s transition to democratic rule has been derailed by the coup and leadership struggles.

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