Soldiers in Sudan: Protests in Khartoum
Asalam alaykum loves, I wanted to take a bit of a break from posting since I had to do so much writing during Ramadan but when something major happens in the world I do want to report on it and bring awareness to the issues. I did also recently post a Youtube video talking about letting go.
Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/
As many of you may have heard, there have been protests going on in Sudan, where security forces have beaten, raped and killed anyone participating in the protesting.
Watch my Youtube video on Sudan here: https://www.youtube.com/
It seems like there are a few groups involved, the Alliance for Freedom and change is the protest movement while the opposing military group is called the Rapid Support Forces, responsible for the violence. They attacked and broke apart a protest camp that had lasted for weeks in the capital Khartoum. The protests are essentially about the government officials in power and those protesting are trying to put pressure on the Transitional Military Council (TMC) to have a more civilian led government. The protests come after the overthrow of the president Omar Al-Bashir who was in power for 30 years in April.
According to Lieutenant Jamleddine the protestors closed off roads and setup barricases they violated international law. Right cause thats a reason to start killing people smh.
Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/
As many of you may have heard, there have been protests going on in Sudan, where security forces have beaten, raped and killed anyone participating in the protesting.
Watch my Youtube video on Sudan here: https://www.youtube.com/
It seems like there are a few groups involved, the Alliance for Freedom and change is the protest movement while the opposing military group is called the Rapid Support Forces, responsible for the violence. They attacked and broke apart a protest camp that had lasted for weeks in the capital Khartoum. The protests are essentially about the government officials in power and those protesting are trying to put pressure on the Transitional Military Council (TMC) to have a more civilian led government. The protests come after the overthrow of the president Omar Al-Bashir who was in power for 30 years in April.
According to Lieutenant Jamleddine the protestors closed off roads and setup barricases they violated international law. Right cause thats a reason to start killing people smh.
"By using violence as an imperative, it [the military] left the civic society no option but to go through with civil disobedience. They're already rounding up political dissidents, they started assassinating leaders of the sit-in, and by doing so the Transitional Military Council has totally eliminated any chance of a political outcome," Waleed Madibo from the Sudan Policy Forum told Al Jazeera.
Genereal Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, is looking to become the new president, he is the who who commanded the RFC, who open fire in crowds, broke people's bones and were whipping people. It also looks like the UAE, Saudi Arabi and Egypt are trying to become involved in the country's political future which protestors are not happy about since the countries are allies with the United States and do not like the idea of a democracy for Sudan.
“If there is something of grand importance in Sudan right now it is how much foreign influence there is,” said Magdi el-Gizouli, a fellow at the Rift Valley Institute, a think-tank.
“Despite the bravery of the mass movement, there’s a lot of foreign meddling, regional factors that are decisive and might call the last shot.”
The Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited Khartoum trying to create peace talks between protest leaders and military leaders but instead this lead to opposition leaders (the protestors) to be arrested and deported to another city.
Over 118 deaths have been reported and the government has only admitted 10 61 deaths. A young 24 year old doctor named Diaa Ali witnessed the military shooting protesters, burning tents and sexually assaulting women. He has been on the run for days, he had been helping those who were wounded but was attacked himself and is now laying low in a friends home. The government has cut internet access and he fears venturing outside where the military still parades the streets.
"The Rapid Support Forces, the notorious paramilitary group that led last Monday’s bloodshed, has an iron grip on the city. On major streets, soldiers cluster under trees or lounge around pickup trucks mounted with machine guns. In the south of the city, dozens of military vehicles line the inside wall of a sports stadium. Dozens more are parked in a nearby recreational park.
The armored vehicles are Emirate made and the Saudis and Emiratis have pledged $3 billion in aid for the Sudanese economy but it looks like they are providing weapons and military equipment.
The protestors mainly young sudanese doctors and young professionals have gone underground, with the internet blackout really hurting them, which they once used social media to organize, avoid the security forces and publicize the abuse.
"“They don’t want the truth to be shown to the world,” said Ahmed Babikir, a dentist, speaking by phone from a hiding place in the Burri neighborhood, a hotbed of protests."
"Protester numbers were low: many had gone home for Eid-al-Fitr, a major Muslim holiday starting the next day, and heavy rain knocked out the lights at the protest site.
Mustafa and Ibrahim, final-year medical students, were there when the shooting started and helped treat the wounded at a field clinic.
At first wounded protesters flooded in with gunshot wounds or broken limbs, having been attacked by troops wielding staves and whips, said the medical students, who declined to give their full names, fearing reprisals.
Bursts of gunfire punctured the clinic’s walls. Wounded patients jumped for cover. A Rapid Support Forces officer, no older than 16, broke in and started beating patients. “He appeared to be high on a stimulant,” Ibrahim said.
Protesters hiding inside the clinic were dragged outside and beaten. “It was like in the movies, when they hit a guy in the face with a gun,” said Ibrahim. “Crazy.”
More than 100 people were killed and as many as 700 injured in the attack last Monday on a sit-in and clashes afterwards, as paramilitaries from the Rapid Support Forces spread through the city to quell sporadic unrest.
Harrowing details of rapes by the RSF have emerged in recent days despite restrictions on communications in Sudan, but the extent of the sexual violence has remained unknown.
I am getting pretty emotional just reading this last part here, All I can say right now is remember Sudan in your duas, and keep talking about it on social media to bring awareness to the cause and hopefully put an end to this violence.
May Allah protect the people of Sudan, guard them from those that wish to harm them, grant them mercy and forgiveness and Jennah Tul Furdaus if they were killed and grant patience and support for the families of any of the victims.
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