SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Sudanese parties condemn Tuesday's violent protest dispersal

13/5/2021: Radio Dabanga - Sudanese parties condemn Tuesday's violent protest dispersal

Radio Dabanga report that several Sudanese political parties and organisations condemned the violent dispersal of a protest near the Sudanese army’s headquarters.  

The president of the Sudanese Businessmen and Employers Federation, Hashem Matar, boycotted the Paris Conference.

The Democratic Unionist Party and Sudanese Congress Party both announced the withdrawal of their leaders from the Transitional Partners Council (TPC), with the latter withdrawing two ministers from the government.

The National Umma Party said: “the security forces still do not comprehend the requirements of the democratic transformation. They need to be restructured in a way so that they contribute to the glorious revolution, preserve public rights and freedoms, and apply the law to the fullest”.

The Communist Party of Sudan demanded the resignation of the government, calling for a “fully civilian government representing the forces of the revolution”.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Sudan govt to charge those responsible for the violence against Tuesday's protesters 

13/5/2021: Radio Dabanga - Sudan govt to charge those responsible for the violence against Tuesday's protesters 

Radio Dabanga report that Minister of Defence Lt Gen Yasin Ibrahim announced that members of government forces accused of firing live bullets at peaceful demonstrators have been detained and will be charged.

The announcement by the defence minister was made during an emergency meeting of Cabinet Ministers headed by Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok. In Ibrahim’s briefing, he expressed the military’s regret for what happened and delivered condolences from the army’s leadership for the nation’s martyrs.

The Cabinet stressed that the right to protest is guaranteed by the law.

The Sudanese Armed Forces announced that they have formed a committee to investigate who ordered the shooting, expressing full cooperation with the judicial authorities to uncover the facts and adding that it is fully prepared to bring to justice those responsible for the violent dispersal.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Sudan’s attorney general urges to hand over militaries who killed protesters

13/5/2021: Sudan Tribune - Sudan’s attorney general urges to hand over militaries who killed protesters

 

Sudan Tribune report that Sudan’s attorney general Tajelsir al-Hibr urged the army to handover those who killed two protesters and wounded 37 others.

Al-Hibr confirmed that the Public Prosecution Office opened two lawsuits against the military involved in the killing of the two youth, Osman Ahmed Badr al-Din and Muddather al-Mukhtar Elshafie, under articles 130 and 186 of the criminal code related to premeditated murder, and crimes against humanity.

He added that an official was filed requesting the army to handover the officer who ordered the opening of fire, and shooting soldiers give their weapons to the Public Prosecution.

Sudan Tribune note that Sovereign Council chairman Abdelfattah al-Burhan did not mention the murder in his Eid al-Fitr speech, although some Sudanese officials blame the attack on members of the disbanded Operation Units that were part of the National Intelligence and Security Services and integrated into the army.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Visit of foreign diplomats at protest site enrage Sudan's officials

13/5/19: Sudan Tribune – Visits of foreign diplomats at protest site enrage Sudan’s officials

 Sudan Tribune reports that the Sudanese foreign ministry called on  the Western diplomatic missions in Khartoum to abide by customary international law and diplomatic conventions, “angered by the obvious sympathy expressed by Western diplomats to the opposition supporters.”

 "All the visits by Western ambassadors, including the head of the EU mission to the sit-inners were carried out without coordination with the Foreign Ministry, which should be notified of movements in dangerous sites so as to be able to provide protection in accordance with its international obligations," said a Sudanese diplomat on the cover of anonymity.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Reuters - Sudan's military and opposition agree on transitional power structure

13/5/19: Reuters - Sudan’s military and opposition agree on transitional power structure, by Nadine Awadalla

 Reuters reports that Sudan’s military council and opposition groups said they had agreed on Monday to a power structure for the country’s transition, although they have yet to decide how long it will last or the make-up of transitional bodies.

 The military-civilian balance of power and the length of the transition have been key sticking points in talks between the council and an alliance of protest and opposition groups since former President Omar Al Bashir was ousted on April 11.

Those points will be addressed on Tuesday, according to Transitional Military Council (TMC) spokesman Lieutenant General Shams El Din Kabbashi and Taha Osman Ishaq, a spokesman for the Declaration of Freedom and Change Forces opposition alliance.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources - Sudan doctors say protesters wounded by military

13/5/19: Multiple sources – Sudan doctors say protesters wounded by military

The Sudan Doctors Committee says at least a dozen protesters were wounded in clashes with the military, including eight at the ongoing sit-in area outside the military’s headquarters in Khartoum.

 Footage circulating online Monday showed protesters blocking roads in Khartoum with burning tires and trees. Other footage showed men from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces forcibly dispersing protesters.

 The Sudan Doctors Committee is part of the Sudanese Professionals Association, which has spearheaded the protests

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources - Sudan prosecutors charge Al Bashir with killing protesters

13/5/19: Multiple sources – Sudan prosecutors charge Al Bashir with killing protesters

 Sudanese prosecutors have charged ousted President Omar al-Bashir with involvement in killing protesters and incitement to kill protesters during the uprising that drove him from power last month, state news agency SUNA reported Monday.

 It was not immediately clear what punishment he might face. Protest organizers say security forces killed around 100 demonstrators during the four months of rallies leading to al-Bashir’s overthrow.

 The transitional military council ruling Sudan has said al-Bashir will face justice inside the country and will not be extradited to the Hague, where the International Criminal Court has charged him with war crimes and genocide linked to the Darfur conflict in the 2000s.