SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Thousands converge Sudan ‘Freedom Square’ for martyrs rally

18/7/19: Multiple sources – Thousands converge Sudan ‘Freedom Square’ for martyrs rally

• Reuters, by Khalid Abdelaziz and Nadine Awadalla

• AFP

• AP, by Noha Elhennawy

Sudanese demonstrators on Thursday rolled out a banner honouring fallen protesters over a square where ousted president Omar Al Bashir held a large rally in his final months in power, a symbolic move that left some in tears.

 Protesters said they were renaming the square from the Green Square, to Freedom Square.

The demonstration caps “Justice first week”, a series of rallies organised by the Sudanese Professionals Asoocaition to demand retribution for those killed at protests.

“Blood for blood! We won’t accept blood money!” protesters chanted.