SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Why social media is going blue for Sudan
14/6/19: Multiple sources – Why social media is going blue for Sudan
Guardian, by Martin Belam
People on social media are turning their profile avatars blue and posting blue-themed artwork in memory of 26-year-old Mohamed Mattar, who was killed during an attack by security forces in Sudan at the beginning of June.
The hashtag #blueforSudan has been trending internationally on Twitter as people seek to raise broader awareness of the situation in the country. The colour has been chosen because it was the Instagram avatar of Mattar, an engineering graduate.
The internet movement started when Mattar’s friends turned their profile pictures the same colour as the avatar on his mattar77 account.