SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Reuters – Sudanese security forces use violence to disperse student protest

24/6/19: Reuters – Sudanese security forces use violence to disperse student protest

 Reuters reports that Sudanese security forces used violence to break up a protest in Khartoum by dozens of students demanding that the military council hands over power to civilians.

 The demonstrators chanted “civilian, civilian” as they gathered in front of the National Ribat University in Burri neighbourhood near the ministry of defence, but security forces quickly chased them and beat them with batons, a Reuters witness said.

 A few protests have taken place at night in Khartoum and other state capitals since the June 3 massacre, but the Ribat University protest was the first demonstration in Khartoum to be held during the day.