Scores injured in Sunday’s protests in Sudan: Medics

An injured kid is being carried after security forces intervention towards protesters during a protest demanding the Sovereignty Council, which is under military rule, be dissolved and the administration should be handed over to the civilians as soon as possible in Khartoum, Sudan on February 14, 2022. [Mahmoud Hjaj – Anadolu Agency]

Scores of protesters were injured in Sunday’s protests demanding full civilian rule in Sudan, according to local medics, and reported by Anadolu News Agency.

In a statement, the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD) said 92 demonstrators were wounded, including two by live bullets.

On Sunday, thousands of protesters demonstrated in the capital, Khartoum, to demand the handover of power to civilians.

Protest groups also plan fresh demonstrations in Khartoum and other Sudanese cities on Monday.

Opposition forces and human rights organisations accuse the Sudanese authorities of arresting political leaders and dozens of activists.

Army chief, Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, said, on Thursday, that detentions were made by judicial authorities.

Since 25 October last year, Sudan has witnessed protests in response to exceptional measures taken by Al-Burhan, most notably the imposition of a state of emergency and the dissolution of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s transitional government, a move decried by political forces as a “military coup”.

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