One death, 125 injuries in Sudan Protests: medics, the ministry
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Today, the health ministry announced that 123 people were injured in Khartoum and two in Kassala, a city in the east of Sudan.
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One protester died as a result of yesterday's protests in Sudan.
On Monday, the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors announced that a demonstrator was killed during the protests that took place in the country yesterday. The protests were aimed at the political agreement between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.
لجنة أطباء السودان المركزية
— لجنة أطباء السودان المركزية-CCSD (@SD_DOCTORS) December 20, 2021
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ارتقت يوم أمس روح الشهيد/ محمد مجذوب محمد أحمد، 28 سنة
بعد إصابته برصاص حي في الصدر جراء القمع الوحشي الذي تعرضت له #مليونية19ديسمبر في منطقة شرق النيل.
تأخر نشر شهيدنا بسبب معايير لجنتكم في التقصي والتأكد من التفاصيل والبيانات، pic.twitter.com/6YafrN4Euh
Today, the health ministry announced that 123 people were injured in Khartoum and two in Kassala, a city in the east of Sudan.
Huge crowds in front of the presidential palace to topple the coup and Al Burhan Hamdok agreement.#Dec19March#SudanCoup #مليونية19ديسمبر pic.twitter.com/0uwQCHGiLi
— Mohamed Mustafa (@Moh_Gamea) December 19, 2021
Thousands marched as security forces shot tear gas canisters and live rounds into the air, three years after the start of major rallies that led to the toppling of ex-president Omar al-Bashir.
Majzoub Mohammad Ahmad, 28, was shot with a gunshot in the chest, according to the independent Doctors' Committee on Monday.
According to the Committee, at least 46 people have died and many have been injured around the country in the last two months.
Inhalation of acrid tear gas caused many of the injuries, which occurred during conflicts between police and protesters near the presidential palace.
In a victorious spirit protestors in #Khartoum reach the gates of the Republican Place during their #Dec19March amid army abandoning check points around the city pic.twitter.com/PsudPbroOh
— Yasir Ballal (@Yasir_Ballal) December 19, 2021
Earlier, the Khartoum State Resistance Committees had called for demonstrations in conjunction with the third anniversary of the December 19 revolution, which toppled the regime of former President Omar al-Bashir.
The Khartoum State Resistance Committees, the Sudanese Professionals Association, and a number of Sudanese parties affirmed their rejection of the political agreement signed by the President of the Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on November 21. The agreement stipulates the return of Hamdok to his post about a month after his dismissal and the dissolution of the Sovereignty Council and the transitional government.
Hamdok's statements from yesterday
Yesterday's protests came in parallel with Hamdok's statements in which he said that that his country’s stability and unity were in danger, calling for a new political deal to safeguard Sudan’s future.
The Sudanese Prime Minister had renewed his invitation “to all revolutionary forces and all those who believe in a civilian democratic transition to agree to a political covenant that addresses the deficits of the past and achieves the remainder of the revolution’s goals."
Since September 25, demonstrations erupted in the Eastern provinces in Sudan (the Red Sea and Al-Ghadaref) where protestors even shut down the Port, Sudan’s airport, and export oil lines.
What happened in Sudan?
Sudan's dismissed Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok had been returned to his home a day after a military coup.
"The prime minister has been accompanied back to his own home in Kafouri district and security measures have been put in place around the perimeter of his home," the source, who requested anonymity, told AFP.
Simultaneously, the leader of the Sudanese armed forces General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan declared a state of emergency, announced the dissolution of the Sovereign Council and the government, and called for elections in July 2023.
