Sudanese security forces fired tear gas at anti-terrorist protesters | Opposition Articles

Sudanese security forces have arrested hundreds of protesters and tear gas protesters at several anti-terrorist rallies, while protests in several cities have echoed a two-day petition for disobedience and a crackdown on security forces last month.

Hundreds of anti-terrorist protests took place on Sunday in the capital Khartoum, as well as in Omdurman, Wad Madani in the south, and the northern city of Atbara.

The Sudanese military, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, seized power on October 25 – overthrowing a revolutionary leadership and arresting government and political officials.

The international community is beginning to accelerate interventions to find a solution, which threatens to disrupt the already established Horn of Africa region.

Protests in favor of democracy have been going on since October 25 but have been marred by killings. At least 14 protesters have been killed and at least 300 injured, according to the Independent Committee of Sudanese Doctors.

The teachers’ union said on Sunday that security forces had used tear gas at the Ministry of Education in Khartoum to end a protest rally against their nominees. 87 people have been arrested, it said.

“We have made a decision to oppose al-Burhan’s decision outside the Ministry of Education,” Mohamed al-Amin, a geography lecturer, told AFP.

“Then the police came and fired tear gas on us even though we were standing on the streets carrying placards,” he said.

In the Burri area of ​​Khartoum and across the river in the Ombada area of ​​Omdurman, police also used tear gas to quell protests, witnesses said.

The teachers’ meeting came as the military replaced the leaders of the Ministry of Education, as part of a series of reforms.

“The protest denies the return of a remnant to the former regime” of ousted president Omar al-Bashir, the teachers’ union said in a Facebook statement.

Sunday’s rallies followed a call for public disobedience by the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), an umbrella organization that sponsored the 2018-2019 protests that ousted former al-Bashir leader in April 2019.

“The Sudanese people have refused to take over the military,” the SPA said on Twitter, pledging “no negotiations, no compromises, no compromises” and urging protesters to refrain from fighting the security forces.

The SPA has sent its most recent text messages to the internet since the incident.

Beginning late Saturday, protesters were seen piling bricks and large slabs to block roads in Khartoum and neighboring cities.

As of Sunday morning, some shops were still open but others were closed in Khartoum and its two cities of Omdurman and Khartoum North, according to witnesses.

Some hospitals and medical personnel were doing well while others were on strike.

Hiba Morgan of Al Jazeera, from Khartoum, said many of the barriers that protesters were able to prevent in the city were removed by security forces and civilians.

“Protesters say the barriers have been a signal of their refusal to seize troops,” he said.

The latest fighting came just two weeks after al-Burhan overthrew the government and the civilian and civilian military, which is supposed to lead the country to civilian rule.

Al-Burhan also declared danger and built a new civilian presence in Sudan.

Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was temporarily detained but later arrested.

Al-Burhan met with representatives of the Arab League, state television reported Sunday, without commenting further.

The Arab League, which has called on Sudanese parties to support the democratic transition after the military took power, said on Saturday that it would send a high-level delegation to Khartoum.

On Thursday, the military released four people from his state but key figures are still in jail.

On the same day, security forces arrested some civilian leaders near the United Nations headquarters in Khartoum following their meeting with UN special envoy to Sudan Volker Perthes.

“We call on the military leaders to stop building politics and human rights activists and to stop violating human rights,” Perthes said in a statement on Friday.

The takeover of the military led to international opposition, including the imposition of sanctions and a desire to return to normal rule.

Al-Burhan insists it was “not a seizure” but a move to “fix the transition process”.

Al Jazeera’s Morgan said the protesters now want to end the power-sharing agreement signed in 2019 between the military and civilian leaders.

“They say they want the military to return to their homes and have no responsibility to govern the country and politics,” he said.

“Efforts to bridge the gap between Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and the civilian union on the one hand, and the military on the other, have not been successful,” he added.

Earlier this week, Nureldin Satti, Sudan’s ambassador to the United States, told Al Jazeera’s UpFront program that the capture “could not continue and reinforce what we have seen and what we see in the days and weeks to come”.