{"id":175177,"date":"2019-01-21T18:12:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T18:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/sudan-uprising-masses-demonstrate-in-omdurman-on-sunday\/"},"modified":"2019-01-21T18:12:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T18:12:00","slug":"sudan-uprising-masses-demonstrate-in-omdurman-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sudan-uprising-masses-demonstrate-in-omdurman-on-sunday","title":{"rendered":"Sudan uprising: Masses demonstrate in Omdurman on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sunday, many Sudanese people demonstrated in Omdurman, as demonstrations demanding president Omar Al Bashir and his regime steps down entered their fifth week.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yesterday, Sudanese demonstrations demanding the step-down of Al Bashir and his regime from power witnessed simultaneous demonstrations in Omdurman and El Sararab, north of Omdurman, and several places in El Gezira, including the capital Wad Madani, El Managil, El Hasahisa, El Kameer and towns in the south of the state.<\/p>\n

Demonstrators in Omdurman were blocked from marching to Parliament to hand over a memorandum requesting Al Bashir and his regime to step down.<\/p>\n

Security forces were deployed with unprecedented size along streets leading to Parliament yesterday. A military barracks was set up which closed bridges and barbed wire was spread along entrances to Parliament, preventing access to demonstrators. Security forces used live ammunition, rubber bullets, tear gas, electric wires, and batons, causing injury to demonstrators. Arrests were also made of many demonstrators.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mass protests in Omdurman, Sudan on January 20 2019 (Social media)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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People came out to demonstrate nonetheless. At one point during the day, two groups of anti-government protesters spontaneously met<\/a> in El Abbasiya, Omdurman.<\/p>\n

Crash with demonstrators<\/strong><\/p>\n

On social media, a video was widely spread depicting a truck overturns after crashing into a wall, while chasing the demonstrators in the streets of Omdurman. In the video, demonstrators can be seen rushing to the car. Some demonstrators confront a soldier, but are held back. The soldier is then allowed to leave. Another is pictured laying on the floor, allegedly injured in the crash.<\/p>\n

Witnesses from the scene of the event told Radio Dabanga that the demonstrators tried to provide the soldiers with aid. The demonstrators said they were peaceful and it had nothing to do with sabotage.<\/p>\n

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