{"id":20105730,"date":"2024-11-03T14:59:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T13:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/?p=20105730"},"modified":"2024-11-05T09:43:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T08:43:52","slug":"visit-by-sudans-ex-pm-hamdok-sparks-mass-demo-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/visit-by-sudans-ex-pm-hamdok-sparks-mass-demo-in-london","title":{"rendered":"Visit by Sudan\u2019s ex-PM Hamdok sparks mass demo in London"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Amgad Abdelgadir<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chants of \u201cHamdok to the ICC\u201d rang out from a throng of hundreds of protesters, who gathered outside Chatham House policy institute in central London on Thursday, where former Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, prepared to address a select audience. When the event wound down, the streets outside Chatham House grew tense. Some protesters were unwilling to let Hamdok and his delegation exit unchallenged. The protest seemed to represent a rebuke of leaders who, despite their promises, have yet to fulfil the revolution\u2019s aspirations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Dame Rosalind Marsden, a former British and European Union diplomat to Sudan and an associate fellow at Chatham House (l)<\/em>
and Hamdok (r) address a select audience at Chatham House in London<\/em>
(Photo: Amgad Abdelgadir \/ RD)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

As the rumble of protesters \u2013 mostly diaspora Sudanese, some of whom travelled to London from as far afield as Birmingham and elsewhere in the UK \u2013 began to swell, so did their fervour, that pierced the quiet of central London. Their message could be understood from one of their chants: \u201cHamdok to the ICC [International Criminal Court].\u201d It captured an anger that was clear and unapologetic. They felt let down, and their frustrations with leadership figures who once represented the hope of the December Revolution<\/a> turned into a fierce spectacle, with a police response to match, a far cry from the more peaceful protests of last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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