KHARTOUM — Thousands of
Sudanese protesters on Monday marched
against the October military coup which has led to scores of arrests, as
authorities released some of those held, witnesses and lawyers said.
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Regular protests calling for civilian rule have occurred
throughout the impoverished northeast African country despite a deadly
crackdown since the power grab led by army chief
Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan.
The coup, Sudan's latest, sparked wide international
condemnation and cuts in aid.
At least 82 people have been killed, many of them shot dead,
and hundreds wounded by security forces, according to medics. The latest
fatality came on Sunday.
"The number of people detained has exceeded 200,"
according to a statement by a group of anti-coup lawyers, which confirmed that
some had been ordered released.
Multiple political figures and pro-democracy activists are
among those who have been detained.
Pro-democracy lawyer
Enaam Attik said authorities have
ordered that more than 40 people arrested in the crackdown on anti-coup
protests be freed.
During Monday's demonstrations, protesters called on the
military "to go back to the barracks" in the city of Wad Madani,
south of Khartoum, witnesses said.
In the eastern state of
Gedaref they chanted, "Civilian
rule is the people's choice," according to witness Amal Hussein.
Demonstrators also marched to rally outside a government
building in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan but security forces blocked their
route with tear gas, witnesses said.
In the eastern border state of Kassala, young protesters
chanted, "No, no to military rule" as they headed toward a military
base in the city, witness Hussein Idris said.
Security forces in the capital Khartoum fired tear gas at
hundreds of protesters who tried to rally outside the presidential palace,
where the ruling Sovereign Council is based along the Nile River, an AFP
correspondent said.
The latest demonstrations came one day after
United Nations human rights expert Adama Dieng arrived on his first official visit to Sudan.
Dieng is scheduled to meet with senior
Sudanese government
officials, diplomats, rights defenders and others.
The military takeover derailed a transition to full civilian
rule negotiated between military and civilian leaders following the 2019 ouster
of strongman president Omar Al-Bashir.
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