The Sudan Doctors Committee reported Tuesday that a protester has died in the town of Omdurman after taking part in protests marking the anniversary of the coup in the country.
«A civilian whose identity has not been identified died recently after he was run over by a vehicle belonging to the coup forces,» the committee said in a statement.
Subsequently, it has been confirmed that the deceased is a 20-year-old man who was indeed run over by a police vehicle, as reported by the newspaper ‘Sudan Tribune’.
Thus, the health authorities have criticized that the Armed Forces «shed blood», since they estimate that 119 people have died since the coup d’état.
Subsequently, the Medical Committee denounced in a new communiqué that the soldiers stormed the Omdurman hospital to concentrate and throw tear gas from inside towards the demonstrators.
«Hospitals are forbidden (…) and should not be neutralized by one side or the other,» the association criticized.
«The hospital is also a place of treatment, not a courtyard or a barracks for armies», he said, before qualifying that the coup Executive abuses these actions, which he describes as «regrettable and sad».
In this sense, the doctors explain that the sick or wounded are not allowed to receive treatment, alleging that the authorities put up barriers for the wounded. «(These actions) only confirm that Sudanese lives are cheap for the coup plotters (…) and threaten the patient’s life,» the letter adds.
Finally, the Committee condemned this behavior and denounced the fact that the military-political powers are attacking the lives of patients.
Thousands of Sudanese demonstrated in the streets of the country, mainly in the capital, Khartoum, on Tuesday, the first anniversary of the country’s coup d’état, to show their rejection of the military government.
Sudanese security forces closed the main roads in and out of Khartoum and blocked Internet access from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. The country’s police used water cannons, tear gas and live ammunition to disperse the demonstrators who chanted anti-coup slogans, calling for them to hand over power to civilians.
On October 25, 2021, leaders of an Army faction — who were supported by several armed groups — overthrew the transitional government installed following an agreement between military and civil society forces after the fall of former dictator Omar Hassan al-Bashir in April 2019. However, the current military leaders have announced an agreement in principle to cede power to a civilian government, but not before obtaining guarantees about their future.
