The killings last year sparked protests across the capital city
KHARTOUM, June 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The army in Sudan has used barbed wire and concrete to block off roads leading to its headquarters in the capital, Khartoum.
The move is to prevent people gathering there to commemorate a massacre that took place at the site a year ago.
Some groups of protesters marked the anniversary by singing and raising the national flag on houses.
More than 100 people were killed on June 3 last year, when the army attacked and cleared a protest camp opposite the army headquarters.
The pro-democracy protesters had been there for weeks, demanding a quick transition to civilian rule after the ousting of president Omar al Bashir in April last year by a Transitional Military Council.
It was on April 6, 2019, the military ended Bashir’s 30-year rule after four months of mass protests and massive rights violations allegedly committed by his security apparatus.
After the ouster, a pro-democracy camp near army headquarters was destroyed by soldiers who allegedly killed more than 100 protesters and left hundreds injured.
Sudan’s supreme court has confirmed Bashir’s two-year prison sentence and says it’ll demilitarize members of the military who were loyal to him. — NNN-AGENCIES
