Sudan: After Egypt Revolts Islamist Dictatorship Faces Street Protests.

Updated and Revised.

(From Opheera McDoom)

KHARTOUM, Jan 31 (Reuters) – A student in Sudan died from his injuries after being beaten by security forces who broke up anti-government demonstrations inspired by protests in neighbouring Egypt, activists said on Monday.

It was the first reported death as protests continued late into Sunday night, when students at Khartoum university were beaten and tear gassed in their dormitories with at least five injured.

Police and security forces surrounded universities in Khartoum and other cities on Monday, said witnesses.

“You are our martyr Mohamed Abdelrahman,” activists wrote on the social networking site Facebook, on a group called “Youth for Change” which has more than 16,000 members and calls for an end to President Omar Hassan all-Bashir’s government.   Continued…

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The Sudanese Communist Party  reports (Hat-tip to Nick Wright) :

Sunday’s large demonstrations in Khartoum and other cities in northern Sudan were called to demand the resignation of General Omer Al-Bashir and his repressive regime.The following reports below were sent to the Communist Party website from Comrade Fathi el Fadl, one of the key comrades responsible for the International Department of CP Sudan.

“Since 11 am, today Sunday the 30th of January young people took to the streets in Khartoum replying to the calls by different youth organisations to demonstrate against the cost of living, curtailing of democracy, lack of educational and health service and above all dictatorship of the ruling National Congress Party.The slogans included demands for removal of the regime, joining hands with the people and youth of Egypt and Tunis. Already the brutal police attacks claimed their first victim student Mustapha Al Noman, of Ahlia Unversity , who is suffereing from deep head wounds, scores of students were arrested in the areas around al Souque Al Arabi, among them student Omer Maghoub. As we are writing to you we are receiving news that demonstrators have reached Central Khartoum.

More here.

Background to Sudan here (Links International – Green-Left).

Let’s hope the Islamist dictator and genocider, Omar al-Bashir, who rules Sudan (that is, from this week, only the North) will go the way of Ben Ali.

BBC latest news – Here.

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