A large Protest organized by an umbrella group of doctors,
engineers and teacher’s going on in Sudan has been reported to be the
biggest protest in the memory of mankind.
The umbrella group of
doctors, engineers and teacher’s coordinating the protests, while inquired
reveals that the protest has been staged in at least 50 places around Sudan.
The protest was
reported to have begun in December, over the bad state of economic situation in
the country, but the aim has currently been digress and focused on the removal
of the country’s President, Mr. Omar al-Bashir from office.
Security forces have
clashed with demonstrators in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, as anti-government
protests take place across the country.
Riot police have used
tear gas to try to break up the large rallies and to control the crowds in
several neighborhoods in Khartoum.
Journalist Zeinab
Mohammed Salih while reporting the scenario told the BBC that Thursday was the
biggest day of protests in living memory.
Since the protests
began, officials say that 26 people have so far died, but rights groups say
more than 40 have been killed.
Doctors have
increasingly been targeted by security forces because of their high social
standing as well as the active role some have taken in organizing the protests.
Last week, state
forces shot a 16-year-old boy and a doctor taking part in protests in the Burri
district of the capital.
The doctor who died in
the incident, Dr Babiker Abdulhemeed, had "over 14 live bullets in his
body", a member of the Sudan Doctors Syndicate told the BBC.
Some foreign
journalists have been prevented from reporting events in the country.
In recent days, a
number of journalists working for Al Jazeera, Turkey's Anadolu news agency and
Saudi-based Al Arabiya TV have been denied accreditation.
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