The Qatar-based satellite tv for pc information community Al Jazeera stated Sunday its bureau chief in Sudan was detained by safety forces, a day after mass protests throughout the nation in opposition to final month’s navy coup.
The community stated on Twitter that Sudanese forces raided the house of El Musalmi El Kabbashi and detained him.
The improvement comes after safety forces fired stay ammunition and tear gasoline Saturday to disperse protesters denouncing the navy’s tightening grip on the nation.
The Sudan Doctors Committee stated a 15-year-old protester died Sunday of gunshot wounds to his abdomen and thigh, elevating the demise toll to 6 folks.
In a later assertion, Al Jazeera stated El Kabbashi had been arrested at his dwelling in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital. The broadcaster stated it held the Sudanese navy chargeable for his security.
Al Jazeera condemns the arrest of its Sudan bureau chief by safety forces within the capital, Khartoum, and calls for his fast launch.
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“Al Jazeera condemns in the strongest terms the reprehensible actions of the military and calls on the authorities to release El Kabbashi immediately and to allow its journalists to operate unhindered, free to practice their profession without fear or intimidation,” the channel stated.
Sudanese officers couldn’t be instantly reached for remark.
Thousands of pro-democracy protesters took to the streets throughout Sudan on Saturday to rally in opposition to the navy coup final month. The takeover has drawn worldwide criticism and big protests within the streets of the capital of Khartoum and elsewhere within the nation.
The killings Saturday came about in Khartoum and its twin metropolis of Omdurman. The useless included 4 folks killed by gunshots and one who died from being hit by a tear gasoline canister. The 15-year-old who died of his wounds Sunday introduced to 6 the variety of fatalities, the medical doctors committee stated. Several different protesters have been wounded, together with from gunshots, it stated.
That introduced the tally because the October 26 coup to not less than 21 protesters useless, based on the medical group.
The rallies, referred to as by the pro-democracy motion, got here two days after coup chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan reappointed himself head of the Sovereign Council, Sudan’s interim governing physique. Thursday’s transfer angered the pro-democracy alliance and annoyed the United States and different international locations which have urged the generals to reverse their coup.
The pro-democracy motion condemned “the excessive use of force” in opposition to the protesters Saturday. The Forces for the Declaration of Freedom and Change stated their wrestle to ascertain a full civilian authorities “will not stop” and referred to as for mass demonstrations on Wednesday.
The Sudanese navy seized energy October 25, dissolving the transitional authorities and arresting dozens of officers and politicians. The takeover upended a fragile deliberate transition to democratic rule, greater than two years after a preferred rebellion compelled the removing of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir and his Islamist authorities.
