KHARTOUM, Sudan
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on Monday to denounce the October military coup that plunged the country into further turmoil.
Security forces fired tear gas
canisters toward the anti-coup protesters.
Some of the demonstrators
picked up the canisters and hurled them back at security forces.
"We are calling for the
release of all detainees in jail cells," activist Othman Ali said.
Monday's rally was the latest
in a series of protests over the military takeover that removed the
civilian-led transitional government.
The takeover has upended
Sudan's short-lived transition to democratic rule after three decades of
repression and international isolation under autocratic President Omar
al-Bashir.
The country has been on a
fragile path to democracy since a popular uprising forced the military to
remove al-Bashir and his Islamist government in April 2019.
Pro-democracy protesters call
for the establishment of a fully civilian government to complete the
now-stalled democratic transition.
The generals however insist
that they will hand over power only to an elected government. They say
elections will take place next year.
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