Timeline of Sudan's revolution and its bloody aftermath

Record ID: 1427475

  • Title: Timeline of Sudan's revolution and its bloody aftermath
  • Date: 15th August 2019
  • Summary: Sudanese demonstrators roll out a banner honouring fallen protesters over a square where ousted president Omar al-Bashir held a large rally in his final months in power, a symbolic move that left some in tears. Thousands of demonstrators, mostly teenagers and people in their early 20s, joined the rally in the square, which continued to grow into the late afternoon. Protesters said they were changing the name from Green Square to Freedom Square. KHARTOUM, SUDAN (FILE - JULY 18, 2019) (REUTERS) PROTESTERS UNFURLING LARGE BANNER, READING (Arabic): "JUSTICE FIRST…LOYALTY TO MARTYRS."
  • Embargoed: 29th August 2019 20:34
  • Keywords: Sudan revolution President Omar al-Bashir June 3 massacre Military Transitional Council TMC Declaration of Freedom and Change Forces protests
  • Location: ATBARA, OMDURMAN, KHARTOUM, SAID TO BE KASSALA AND UNKNOWN LOCATION, SUDAN
  • City: ATBARA, OMDURMAN, KHARTOUM, SAID TO BE KASSALA AND UNKNOWN LOCATION, SUDAN
  • Country: Sudan
  • Topics: Government/Politics,Editors' Choice
  • Reuters ID: LVA00XASCJV47
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
  • Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2019. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
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