Timeline of Sudan's revolution and its bloody aftermath

Record ID: 1449072

  • Title: Timeline of Sudan's revolution and its bloody aftermath
  • Date: 18th December 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: 1st January 2020 03:04
  • Keywords: Declaration of Freedom and Change Forces June 3 massacre Military Transitional Council President Omar al-Bashir Sudan revolution TMC 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: LVA00WBADTGZR
  • 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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