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Protesters march in Omdurman, Sudan’s largest city, just across the Nile from capital Khartoum. Their movement has listed 15 demands, the biggest of which is for the regime, in power since Omar al-Bashir’s 1989 coup, to leave power. They’re also asking for basic freedoms, inflation controls, and an end to religious discrimination. Though some of the country’s youth and educated elite have long pushed for such a movement, it was Bashir’s June 18 announcement of new austerity cuts, including to fuel subsidies, that sparked yesterday’s protests.
Security forces clash with protesters following an anti-Al Khalifa regime demonstration in Sitra, Bahrain, June 28, 2012. Police forces retaliated with tear gas and rubber bullets.
The raids that backfired: how the Russian police helped to swell a powerful and growing protest movement in Russia.
June 13, 2012
Apparently concerned about a new march against Putin, the authorities tried disrupting the lives of its organizers. The move, however, gave fresh momentum to the massive demonstration.
