This archive report was first published on 5 July 2020.
On June 30, 2020, tens of thousands of people gathered in Khartoum and its twin cities, Khartoum North and Omdurman, to demand faster reform and greater civilian rule in Sudan's transition towards democracy.
The protests, which were largely peaceful, resulted in the death of one person and several others were injured, according to a government spokesman.
Similar protests took place across the country, including Kassala in eastern Sudan and in the restive region of Darfur.
Protesters chanted 'freedom, peace and justice,' the slogan of the anti-Bashir movement, and blocked streets with burning tyres.
The protests came on a highly symbolic day, as it was the anniversary of Bashir's ascent to power in a 1989 military coup and also marks the day one year ago when thousands marched to pressure the generals who assumed power after Bashir's ouster to resume negotiations over a peaceful power-sharing deal with civilian opposition.
According to Premier Abdalla Hamdok, a technocrat, the government is committed to fully implementing the goals of the revolution and fighting for its political ideas.
Hamdok said that all the demands submitted to him in the memorandum of the resistance committees and the families of martyrs would be meeting within two weeks.
The main demands submitted to the PM include the appointment of the transitional parliament, ending the peace process, replacing the military with civilian governors, announcing the results of June 3 massacre, reforming of the security sector and dismissing the minister of interior and police inspector.
While many protesters expressed their support for Hamdok during Tuesday's rallies, they renewed their calls for the transitional government to fulfil the agreement.
