This archive report was first published on 13 July 2019.
On July 13, 2019, hundreds of Sudanese protesters gathered in three cities to mourn dozens of demonstrators killed in a brutal raid on a Khartoum sit-in last month.
The protest movement, the Alliance for Freedom and Change, had called for marches across the country to mark the 40th day of mourning since the raid that triggered an international outcry.
Chanting 'Blood for blood, we won't accept compensations,' crowds of protesters marched through the main streets of the Red Sea coastal city of Port Sudan, and central cities of Madani and Al-Obeid, carrying banners that read: 'Justice for Martyrs' and holding photographs of demonstrators killed in the raid.
The June 3 raid had come after talks between protest leaders and military generals, who seized power after the army ousted longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir in April, collapsed over who should head a new governing body - a civilian or soldier.
The current ruling military council insists it did not order the raid on the sit-in, which according to the protest movement left more than 100 killed and hundreds wounded on that day.
