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Condemning the coup in Sudan
In a formal statement, LIBERATION speaks out against the detention of Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok and dissolution of his government amidst the ongoing military takeover and salutes mass resistance in support of the long-awaited transition to democracy
Sudanese demonstrators take to the streets of Khartoum to demand the government’s transition to civilian rule, October 21
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LIBERATION (formerly the Movement for Colonial Freedom) has followed with concern the alarming news emerging from Sudan since Monday of an apparent military coup which has ousted Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok and led to scores of arrests as well as a violent crackdown on the streets of the capital Khartoum.
The news of these worrying developments began to be communicated by progressive activists within the country in the early morning of Monday after military forces moved to seize the Sudanese radio and television broadcasting headquarters and abducted Hamdok to an unknown location after he apparently refused to sign a statement endorsing the military takeover — he has now been released and returned to his home under tight security.
Several other civilian cabinet ministers and pro-government politicians were also arrested and many remain detained amid an internet shutdown in the country.
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