INVESTIGATIONS
Patterns of violence against protesters in the year since Sudan's coup
October 10, 2022Thousands of injuries, many killed in efforts to quell anti-coup protests
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- The Coup Files
- Since the military in Sudan took power nearly one year ago, people have continued to take to the street to protest.
- Those protests have been met with violence.
- For a year, the Sudanese Archive has gathered videos and photos shared online of these incidents…
- - Videos of people being hit with tear gas canisters
- - Videos of people shot with bullets
- - Videos of numerous headshots
- - Videos of people beaten by security forces
- These tactics are not new. It’s nearly the same as used by the Khartoum regime’s government before the revolution ousted Al-Bashir.
- Thousands have been injured since the coup. But the Sudanese Archive is watching.
- This is the COUP FILES
- A timeline of events
- Protests intensify across the country
- Ousting of Omar Al-Bashir and the formation of a transitional government
- Transitional government formed
- The deadline for civilian-led government and elections approaches
- A military coup and the arrest of Prime Minister Hamdok
- Anti-coup protests intensify
- Hamdok is reinstated
- Hamdok resigns
- Continued protests met with violence
- Another million march
- One year since the coup occurred
- The patterns
- Protesters injured by gunshots
- Multiple people with injuries, especially noted injuries to the head
- Tear gas thrown directly into densely crowded groups of people
- Sustained beatings of unarmed people
- Intervention with crowd control tactics into protests that appear to have been peaceful
- Preparation and coordination of security forces in ways that indicate an intention to use excessive force
- The perpetrators
- How we do our work
- Conclusion