Today, the 30th of June marks the 30th anniversary to coup in 1989 that led to Al Bashiers regieme, a regieme that committed various human rights violations including:
Ethnic cleansing
Supression of freedom of speech and press
Random arrests and tortures
Violence
Hoarding wealth to benefit the ruling party and in the process wrecking the economy
On April 6th my people had a millons march to the army headquarters in the capital Khartoum and on April 11th Bashir was no longer president. The guy who replaced him in charge of a Transitional Military Council was an integral part of the old regieme and so the people kept to the streets and in less than 24 hours he stepped down. He was replaced by a man called Burhan whos depuity is a head of a militia group resposnible for the atrocities in Darfour, this militia group, previously known as the Janjaweed have been rebranded to the Rapid Support Forces under Bashier, baisaclly legitimizing them. On June 3rd the peaceful sit-in in Khartoum was violently dispersed. This led to the death of hundreds and countless injuries, they shot live ammunition at people and burned tents with people still in them, bodies were thrown in the nile. It was a massacre.
That is why you might have seen people changing their profile pics blue, it was one of the martyrs favourite colour and now it represents all those who we lost on the way. Today the 30th of June, the anniversarry of a regieme that is older than me, the beginning of an era that led to the pain and death of so many all over the country, almost a month after an atrocity that left my city speechless and hurt and completely devestated my peope march on the streets again, in anothers millions march demanding a fully civilian government and accountability for the lives lost by the actions of the Transitional Military Council. Today, the 30th of June keep your eyes on Sudan. They cut off wifi and still people have found ways to communicate whats happening and protesters are still being attacked by tear gas and live ammunition.
Today i am not in Sudan, i am worried about my friends and family but i am also proud, so proud and brought to tears by the sheer hope that my people have and the sheer reselience they show. And you should be too.
