{"id":31947,"date":"2019-02-05T18:22:25","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T18:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=31947"},"modified":"2019-02-05T18:22:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T18:22:25","slug":"sudan-police-fire-tear-gas-as-protesters-denounce-teachers-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=31947","title":{"rendered":"Sudan police fire tear gas as protesters denounce teacher’s death"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Teachers, lawyers, doctors and pharmacists took to the streets of Khartoum\u00a0 and other parts of the country on Tuesday as protests continue against President Omar al-Bashir’s rule.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sudanese police fired tear gas at hundreds of teachers near the education ministry protesting the death of a colleague in detention.<\/p>\n

Some demonstrators chanted “freedom, peace, justice,” – the rallying cry of the protest movement against Bashir’s government.<\/p>\n

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Ahmed al-Kheir, a 36-year-old teacher and member of the Islamist Popular Congress Party (PCP), died in detention after security agents arrested him last week in connection to the protests, a relative told AFP on Saturday.<\/p>\n

“Many were carrying photographs of Kheir who died in detention,” the witness added.<\/p>\n

Kheir was a member of the PCP, which is part of Bashir’s government but has called for a probe into the deaths of protesters killed during the rallies.<\/p>\n

Groups of doctors, students and lawyers also staged demonstrations in the capital and other areas of the country.<\/p>\n

A government decision to triple the price of bread in December sparked initial protests which have spread across Sudan.<\/p>\n

Unrest quickly escalated into nationwide rallies against Bashir’s three-decades in power, with demonstrators demanding the veteran leader step down.<\/p>\n

Officials say 30 people have died in protest-related violence since then, but Human Rights Watch says at least 51 people have been killed.<\/p>\n

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Police on Tuesday also fired tear gas at a separate demonstration held by graduates of Khartoum University, witnesses said.<\/p>\n

“The students were trying to stage a march, but they were dispersed with tear gas,” a witness said.<\/p>\n

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Hundreds of doctors held sit-ins in several hospitals across the country calling on Bashir to step down, witnesses said.<\/p>\n

Video footage uploaded onto social media showed doctors holding banners calling for Bashir’s resignation.<\/p>\n

About 200 lawyers held a separate march in Khartoum, but is was swiftly broken up with tear gas, a lawyer said.<\/p>\n

“We wanted to give a petition to the chief of the judiciary that calls for freedom of speech and the release of detainees,” he told AFP on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n

“But riot police fired tear gas at us, after which we had to disperse.”<\/p>\n

Amid calls for him to resign, Bashir has remained defiant, addressing loyalists at several rallies across the country and seeking support from regional allies.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, he held three gatherings in the state of North Kordofan where he pledged to bolster rural growth by undertaking new infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n

Bashir and other senior Sudanese officials have repeatedly said the government can only be changed through elections.<\/p>\n

The veteran leader, who came to power following a coup in 1989, is considering running for a third presidential term in polls due next year.<\/p>\n

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