On Wednesday, April 6, 2022, Al-Tayeb Abdel Wahab, 19, was killed with a security bullet in his back during a demonstration calling for civilian rule in Khartoum, according to Sudan Doctors Committee.
The killing of Abdel Wahab brings the total number of Sudanese people killed since the October 25 events to 94.
The SDC confirmed that the Sudanese security had assaulted doctors and medical staff at East Nile Governmental Hospital, resulting in the closure of the hospital emergency unit.
According to eyewitnesses, security forces in Khartoum fired tear gas and live bullets to disperse demonstrators calling for “full civilian rule”, on Wednesday evening.
The UN Human Rights Expert for Sudan Adama Dieng at the press conference had recently called on the Sudanese army to “put an end to the excessive use of force and lift the state of emergency in the country.”
Diang expressed concern at the negative effects of the State of Emergency on human rights, attacks on medical facilities and medical personnel, harassment of media and journalists, arbitrary arrests and detention of protesters and human rights activists, and use of torture and other ill-treatment.
Since October 25, 2021, Sudan has been witnessing a severe crisis following the decisions made by the Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese army, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, who announced a state of emergency, the dissolution of the Sovereignty Council, and the dismissal of the governors, after the arrest of party leaders, ministers and officials. Since then, regular demonstrations have been taking place in rejection of these measures, which civilians considered a “military coup.”
