Amid the escalating violence unfolding in Sudan, activists are remembering crucial flashpoints of resistance during the pro-democracy protests in Khartoum on June 3, 2019. Before former President Omaral-Bashir was overthrown in a military coup, a civilian-led movement had levied consistent demands that the president step down. This movement continued after the implementation of military rule, later leading to the “Khartoum Massacre.”
Three years after that harrowing day, victims’ families and survivors are still searching for justice. In December 2019, the then civilian-military government tasked a committee with releasing a fact-finding report about the killings and pressing charges against those believed to be responsible. But the October 25 military coup that toppled the civilian administration and derailed the country’s brief transition to democracy destroyed the little faith that civil society groups had in the national probe.
Many are now accusing Sudan’s military leaders of obstructing justice, while renewing calls for an international investigation.
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