2019–2022 Sudanese protests

2019–2022 Sudanese protests
2019–2022 Sudanese protests
Part of the Sudanese Revolution
Date	12 September 2019 – present; (4 years, 7 months, 1 week and 1 day)
Location	Sudan
Caused by	RSF killings of civilians; Toxic effects of cyanide and mercury from gold mining in Northern state and South Kordofan; Show trials of SPA coordinators; October–November 2021 Sudanese coup d'état;
Goals	New Chief Justice and Attorney General; Dismissal and trials of al-Bashir government officials; Release of Abdelrahman Hassan, arrested in Cairo during the 2019 Egyptian protests; Khartoum massacre investigation;
Methods	Street protests
Status	2 October 2019 – Abdelrahman Hassan released in Cairo; 10 October 2019 – Nemat Abdullah Khair becomes Chief Justice, el-Hibir Attorney-General; 20 October 2019 – Nabil Adib to head Khartoum massacre investigation; 21 November 2021 – All political prisoners released, Abdalla Hamdok reinstated as prime minister; Prime minister Abdalla Hamdok resigns in January 2022; Protests suppressed;
Casualties
Death(s)	333 protesters (including 220 dead in October 2022 tribal clashes); 1 police officer
Injuries	4,400+

The 2019–2022 Sudanese protests were street protests in Sudan which began in mid-September 2019, during Sudan's transition to democracy, about issues which included the nomination of a new Chief Justice and Attorney General, the killing of civilians by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the toxic effects of cyanide and mercury from gold mining in Northern state and South Kordofan, opposition to a state governor in el-Gadarif and to show trials of Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) coordinators, and advocating the dismissal of previous-government officials in Red Sea, White Nile, and South Darfur. The protests follow the Sudanese Revolution's street protests and civil disobedience of the early September 2019 transfer of executive power to the country's Sovereignty Council, civilian prime minister Abdalla Hamdok, and his cabinet of ministers. Hamdok described the 39-month transition period as defined by the aims of the revolution.

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