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  • Pushing through the crowd, thousands of protesters

  • are packed tight, trying to catch a glimpse.

  • [protesters cheering]

  • It's a train bringing thousands more protesters

  • from all around the country.

  • They are the latest arrivals in a grassroots revolution

  • against authoritarian rule.

  • This is Sudan.

  • In April, the people here forced out a dictator,

  • but now, the fight for real change has only just begun.

  • One minute.

  • Where is your smile?”

  • [laughing]

  • Just for me.”

  • I'm Ben Solomon.

  • The capital is exploding with energy

  • part protest, part party.

  • It reminded me of the Arab Spring

  • when millions rose up to demand freedom and democracy.

  • For a while, hope filled the air and strongmen fell.

  • But the same, old oppressive forces remained in place.

  • Protesters here understand this.

  • I came to ask, can their revolution be any different?

  • How do you think Sudanese have learned

  • from other revolutions before it?”

  • But hundreds of activists were arrested

  • and dozens were killed when people first took

  • to the streets in December.

  • They confronted a police state led by this man:

  • Omar al-Bashir.

  • He was the architect of a genocide in Darfur

  • and harbored terrorists like Osama bin Laden.

  • For 30 years, he ruled with an iron fist.

  • The country suffered through wars and famine.

  • It was a hike in the price of bread

  • that finally pushed them over the edge.

  • After months of protests, the military

  • stepped in and deposed Bashir, but the generals,

  • who people see as a part of the same regime,

  • put themselves in charge of the country.

  • That's why the protesters here won't leave the streets.

  • They're worried that if they did, nothing would change.

  • When will you leave?

  • Like, what will be enough for you to go?

  • The S.P.A. is the Sudanese Professionals Association

  • lawyers, engineers and doctors.

  • They are the ones who have been organizing the protests,

  • and their leadership is a part of a coalition that

  • is now negotiating with the generals on behalf

  • of the masses.

  • They are calling for a civilian-led governing council

  • that can set a path to democracy.

  • Publicly, the military is saying

  • they'll give up some power.

  • This is Lt. Gen. Shams Eddin al-Kabbashi,

  • spokesman for the military council.

  • Do you trust the military right now?”

  • “I can't say I trust the military.

  • My main trust is to the streets, of course.”

  • Mohammad Naji is an official spokesman for the S.P.A.

  • He's worried that the military is only saying this

  • to end the demonstrations.

  • Now is the critical moment, and now we

  • will see if they are true to what they have said or not.”

  • On this night, after a round of negotiations,

  • people came out hoping to hear good news.

  • But the military had not conceded.

  • The political battle is looking messier

  • than the battle on the street.

  • As the country waits, the mood is getting tense.

  • No, no.”

  • “O.K., O.K. — stop.”

  • Ultimately, the generals wield the power.

  • By staying in the street for this long,

  • the protesters have kept up the pressure.

  • The question nowhow long can they sustain this?

Pushing through the crowd, thousands of protesters

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スーダンは独裁者を退陣させたが、抗議は止まらない。その理由は? (Sudan Deposed a Dictator, but Protests Won't Stop. Here's Why | The Dispatch)

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    林宜悉 に公開 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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