Two freed protesters join others calling for civilian rule while recounting a system of torture and abuse.
Protesters listen to a speech at an ongoing sit-in in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, on April 19. By Max Bearak Max Bearak Africa bureau chief based in Nairobi Email Bio Follow April 22 at 6:00 AM KHARTOUM, Sudan — As Sudan’s uprising gathered steam, people such as Amani Hamid and Bakri Gibril were its vanguard.
They were freed as Bashir’s rule collapsed. But instead of rushing home, Hamid and Gibril returned immediately to a new phase of street protests — which have only grown since Bashir’s ouster. “As of now, it is just another coup,” said Hamid, referring to the military-led group that replaced Bashir. The infamous Shendi Station detention center is where Hamid and Gibril’s stories briefly overlapped. Hamid spent three hours there before being transferred to a women’s prison. Gibril was kept there for 104 days, in a wing commonly known as the Refrigerator.
He was made to do things like stand for 12 hours overnight while exhausted, and was beaten during interrogations.
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