General Strike Launched In Sudan After Security Crackdown

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Shops were closed and streets were empty across Sudan on Sunday, the first day of a general strike called for the start of the workweek by protest leaders demanding the resignation of the ruling military council. The Sudanese Professionals Association urged people to stay home to protest the deadly crackdown last week when security forces violently dispersed the group's main sit-in outside the military headquarters in the capital, Khartoum. The protesters say more than 100 people have been killed since the crackdown began June 3, including at least four slain by security forces on Sunday. The protesters hope that their strike and campaign of civil disobedience will force the military to hand over power to civilians.Read more on NewsOK.com

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