22 wounded in protests in Zalingei and Abu Shouk camps in Darfur

Seven people, including two children, were wounded in protests against the government in Zalingei on Thursday. Another 15 people were injured in protests in Abu Shouk Camp of El Fasher, according to witnesses.Witnesses in Zalingei said that the authorities in Zalingei released 3 of the detainees while 9 more remain under arrest in the office of the security bureau in the city. The coordinator of camps in Zalingei confirmed to Radio Dabanga that the authorities are still after top figures in Zalingei and the camps which he said were completely surrounded. He affirmed that the protests would go on till the regime ends.

The coordinator of camps in Zalingei called on the political forces and civil society organizations to join the protests and urged the LJM and JEM and the National Umma Party to stop negotiating with the regime and join the protests which set out to bring down the regime.

In Abu Shouk Camp in El Fasher, witnesses told Radio Dabanga that 15 children were wounded during the protests which started in the camp on Thursday demanding the downfall of the regime and said that 7 children suffered fractures as a result of being whipped by hoses by the police while the other 8 suffered different wounds. Witnesses also said that the security bureau arrested Usman Adam Yagoub, a high-school student, and Abdul Razig Adam, a primary school student, as well as arresting Fawziya Abdullah from camp Abu Shouk on Thursday. They added that the security bureau also arrested Aubeid Tibin Elnour from Elsalam camp and two other women from the area of Jebel Si.