Darfur displaced commemorate dead and injured of Zalingei
The residents of Hamidiya camp for the displaced in Zalingei, the capital of Central Darfur, on Friday commemorated the people who were killed and injured by security forces during a demonstration on Monday morning. Large numbers of people from the Zalingei camps for the displaced, as well as delegations from various camps in Darfur participated in the commemoration service at the Hamidiya camp. Sheikh Matar Younis told Radio Dabanga that the ceremony coincided with the last day of “offering condolences to the families of the martyrs”, Mohamed Ibrahim Karkab and Muhamed Ali Yagoub, who were shot dead during the demonstration. “Delegations from North, West, East, and South Darfur camps for the displaced arrived, along with many community leaders and notables from Zalingei and Nertiti. They offered their condolences to the martyrs relatives, and wished the injured a quick healing.” Sheikh Younis reported that in the speeches during the ceremony, the ruling National Congress Party, the head of the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA), Dr Tijani Sese, and the Governor of Central Darfur State, Dr Yusif Tibin, were held responsible for the shooting on the peaceful protesters. “The people present affirmed that they will continue their protest marches and peaceful demonstrations in all Darfur states until the regime is toppled.” The speakers also demanded from the head of Unamid, Dr Mohamed ibn Chambas, to resign, and from the UN Security Council to change the Unamid’s mandate from peacekeeping to peace enforcement. The head of the Kalma camp for the displaced in South Darfur, sheikh Ali Abdel Rahman El Tahir, strongly condemned what he called “Monday’s massacre” at the Hamidiya camp in Zalingei. He described it as “sad and unacceptable”, and criticised DRA head, Dr Tijani Sese. “Sese does not deserve to be in charge of the DRA, and representative of the people of Darfur.” El Tahir condemned “any violation or abuse, whether from the government or the DRA”. Radio Dabanga reported on Monday that two men were killed and 24 others injured when security forces fired live bullets at a demonstration in Zalingei. The displaced went to the streets on Monday morning to protest against the Social Peace Conference in Central Darfur’s capital, organised by the DRA. They not only protested against the “government-backed militias attending the conference and speaking on their behalf as leaders of the displaced”, but also against the security forces’ assault of Koran scholar and activist, sheikh Matar Younis, and the abduction of El Hamidia camp residents Yagoub Abdallah and Younis Ibrahim by militiamen on Sunday. File photo Related: Security forces cause panic in Zalingei camp, Darfur (21 February 2014)Darfur displaced demand investigation into ‘Zalingei massacre’ (19 February 2014)Two dead, 24 injured as security forces fire on demonstrators in Central Darfur (17 February 2014)
The residents of Hamidiya camp for the displaced in Zalingei, the capital of Central Darfur, on Friday commemorated the people who were killed and injured by security forces during a demonstration on Monday morning.
Large numbers of people from the Zalingei camps for the displaced, as well as delegations from various camps in Darfur participated in the commemoration service at the Hamidiya camp. Sheikh Matar Younis told Radio Dabanga that the ceremony coincided with the last day of “offering condolences to the families of the martyrs”, Mohamed Ibrahim Karkab and Muhamed Ali Yagoub, who were shot dead during the demonstration.
“Delegations from North, West, East, and South Darfur camps for the displaced arrived, along with many community leaders and notables from Zalingei and Nertiti. They offered their condolences to the martyrs relatives, and wished the injured a quick healing.”
Sheikh Younis reported that in the speeches during the ceremony, the ruling National Congress Party, the head of the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA), Dr Tijani Sese, and the Governor of Central Darfur State, Dr Yusif Tibin, were held responsible for the shooting on the peaceful protesters. “The people present affirmed that they will continue their protest marches and peaceful demonstrations in all Darfur states until the regime is toppled.” The speakers also demanded from the head of Unamid, Dr Mohamed ibn Chambas, to resign, and from the UN Security Council to change the Unamid’s mandate from peacekeeping to peace enforcement.
The head of the Kalma camp for the displaced in South Darfur, sheikh Ali Abdel Rahman El Tahir, strongly condemned what he called “Monday’s massacre” at the Hamidiya camp in Zalingei. He described it as “sad and unacceptable”, and criticised DRA head, Dr Tijani Sese. “Sese does not deserve to be in charge of the DRA, and representative of the people of Darfur.” El Tahir condemned “any violation or abuse, whether from the government or the DRA”.
Radio Dabanga reported on Monday that two men were killed and 24 others injured when security forces fired live bullets at a demonstration in Zalingei. The displaced went to the streets on Monday morning to protest against the Social Peace Conference in Central Darfur’s capital, organised by the DRA. They not only protested against the “government-backed militias attending the conference and speaking on their behalf as leaders of the displaced”, but also against the security forces’ assault of Koran scholar and activist, sheikh Matar Younis, and the abduction of El Hamidia camp residents Yagoub Abdallah and Younis Ibrahim by militiamen on Sunday.
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Security forces cause panic in Zalingei camp, Darfur (21 February 2014)
Darfur displaced demand investigation into ‘Zalingei massacre’ (19 February 2014)
Two dead, 24 injured as security forces fire on demonstrators in Central Darfur (17 February 2014)
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