Khartoum University expels 500 students after closure
About 500 students were expelled from the students’ dormitories of the University of Khartoum on Thursday following the university’s closure for an indefinite period. Clashes between activist students and students backed by the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) have intensified in the last weeks and caused the closure. The students, most of them from Darfur and other states of Sudan, who had no place to sleep carried their bags to the headquarters of the Haq Movement in Khartoum, where they were received by the host. Witnesses revealed the expulsion of about 300 students from the Shambat dormitories at the University of Khartoum. The students held a press conference on Wednesday in the headquarters of the Haq Movement, where they reflected their cause and their suffering. No transportation homeMohamed Mohamed Zain, the President of the Darfur Students’ Association at the University of Khartoum, affirmed that the students all originate from states in Sudan, with neither money nor means of transport to carry them to their families. He appealed to the philanthropists and organisations to provide transportation for the hundreds of students who are expelled from the dormitories, in order for them to reach their families. The Council of Deans of the University of Khartoum decided in a meeting that ended late on Monday evening to immediately suspend a number of classes for an indefinite period. The lecturers had requested to close all compounds and faculties until the crisis is resolved. The militant students have been reacting violently to the students’ demands for a thorough investigation into the killing of a Darfuri student during a peaceful demonstration at the University of Khartoum’s main campus on 11 March, and the removal of security forces stationed at the university gates and the campus. The Chancellor has already resigned in protest against continuing assaults on activist students at the hands of militant students.File photo: The entrance of the University of Khartoum. Related: Students arrested in Khartoum, flogged in Port Sudan (14 May 2014) University suspends classes indefinitely following death of Darfuri student (12 March 2014)
About 500 students were expelled from the students’ dormitories of the University of Khartoum on Thursday following the university’s closure for an indefinite period. Clashes between activist students and students backed by the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) have intensified in the last weeks and caused the closure.
The students, most of them from Darfur and other states of Sudan, who had no place to sleep carried their bags to the headquarters of the Haq Movement in Khartoum, where they were received by the host.
Witnesses revealed the expulsion of about 300 students from the Shambat dormitories at the University of Khartoum. The students held a press conference on Wednesday in the headquarters of the Haq Movement, where they reflected their cause and their suffering.
No transportation home
Mohamed Mohamed Zain, the President of the Darfur Students’ Association at the University of Khartoum, affirmed that the students all originate from states in Sudan, with neither money nor means of transport to carry them to their families. He appealed to the philanthropists and organisations to provide transportation for the hundreds of students who are expelled from the dormitories, in order for them to reach their families.
The Council of Deans of the University of Khartoum decided in a meeting that ended late on Monday evening to immediately suspend a number of classes for an indefinite period. The lecturers had requested to close all compounds and faculties until the crisis is resolved.
The militant students have been reacting violently to the students’ demands for a thorough investigation into the killing of a Darfuri student during a peaceful demonstration at the University of Khartoum’s main campus on 11 March, and the removal of security forces stationed at the university gates and the campus. The Chancellor has already resigned in protest against continuing assaults on activist students at the hands of militant students.
File photo: The entrance of the University of Khartoum.
Related:
Students arrested in Khartoum, flogged in Port Sudan (14 May 2014)
University suspends classes indefinitely following death of Darfuri student (12 March 2014)
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