Protesters Face Whippings and Tear Gas in Sudanese Crackdown
- Security forces intensify clampdown after state of emergency
- Protests are biggest threat yet to longtime-president Bashir
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When the security forces’ trucks smashed through the gates of her Sudanese university campus, the student and friends fled dozens of stick-wielding men racing to crush the latest protest against President Omar al-Bashir’s government.
“They started lashing everyone, they didn’t differentiate,” the 21-year-old said of Monday’s events at the University of Medical Sciences and Technology in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum. “Students ran everywhere -- some of them hid in a lecture hall, but the police and security personnel tracked them down.” She asked not to be identified for safety reasons.