Civil Disobedience Campaign in Sudan

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Civil Disobedience Campaign in Sudan- Relevance for UPSC Exam

GS Paper 2: International Relations- Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests.

Recently, Civil disobedience campaign was launched by protesters in Sudan against military rule in Sudan.
- Earlier protesters called for a two-days of civil disobedience against last month’s military takeover.

Earlier, local resistance committees and the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) led demonstrations in the uprising that toppled then-president Omar al-Bashir in April 2019.
Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) seized power in April after removing al-Bashir on the back of months-long protests against his three-decade rule.
Since then, protest against military rule and demand for democracy in Sudan is continuing in one or another form.

Recently, Sudanese pro-democracy groups launched two days of civil disobedience and strikes to protest last month’s military coup.
Participation appeared to be limited because of continuing interruptions to internet and phone connections.
Security forces used tear gas to break up their sit-in at the education ministry building for Khartoum State staged to oppose any handover to military appointees.
- Dozens of teachers carried banners reading “no, no to military rule” and demanded a transition to “full civilian rule” at a rally outside the Education Ministry in the capital Khartoum.

Definition: Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders or commands of a government, corporation or other authority, without resorting to violence or active measures of opposition.
- its usual purpose is to force concessions from the government or occupying power.
Civil Disobedience Movement in India: CDM in India was launched by Mahatma Gandhi against British Colonial Government in 1930. Gandhi jee broke the salt law by making salt at Dandi, Gujarat.
- Since then, Citizens of many countries used the method of CDM against their oppressive authoritarian regimes and to bring democracy-like institutions to their country.