Abd Raouf/AP/Press Association. All rights reserved.On 19 April 2016, 18-year old Sudanese student Abubakr Hassan Mohamed Taha was shot dead on his university campus, because he wished to nominate himself for the student union and marched with his colleagues to submit a list of nominees for election.
The peaceful march was attacked by National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) agents, who fired live ammunition at random, killing Abubakr and injuring 27 other students according to Amnesty International. Abubakr’s death sparked nationwide student protests against the excessive use of force by the police and NISS and the shrinking space for civic and political freedoms in the universities.
Seven Sudanese public universities have witnessed waves of protests during the past week for different reasons, ranging from deteriorated services, ethnic discrimination and limitations on freedom of expression, to corruption and the oppressive political environment.
