NOTE from Sudan Watch Editor: I saw the following film in a tweet I found online last night. I cannot verify the source or footage nor pass it by. Please excuse me if it is fake. To me it looks real.
I have seen the film several times, each time I studied it in detail. I imagined being in the position of the people filmed sitting on the ground, looking up at the (words fail me how to describe them) so-called men in combat uniforms, acting erratic, crazy and self-important. Who are these people, where are they from? Are they drugged, former child soldiers?
Look at the fear on the captives' faces, they look deflated and exhausted. I dread to think what they have seen for their faces and body language to look as they do in the film. Actors can't act in this way.
I find the film shocking and haunting. Anyone watching it who fails to be able to empathise with anyone involved in this film is desensitised to the atrocities committed in Sudan and South Sudan.
Who are the captives in this film? They look like they've been through war. Are they protestors? Rebels? Ex soldiers? They seem shocked, one is lifting a hand to signal a peace sign. Who is caring for them? Where are they now? Do they have family? Are dead bodies of protestors in background?
I must publish this film now in case it disappears before being seen by people in positions of power who could help. The film makes you smell and taste cruelty, the air, mood, fear, despair.
https://twitter.com/00AliSalah/status/1136721954885517313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Sudan Watch Ed: Here are some links showing what people are tweeting, please be cautious and mindful, beware of propaganda before deciding to tweet or re-tweet, many people's lives and livelihoods are at stake: #Sudan #SudanUpraising #السودان #العصيان_المدني_الشامل #Internet_Blackout_In_Sudan #IAmTheSudanRevolution
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UPDATE 3: Tue 25 June 2019 18:00 GMT UK
SOME ANSWERS IN THESE 3 IMPORTANT FILMS
1. FROM UK CHANNEL4 NEWS 24 JUNE 2019
"Sudan's 'strongman' fighting protestors"
To see the Channel 4 News film on YouTube click here: https://youtu.be/WbhzzOzWtzM
3. FROM UK BBC NEWS 13 FEBRUARY 2019:
"Sudan’s Secret Hit Squads Used to Attack Protests" - BBC Africa Eye documentary
To see the BBC film on YouTube click here: https://youtu.be/AuNDd_pteRQ
BBC News Africa
I have seen the film several times, each time I studied it in detail. I imagined being in the position of the people filmed sitting on the ground, looking up at the (words fail me how to describe them) so-called men in combat uniforms, acting erratic, crazy and self-important. Who are these people, where are they from? Are they drugged, former child soldiers?
Look at the fear on the captives' faces, they look deflated and exhausted. I dread to think what they have seen for their faces and body language to look as they do in the film. Actors can't act in this way.
I find the film shocking and haunting. Anyone watching it who fails to be able to empathise with anyone involved in this film is desensitised to the atrocities committed in Sudan and South Sudan.
Who are the captives in this film? They look like they've been through war. Are they protestors? Rebels? Ex soldiers? They seem shocked, one is lifting a hand to signal a peace sign. Who is caring for them? Where are they now? Do they have family? Are dead bodies of protestors in background?
I must publish this film now in case it disappears before being seen by people in positions of power who could help. The film makes you smell and taste cruelty, the air, mood, fear, despair.
To see the above tweet and film click here:Videos recorded by janjawid members showing tens of dead bodies in the background. #Sudan #SudanUpraising #السودان #العصيان_المدني_الشامل #Internet_Blackout_In_Sudan #IAmTheSudanRevolution pic.twitter.com/sm9QfI2uJq— Ali Salah (@00AliSalah) 6 June 2019
https://twitter.com/00AliSalah/status/1136721954885517313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Sudan Watch Ed: Here are some links showing what people are tweeting, please be cautious and mindful, beware of propaganda before deciding to tweet or re-tweet, many people's lives and livelihoods are at stake: #Sudan #SudanUpraising #السودان #العصيان_المدني_الشامل #Internet_Blackout_In_Sudan #IAmTheSudanRevolution
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UPDATE 3: Tue 25 June 2019 18:00 GMT UK
SOME ANSWERS IN THESE 3 IMPORTANT FILMS
1. FROM UK CHANNEL4 NEWS 24 JUNE 2019
"Sudan's 'strongman' fighting protestors"
To see the Channel 4 News film on YouTube click here: https://youtu.be/WbhzzOzWtzM
Watch our @channel4news exclusive: how Sudan's one-time enforcer, Mohamed Hamdan "Hemedti" became the country's new strongman - empowered by EU money + Saudi Arabian & UAE support.— Yousra Elbagir (@YousraElbagir) 24 June 2019
Produced by @DariusBazarganhttps://t.co/OpRawCxrhG
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2. FROM UK SKY NEWS 22 JUNE 2019
2. FROM UK SKY NEWS 22 JUNE 2019
"Hotspots: Inside Sudan and Syria"
To see the Sky News film on YouTube click here: https://youtu.be/yy5jCE58z_o
To see the Sky News film on YouTube click here: https://youtu.be/yy5jCE58z_o
Published at YouTube on 22 Jun 2019
Sky's Stuart Ramsay and Alex Crawford send a special report from the revolution in Sudan and the last stronghold of the Islamic State in Syria.
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- - -"Sudan’s Secret Hit Squads Used to Attack Protests" - BBC Africa Eye documentary
To see the BBC film on YouTube click here: https://youtu.be/AuNDd_pteRQ
BBC News Africa
Published at YouTube on 13 Feb 2019
These are images Sudan’s government does not want you to see: teams of masked, plainclothes agents chasing down protesters, beating them, and dragging them off to secret detention centres in Khartoum.
Who are these hit squads? Where are these detention centres? And what happens inside their walls?
BBC Africa Eye has analysed dozens of dramatic videos filmed during the recent uprising, and spoken with witnesses who have survived torture at the hands of the Bashir regime. Some of these protesters tell us about a secret and widely feared holding facility – The Fridge – where the cold is used an instrument of torture.
Investigation led by:
Benjamin Strick
Abdulmoniem Suleiman
Klaas Van Dijken
Aliaume Leroy
Produced and Edited by:
Suzanne Vanhooymissen
Tom Flannery
Daniel Adamson
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