SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: New York Times - The Revolutionary Force Behind Sudan’s Protest Movement? Doctors

20/4/19: New York Times – The Revolutionary Force Behind Sudan’s Protest Movement? Doctors, by Joseph Goldstein

Joseph Goldstein credits Sudanese doctors for shaping the Sudanese protest movement, arguing that they have “transformed what started as protests over bread prices into a coherent movement, complete with a declaration of demands and a tightly organized protest.”

 Goldstein highlights doctor’s continued activism against Al Bashir’s regime, citing their documentation of fatal wounds and causes of death to pre-empt regime cover-ups.

 Goldstein then argues that scarce medical supplies have led doctors to organise underground unions and go on strikes, putting them in place to lead the current protest movement, culminating in the Sudanese Professionals Association after uniting with other professional groups.