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Sudan's key protest group is opposed to giving the military"absolute immunity" against prosecution for violence against demonstrators

“We refuse absolute immunity that the military rulers have asked for,” Ismail al-Taj, a spokesperson for the Sudanese Professionals Association protest group told reporters in Khartoum. The deal, which is yet to be formally signed, aims to establish a transitional governing body to install a civilian administration for a period of just over three years.

“When we agreed on the draft agreement this was not there,” prominent protest leader Ahmed al-Rabie toldBashir was ousted by the army on April 11 following weeks of nationwide protests against his rule, and after thousands of protesters camped outside the military headquarters in central Khartoum.But on June 3, demonstrators were violently dispersed by men in military fatigues in a pre-dawn raid on the protest site outside army headquarters.

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