Crackdown in Sudan Continues as Anti-Austerity Protests Rage On
<div class='node-body'><p>Sudan continues its <a href="http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE85S09620120629">crackdown</a> on dissent as anti-austerity protesters complete their second week of demonstrations against the regime.</p>
<p>"We started off calling for the cancellation of the austerity measures," one protester <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/28/sudan-protests-elbow-lickers-bashir">told the Guardian</a>, "but now it's about bringing down the regime."</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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