TAMPA, Fla. — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was in the capitol of Sudan Friday to hold mediation talks between Sudan’s military rulers and opposition leaders. The visit comes after a brutal armed crackdown on peaceful protestors on June 3.

That crackdown has Sudanese immigrants living in the Tampa Bay area fearful of what will happen to their families still living in Sudan.

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When Tarig Salim got ahold of his mother days the crackdown, he said he could hear the violence in the background.

“I’m talking to her on WhatsApp while hearing gun shots in the background,” recalled Salim. “We don’t know what’s going to happen the next day or next hour.”

Salim said he told his mother to stay in the house.

Ongoing stand-off

Protesters have been demanding since April that the Transitional Military Council, or TMC, relinquish power to a civilian-led transitional body that could lead the way to future elections.

There are reports that more than 100 people were killed in the June 3 attack.

Salim said the international community should do more.

“We can’t turn a blind eye to that," he said. "I’m not just speaking from the United States point of view. Humanity must prevail. What’s happening is completely unacceptable."

Salim went on to say the June 3 attack needed to be investigated by the United Nations, and that he wants the killing to stop.

He's joining a group of Sudanese men in Tampa to head to Washington D.C. for a "March for Sudan" demonstration on June 8 at 11 a.m. on Capitol Hill.

What they hope to achieve

The men plan to march to the White House with other Sudanese immigrants to bring awareness to the killing of peaceful protestors in their home nation and to demand the United States government do more.

“Through the United States, the United Nations and all the international bodies to have one voice and pressure the TMC to hand over the government to a civilian government,” said Salim.

The men also want safety for their families living over there.

They would like to see United Nations peacekeeping soldiers sent to the Sudanese capital until negotiations between the opposition group and the Transitional Military Council can take place.