You probably have friends on social media changing their profile pictures to this specific shade of blue:

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✨•PLEASE DONATE to sudan, using link in my bio. Just 5$ or even 1$ and place a blue heart emoji if you’ve donated below. 💙it’s a great start. •Please WRITE to your members of Congress , condemn the violence used. Text the word RESIST to 50409 and an automated bot allows you to write a letter to them. Express your need to see the Sudanese people attain a democratic and civilian led government. Ask for a meeting, we’ve been lobbying here in DC, and have had senators and congressmen/women issue statements. There are even hearing happening currently in congress discussing the Sudanese uprising. This is largely due to our efforts in the diaspora to engage them. We are doing something more than just updating our dp to mattar blue. • Please also PRAY for sudan. Never underestimate the power of prayer. • Please also repost any news you see pertaining to sudan, we are the only voice they have rn. ✨Screenshot this photo and change your profile picture on IG. This is an effort to raise awareness as we the sudanese diaspora are the only voice. The internet has been completely turned off in sudan. The government has shut it down in order to conceal its massacres and crimes against civilians. On the 29th day of Ramadan Janjawid militia burnt peaceful protestors alive in their Revoultion tents, threw live bodies into the Nile river, anchored with stone bricks to ensure they drowned, shot over 100 peaceful protestors dead, raped little girls, grown men and female medical doctors and so many more atrocities I can’t go on. Please change your profile photo and let the world know what’s happening. We cannot be silenced. United we stand, divided we fall. Our strength is in our unity. This specific shade of blue is in honor of the martyr Mohammed Mattar. @mattar77 Rest In Peace king. This shade of blue was his profile pic on IG and as a symbol to honor ALL martyrs we’ve changed our dp into blue. Rest In Peace courageous souls we’ve lost. But not in vain. The Revoultion continues . A civilian led democratic government will come to reality and the Sudanese people’s dreams will be actualized. #tasgotbas #iamsudanrevolution #sudancivildisobedience #sudanuprising and as a

A post shared by Remaz Khalaleyal (@reresolve_) on Jun 11, 2019 at 6:08am PDT

What does it mean?

Changing profile picture to blue symbolises support for the people in Sudan who are in the midst of a political crisis.

The military government has recently cut Sudanese off from the internet. Sudan is now in a state of internet blackout for more than three weeks.

According to FT, the spokesman for Sudan’s military leaders provided no justification on why the internet had been disconnected "for a limited time".

The country’s military arm took over control recently in April 2019 after their 30-year long dictator Omar-al-Bashir was overthrown.

However, the military refuses to give up the power to the people which has sparked outrage from pro-democracy protesters who went on work strike and civil disobedience.

Since then, the military force has killed more than 100 civilians and according to the World Health Organisation, over 700 people have been injured from this military retaliation.

https://twitter.com/gewoonamine/status/1137298065034006528

Following the violence, an Ethiopian mediator was sent to the country and managed to get the protest and military leaders back on negotiating table on June 11, according to the BBC.

Why this shade of blue?

This online campaign was started by 25-year-old American-Sudanese Remaz Mahgoub Khalaleyal who wanted to raise awareness on this crisis in this majority Muslim country.

This specific shade of blue is used as a tribute to a victim. One of the victims changed his profile picture to this colour before getting killed in the massacre.

The victim was shot while saving two other women from the shootings.

https://twitter.com/OmerYousifff/status/1138930518576250880

Besides Neyo and Demi Lovato, Hollywood celebrity Rihanna also spoke up for the Sudanese in a series of Instastories:

A Singaporean survivor's guilt

Even though Singapore is over 8,000km away from Sudan, social media has brought the people across great distances together.

One Singaporean, Namira Nasir, wrote a thoughtful post to share how it is important to care about problems happening at the other side of the world, while Singaporeans enjoy peace in our country.

Social media has brought us information so quickly but, at the same time, it is also easy to ignore by swiping up the news.

Namira concluded by encouraging people not to be indifferent about problems like the Sudan crisis although it may seem distant from us.

"But we mustn’t forget that what we’re seeing overseas and even in Singapore are very human problems, complicated by politics and business. We must remember that it’s okay to care about something because even though empathy weighs you down, indifference leaves you hollow."

Every effort counts, for the collective effort of many can compel authorities to address and act on the matter.

You can read her full post here.