Sudan: Opposition Parties Reject Bashir's Declaration of Emergency Law

Khartoum — The Sudanese opposition parties have rejected president Bashir's declaration of a state of emergency along the border with South Sudan and his vice president's order to shoot anyone delivering humanitarian to the area.

The Umma Party and the Popular Congress Party said establishing special courts is unconstitutional and against international conventions on human rights ratified by Sudan, as well as being destructive to the relationship between the two countries.

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