Sudan: 1,200+ Sudanese Call for Release of Detained Relatives

18 February 2018

Khartoum — The Speaker of the Sudanese Parliament received a petition on Thursday, signed by more than 1,200 people requesting the immediate release of their relatives currently being held by Sudan's National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS). The Popular Congress Party has urged the Sudanese president to order the release of the 411 political detainees in the country.

In January, Sudanese spontaneously took to the streets in protest against new austerity measures that led to the doubling and in many cases tripling of the prices of basic consumer goods. Opposition parties called for mass demonstrations and demanded the government to step down.

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