Sudan - Professors Detained in Anti-Bashir Protest

12 February 2019

University professors have been arrested in Khartoum in the eighth week of deadly protest against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. Doctors have also rallied outside state and private hospitals.

Sudanese security agents detained 14 professors on Tuesday in the capital. They were demonstrating as part of a wave of protest prompted in mid-December by a government decision to cut a foodstuffs subsidy, resulting in a tripling of bread prices.

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