Protests spurred Wednesday night in several neighborhoods in Khartoum, which witnessed an alert calmness during the day following the authorities’ scattering of protests on Tuesday.
Sources told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that there are ongoing talks between the political forces and the activists to arrange massive protests in the coming days, namely on Friday after the prayer.
They added that the female movements are also arranging protests on Thursday to demand the ousting of the regime. A source of 'No to Women's Oppression' revealed that the number of detainees in the police stations in Khartoum reached around 500.
A testimony told the newspaper that the city’s youths decided to hold a protest as they wait in the line for fuel, but the security forces defied them and shot them killing one and wounding seven.
Popular Congress Party demanded that the government launches an investigation in the death of protesters in the occurrences of the country since Dec. 19. The party’s own reports indicated that 17 people were killed and 88 were wounded in the demonstrations.
However, the government announced the death of 8 individuals in the protests, while the Amnesty International said that 37 people had been killed.
The National Congress accused international satellite channels of spurring tension in the country. Mohamed Mustafa El-Daou, deputy head of the political sector at the National Congress, rejected to reveal the names of these channels, considering that any foreign intervention will only make the Sudanese people more united.
Commenting on suppressing protesters, he confirmed that the freedom of expression is granted by the constitution but chaos and damaging people’s properties are crimes.
