A civil society group announced in its statement, yesterday, that the Sudanese authorities arrested at least nine opposition leaders and activists before the new protests expected after the Friday prayers.
The statement, which includes professional organizations participating in the protests, revealed that the authorities raided a meeting of the opposition leaders in Khartoum, adding that they had arrested nine of them, including “Siddiq Yusuf”, a senior leader of the Sudanese Communist Party, as well as, leaders of the “Baath” party and the “Nasserist” party.
The arrests came following the coalition of the opposition groups calling for more protests after the Friday prayers, amid the denial of the head of the information office of the National Security and Intelligence being informed of these arrests.
The Sudanese Information Minister announced on Thursday that the outcome of these protests in some cities amounted to 19 people, including two security officers, along with 187 wounded from the regular forces, and 219 wounded civilians.
The police spokesman, Major General Hashim Abdul Rahim, announced on Wednesday night, "the return of the complete calm to the provinces of the country, stressing that" the security conditions are present in all the provinces, and that we did not receive any reports of riots or protests. "
On the other hand, the Speaker of the Sudanese Parliament, Ibrahim Ahmed Omar, approved the request submitted by the independent member Mohammed Asil to call the Interior Minister, Ahmed Osman, to the parliament to question him about the security authorities' handling of the protesters, as some of them were killed, until the Sudanese general prosecution investigate about the shooter of the protesters.
The Sudanese protests began on December 19 in 13 provinces, condemning the poor economic and living conditions, as well as the rise in the prices of bread and fuel.
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