Latest news of the war in Sudan
Security forces detained more than 38 activists from different parts of Khartoum yesterday and took them to unknown destinations. More than a hundred detainees in Soba prison in southeast Khartoum continued their hunger strike for the fourth day in protest against their continued detention without legal charges.
Lawyer Osman Basri told Radio Dabanga that 17 artists were held while painting murals near Tahrir Stadium in Khartoum North in the early hours of yesterday morning. 21 others were detained in various parts of Khartoum
In a press statement yesterday, the neighbourhood committees of Khartoum North threatened to close the entire capital and paralyse traffic permanently if the detainees are not released soon. They also explicitly condemned the ongoing excessive violence and unlawful detentions by the various security forces.
