The release of important faces in Sudan and a hunger strike

In continuity with the previous steps which required the release of some political prisoners in Sudan, the authorities released the leader of the Sudanese Congress and former Minister of the Council of Ministers, Khaled Omar Youssef, from the detention center of the secret services at dawn today.

The dismissed governor of Khartoum, Ayman Khaled, and the financial commissioner of the Empowerment Committee, Maher Abu Al-Goukh, as well as the political secretary of the Congress Party, Sharif Muhammad Othman, were also released.

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While activists publish on the communication sites the prime pictures of the minister at his home in Khartoum.

This step came after the party announced yesterday that a number of political prisoners had started a hunger strike.

Khaled Omar Youssef
Khaled Omar Youssef

He said in a statement that the detainees, led by Khaled Omar, have started an open hunger strike starting today, due to what he described as their “arbitrary detention continued since October 25”.

Interestingly, a previous group of politicians, who were released Thursday evening, Friday, included the leader of the Gathering of Professionals, Muhammad Naji Al-Asam, the former adviser for media of the Prime Minister, Abdullah Hamdok, Fayez Al-Silik, as well as the leader of the Sudanese Congress, Noureddin Salah Al-Din, and former Wali of Sennar Al-Mahi Muhammad Sulaiman.

In addition, a few days ago, the security authorities released the leader of the Congress Party, Omar Al-Digir, the deputy head of the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement – the North Sector, the former adviser of Hamdok, Yasser Arman, the head of the Sudanese Baath Party, Ali Al-Sanhouri and Sadiq Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi of the Umma Party.

Dozens are still in arrest, according to activists and civilian groups.

It is interesting to note that the political agreement signed on November 21 (2021) at the presidential palace in Khartoum, between Hamdok and the army commander, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, provided for the release of political prisoners, a condition under which the prime minister joined during its previous negotiations with the military component, in following the dissolution of the government, he placed him under house arrest for weeks.

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