Sudan junta frees 25 anti-coup protesters
The authorities in Sudan have released 25 people who were arrested for protesting against October’s coup in the capital, Khartoum.
Some of them were detained during demonstrations, others were picked up from their homes.
A statement by the Sudanese Emergency Lawyers says at least 27 others remain detention in Khartoum’s Soba jail.
It said high-profile members of a committee set up by the unity government to dismantle businesses and institutions loyal to Omar al-Bashir, who was ousted as president in 2019, also remained in custody.
Many others were still being held in three other jails outside Khartoum, it added.
Among those being detained incommunicado are Khalid Omar Yousif, the former cabinet affairs minister and Muhamad el-Faki, a member of the former sovereign council that was supposed to be overseeing the post-Bashir transition to civilian rule.
Mr Yousif’s brother says the British embassy in Khartoum hosted an an iftar, the meal held to break the Ramadan fast, earlier this week with an empty chair with Mr Yousif’s name on it – a sign of the international community’s support for the release of detainees.
By BBC
