Ailing Sudanese Congress Party leader released from detention
On Wednesday evening the security authorities released Omar Yousef El Digeir, head of the Sudanese Congress Party, after 80 days of detention.
Omar El Digeir, chairman of the Sudanese Congress Party (RD)
On Wednesday evening the security authorities released Omar El Degeir, head of the Sudanese Congress Party, after 80 days of detention.
El Degeir was detained in El Obeid, North Kordofan, on January 7, by the Sudanese security apparatus.
He said in a statement after his release “Today we are more determined to persevere in the same difficult and beautiful way to go with our people towards a homeland of freedom, justice and decent life.
“The prison will not deprive us of our will undermine our faith in our homeland.”
He said he left behind dozens of detainees from the Sudanese Congress Party and the spectrum of opposition political forces in prison and demanded continuing to press for their release
In the Nuba Mountains, military intelligence agents in El Abbasiya have been holding Mohamed Awad in detention for more than two weeks.
Lawyer Kamal Abdallah told Radio Dabanga that Awad’s detention is a violation of the law, the Interim Constitution, and international covenants.
He called on the authorities to release Awad or bring him to a fair trial.
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