Over 100 Sudanese detainees, including high-profile politicians, start hunger strikeKHARTOUM: More than 100 Sudanese detainees, including high-profile politicians, began a hunger strike on Tuesday, allied lawyers and doctors said. The authorities have also arrested scores of activists accused of belonging to the “resistance committees” that have been instrumental in organizing protests. “The number of people detained arbitrarily and without criminal charges has exceeded 100,” the Sudanese Professionals Association said Monday. On Sunday, authorities arrested Mohamed Al-Fekki, a civilian former member of the ruling Sovereign Council, which led the country under the now stalled 2019 power-sharing agreement. Last week, authorities arrested ex-minister Khaled Omar Youssef and Wagdi Saleh, the spokesman of Sudan’s main civilian bloc, the Forces for Freedom and Change.

Source: Libya Today February 15, 2022 23:51 UTC