The Sudanese authorities must end measures taken under the state of emergency to violently crush dissent amid ongoing nationwide protests in the country, Amnesty International said. Following the declaration of a state of emergency on Friday, the government has deployed large numbers of security forces – including the army – to target protesters. Security officers today invaded the Ahfad University for Women in Omdurman dispersing students with teargas and beatings. In Khartoum’s Burri and Omdurman’s Alabasyia districts, large numbers of security officers drawn from the Sudan Armed Forces, the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) and the police force were deployed. “This brutal crackdown on the Sudanese people immediately following the announcement of the state of emergency is disturbing,” warned Joan Nyanyuki.

Source: News Business Ethiopia February 25, 2019 17:26 UTC