The new batch includes Fayez Al-Silik, the former media advisor to the Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok, the former Wali of Sennar Al-Mahi Suleiman, the leader of the Professionals’ Gathering, Muhammad Naji Al-Asam, the community activist Nazem Siraj, and the leader of the Sudanese Congress Party Salah Noureddine.
The release of all detainees who were arrested following the army’s actions on October 25, was the most prominent demand of the recent demonstrations in Sudan, as well as the Western powers.
Although an agreement was reached between the head of the Sovereign Council, the commander of the army, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and Hamdok, according to which the latter returned to his position as prime minister, the protests that swept several cities in Sudan did not subside.
The agreement provides for the release of all political detainees, but so far only a number of ministers and politicians have been released, and an unknown number are still in detention.
On Wednesday, Hamdok told a local TV channel, “Unless everyone is released, the agreement will be worthless.”
The agreement also provides for the formation of an independent technocratic government led by the prime minister himself, until new elections are held, but the government will remain under the supervision of the army.
Tens of thousands took to the streets of Khartoum and other cities on Thursday, continuing to put pressure on the army leaders, after the agreement was concluded.
Prominent political parties and the powerful protest movement opposed Hamdok’s decision to sign the agreement with the army.
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