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February 22, 2019
Sudanese security forces arrested at least 12opposition leaders ahead of
a planned protest against the regime of SudanesePresident Omar al-
Bashir, an opposition member.
A senior member of the NUP, Um-Salama al-Mahdi saidAmong those
arrested were the Deputy Leader of the National UmmaParty,NUP,
Mariam al-Mahdi; NUP Secretary-General, SaraNaqdallah; the Political
Secretary of the Communist Party, Mohamed al-Khatib.
The arrests were made minutes before the start of aplanned anti-
government demonstration in the capital Khartoum,according to al-
Mahdi.
The 12 opposition leaders were planning to lead aprotest march to the
presidential palace to submit a memo demandingPresident al-Bashir
step down when they were arrested, he said.
He said when making the arrests, security forces andriot police fired
tear gas at a crowd of hundreds of demonstrators,who had gathered near
the Arab Market area in Khartoum.
The East African nation has seen ongoing protestsfor several weeks,
since a sharp hike in bread and fuel prices causedpublic outcry.