Bashir introduces draconian security measures in bid to quash protests
Protesters set fires along a street in Khartoum. Picture: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters
The decrees were issued on Monday as the most sustained anti-government street protests continued in various parts of the capital Khartoum with police using tear gas against hundreds of female university students at Sudan’s oldest women’s university, the Middle East Monitor reported on Tuesday. Prosecutors will now be able to strip people, including lawmakers and military officials, of immunity allowing them to set up special emergency courts.
Furthermore, any news that is deemed “to harm the state or citizens” will be punishable with up to 10 years in jail. Trading or hoarding fuel products and subsidised goods, leaving Sudan with more than $3,000 or 150 grammes of gold is now banned.
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