Daughter of Sudanese opposition leader jailed over protests, says party
Mariam Sadiq al-Mahdi sentenced to a week in prison for demonstrating against President Omar al-Bashir
Cairo — The deputy head of Sudan’s opposition Umma Party was sentenced to a week in prison on Sunday for demonstrating against the president, party officials said, as activists protested against emergency laws imposed in February. Mariam Sadiq al-Mahdi, the daughter of Umma leader Sadiq al-Mahdi, was among a group of 19 arrested while demonstrating in front of Umma’s headquarters in Omdurman, across the Nile from the centre of the capital, Khartoum, said Mohamed al-Mahdi Hassan, head of the party’s political bureau. The court also fined her 2,000 Sudanese pounds ($42) for participating in the protest, which was calling on President Omar al-Bashir to step down, he said. Bashir declared a state of emergency in February after weeks of demonstrations, the most sustained challenge to his rule since he came to power in the coup that overthrew Sadiq al-Mahdi in 1989.
On Sunday afternoon hundreds took to the streets in different areas of Omdurman to protest against the emergency laws....
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