The latest protest came after Bashir acknowledged that Sudan’s controversial public order law and growing economic hardships had angered youths and sent them out into the streets. The rally was called to express solidarity with the hundreds of demonstrators who have been arrested since anti-government rallies erupted in December. The protesters returned to the downtown area, chanting their campaign’s rallying cry of “freedom, peace, justice,” witnesses said. On Wednesday, Bashir acknowledged that youths, mainly women, were leading the rallies and said the public order law was “one of the reasons” for their anger. “It’s not only the public order law that we are against,” said Tahani, a female protester who asked not to be fully named for security concerns.

Source: The Guardian February 07, 2019 13:07 UTC