actor1: Police Forces of Sudan (1989-2019) National Intelligence and Security Services
actor2: Civilians (Sudan)
notes: NISS arrests the chairman of the opposition Sudanese Congress Party (SCoP) at Khartoum airport, using alleged excessive force to prevent him from boarding his flight and taking him to an unknown location. He was released a month later, on 7 February. The Chairman of the Civil Society Initiative is also banned from traveling with his family a few days later, on 12 January, and opposition leaders prevented from leaving the country to attend a Sudan Call meeting in France on 14 January.
target_text: actor1: Police Forces of Sudan (1989-2019) National Intelligence and Security Services, actor2: Civilians (Sudan)