location: Kassala
notes: Dozens of Sudanese women staged demonstrations and sit-ins in several cities across Sudan, including Wad Medani, Kassala, Port Sudan and Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman, to protest the government's decision to raise fuel, electricity and drug prices. In Omdurman, police beat the protesters with stiks, and detained 17 women, charging them with disturbing public order. In Kassala, police also violently dispersed the protesters, arresting seven of them and charging them with rioting before releasing them later that day.
target_text: location: Kassala, fatalities: 0