source: Sudan Tribune; Radio Tamazuj
actor1: Police Forces of Sudan (1989-2019) National Intelligence and Security Services
actor2: Civilians (Sudan)
location: Khartoum
notes: A number of arrests were made by NISS agents on January 26th and 30th, in Khartoum and Omdurman. On Jan 26th, authorities arrested several politicians and affiliated journalists working with the Sudanese Communist Party; the spokesperson of the Ba'ath party; on Jan 30th a prominent human rights lawyer was arrested, and on or around the 30th Jan the co-president of the NUP was detained under questioning for several hours, before being released. Additionally, on Jan 30th the newspaper El Jareeda was banned from publishing for 18 days. On 29th Jan, NISS released 186 protesters who had been involved in the demonstrations (although those released do not appear to include more senior activists and political figures).