SLM supporters protest in Sudan’s Sennar state

April25, 2011 (KHARTOUM) — Supporters of the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) led by Abdel Wahid Al-Nur in Sennar state, staged a protest on Monday, the last in a series of demonstrations against the government.

The rebel movement organized last week a number of protests in different states throughout the country calling to overthrow the regime of president Omer Al-Bashir who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur.

The demonstrators in Sinja, capital of Sennar state, today chanted anti government slogans and held banners with the picture of Al-Nur, said Mustafa Tambour, the spokesperson of SLM president office. the police and security service arrested 50 of the protesters, he added.

Tambour estimated the number of protesters between 1500 to 2000 protesters, no independent source to confirm this figure to the Sudan Tribune.

“The demonstrator chanted anti-regime and freedom slogans demanding to release all the political detainees,” the official said.

Nur’s supporters demonstrated last week in Wad Mandani, Port Sudan, Zalingei, Nyala, Dilinng, and some others towns. The demonstrators shouted slogans against president Omer Al-Bashir, against the rising prices of basic commodities.

In a statement released last week, Al-Nur who is not part of Doha peace talks, called on the Sudanese people and political parties to join his movement in the peaceful protests to overthrow the government of president Bashir.

He proposed to form an interim government led by his movement to prepare a secular and federal state in the country.

(ST)