Sudanese opposition to protest violence against Darfur students

November 24, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The opposition alliance National Consensus Forces (NCF) announced the organization of a protest against the “systematic targeting” of Darfur students in the Sudanese universities.

The Sudanese security services and students supporting the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) in the Sudanese universities regularly attack Darfurian activists who are accused of supporting the armed groups in the western Sudan region.

In a statement released on Tuesday, the NCF said that a meeting of its leadership council has discussed ”the organized terrorism carried out by the ruling NCP against political activities in the universities and attempts to subvert the political life”.

The opposition meeting decided to organize a sit-in outside the Constitutional Court next Sunday 29 November, and warned against the targeting of Darfurian students on racist basis.

This repressive policy is in line with the NCP “racist project” which aims to dismantle the fabric of the Sudanese state to serve the interests of social groups associated with the regime, further said the statement.

The government didn’t comment on the opposition accusations.

On 10 November, a huge fire broke out at the Quran University in Khartoum after a Molotov cocktail attack by Darfurian Students who protested against tuition fees.

Since 2013, the federal government and the Darfur Regional Authority agreed that only sons of refugees and displaced persons are eligible for the exemption of tuition. But several Darfurians student groups regularly contest this decision.

The tuition fees exemption of the Darfur students who affected by the war in their region has been stated in the Abuja peace agreement and The Doha Document for peace in Darfur.

(ST)