The World Federation of Trade Unions denounces the summoning by the Judiciary of the President of the Sudan Federation's of Trade Unions, Youssef Abdel Karim, and the demand to surrender the Union and all its assets.

The authorities arrested the head of the subsidiary union of the Sudanese Oil Corporation, Engineer Loay Abdullah, from his home in Khartoum

The security authorities forcefully broke up a peaceful stand-in protest that was intended to go to the headquarters of the Council of Ministers in Khartoum, to demand the release of a leader in the Eastern Front

A citizen was shot dead anonymously while broadcasting a live video feed on Facebook of a protesting crowd in North Khartoum.

The Sudanese Journalists Union has today issued a press statement in which it noted an alarming increase in the frequency of journalists being stopped at checkpoints and bridges and obstructed from pursuing their reporting and coverage, as well as disrespect and a lack of appreciation for their work by the authorities.