Sudan's Leader Issues Decrees to Curb Protests, Black Market
- Decrees come days after al-Bashir declared state of emergency
- Sudan has seen nationwide protests for more than two months
Omar al-Bashir
Photographer: Ashraf Shazly/AFP via Getty Images
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Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir introduced decrees to ban unauthorized protests and a 10-year jail term for illegal trade in fuel and wheat, in a bid to quell a wave of discontent threatening his three-decade regime.
The decrees introduce emergency courts to try suspected offenders, and restrict trade in other items including foreign currency and gold, the Khartoum-based presidency said in a statement on Monday. Unauthorized circulation of information, photos or documents that belong to the president’s family is prohibited, according to the statement.