Sudanese opposition forum denied permit in Khartoum

The police in Khartoum have refused to issue a permit for a political forum by the Reform Now Movement (RNM), scheduled to take place in Burri district next Monday.
In a statement on Tuesday, the RNM, led by Ghazi Salaheldin El Atabani, reported that the police refused to grant the permission “for security reasons”.

The police in Khartoum have refused to issue a permit for a political forum by the Reform Now Movement (RNM), scheduled to take place in Burri district next Monday.

In a statement on Tuesday, the RNM, led by Ghazi Salaheldin El Atabani, reported that the police refused to grant the permission “for security reasons”.

El Atabani and Deputy-Chairman Hassan Rizig were supposed to address the forum.

The movement, established in December 2013 by prominent dissidents of the ruling National Congress Party, last month announced its campaign against the forthcoming general election.

The RNM called the police’s refusal “a violation of the 2005 Interim Constitution and the law”.