{"id":174948,"date":"2019-03-11T18:29:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T18:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/demonstrators-fined-for-protesting-against-sudanese-regime\/"},"modified":"2019-03-11T18:29:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T18:29:00","slug":"demonstrators-fined-for-protesting-against-sudanese-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/demonstrators-fined-for-protesting-against-sudanese-regime","title":{"rendered":"Demonstrators fined for protesting against Sudanese regime"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Emergency Court of El Gedaref fined two people on Sunday following their participation in a demonstration, leading to the<\/strong> detention of people protesting inside the court.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hashim Basiouni and Yasin El Jak were given a fine of SDG 10,000 ($210) yesterday by the Emergency Courts set up under President Al Bashir’s declaration of a year-long State of Emergency in Sudan<\/a>. They were told that if they were not able to pay the individual fines, they would face six months of imprisonment.<\/p>\n

Witnesses told Radio Dabanga that the court, set up in the city's court complex, sentenced Basiouni and El Jak on the grounds that they had participated in a demonstration which took place last week. The sum was paid immediately and the court overturned the conviction.<\/p>\n

Witnesses told Radio Dabanga that when the verdict was given, onlookers inside the court began to chant.<\/p>\n

The National Intelligence and Security Service then arrested five of the chanting people inside the court on the grounds that they had participated in a previous demonstration and took them to the security offices in the city. They are still being held.<\/p>\n

The State of Emergency in Sudan<\/a> coincided with the dissolution of the federal government and state governments on February 22. The declaration, as well as consequent restrictive Emergency Orders<\/a>, have been met with widespread national<\/a> and international<\/a> concern and condemnation.<\/p>\n

* As effective foreign exchange rates can vary widely in Sudan, Radio Dabanga bases all SDG currency conversions on the Market Makers Mechanism<\/a>-determined daily US Dollar rate quoted by the Central Bank of Sudan (CBoS)<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n