{"id":179459,"date":"2016-10-30T10:05:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-30T10:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/splm-n-welcomes-amnesty-for-its-convicted-members\/"},"modified":"2016-10-30T10:05:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-30T10:05:00","slug":"splm-n-welcomes-amnesty-for-its-convicted-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/splm-n-welcomes-amnesty-for-its-convicted-members","title":{"rendered":"SPLM-N welcomes amnesty for its convicted members"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) has welcomed the amnesty for its convicted members.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Wednesday, President Omar Al Bashir issued a decree dropping the remaining sentences against a number of SPLM-N members, including 64 people condemned to death. <\/strong><\/p>\n

They were convicted for their part in clashes with government forces during the outbreak of the latest armed conflict in Blue Nile state, in early September 2011.<\/strong> Both sides accused each other of starting the fighting that opened a third battle front in the country, where conflict had erupted again in South Kordofan in July that year. The war in Darfur started in early 2003.<\/p>\n

In a press statement on Friday, the SPLM-N lauded the step by Al Bashir. It called on the parolees to continue the struggle for a just peace, a citizenship without discrimination, and the establishment of a real democracy.<\/p>\n

The rebel movement further warned for a renewed round of fighting in the Two Areas<\/a> (South Kordofan and Blue Nile states), as government forces are preparing for another offensive during the coming dry season (November-April).<\/p>\n

Fighting in Sudan traditionally follows dry-season patterns, with lulls during the rainy seasons, from June through November, when roads become impassable and movement in rural areas difficult.  <\/p>\n