{"id":186261,"date":"2013-12-26T23:38:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-26T23:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/three-sudanese-protesters-sentenced-13-acquitted\/"},"modified":"2013-12-26T23:38:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-26T23:38:00","slug":"three-sudanese-protesters-sentenced-13-acquitted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/three-sudanese-protesters-sentenced-13-acquitted","title":{"rendered":"Three Sudanese &#8216;protesters&#8217; sentenced, 13 acquitted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Criminal Court of Kalakla has convicted three men for joining the public protests against the removal of fuel subsidies in September, sentencing each to three years\u2019 imprisonment. 13 others, including two minors, were acquitted.<\/p>\n<p>The defence lawyers confirmed in their statement, received by Radio Dabanga, that four of the accused were taken from their beds in the early hours of the morning. One had only just arrived in Khartoum for medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The Lawyers\u2019 statement alleges that the accused were tortured and \u201cstripped of their human dignity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to the defence lawyers\u2019 statement, the accused were arrested on 29 September \u2013 five days after large demonstrations in Khartoum on 24 September \u2013 after someone working with the police filed a complaint.<\/p>\n<p>During the trial, public prosecutors did not manage to prove any of the accusations against the 16 accused. 13 were acquitted, but Yusuf Ibrahim, Deng Luwal and Tong Khamis were sentenced to prison for the period of three years.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyers allege that the trumped-up charges brought against the 16 detainees were motivated by social and racial discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>Their lawyers noted that they will appeal the conviction.<\/p>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n<div class=\"sws_supernormalaction\"><button on=\"tap:superwebshare-lightbox\" class=\"superwebshare_normal_button1 superwebshare-button-large superwebshare-button-square superwebshare_prompt superwebshare_button_svg\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color: #d52631;\" ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"superwebshare-svg\"  fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M789.86,323.67c91.79,0,164.25-72.46,164.25-164.25S881.64,0,789.86,0S625.6,72.46,625.6,164.25c0,4.83,0,14.49,0,24.15L306.76,371.98c-24.15-24.15-57.97-33.82-96.62-33.82c-91.79,0-164.25,72.46-164.25,164.25s72.46,164.25,164.25,164.25c38.65,0,72.46-14.49,96.62-33.82L625.6,821.26c0,9.66,0,14.49,0,19.32c0,86.96,72.46,159.42,159.42,159.42s159.42-72.46,159.42-159.42s-67.63-159.42-154.59-159.42c-33.82,0-67.63,9.66-96.62,33.82L374.4,526.57c0-9.66,0-19.32,0-24.15s0-14.49,0-24.15l318.84-188.41C717.39,314.01,751.21,323.67,789.86,323.67z\" \/><\/svg><span>Share article<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Criminal Court of Kalakla has convicted three men for joining the public protests against the removal of fuel subsidies in September, sentencing each to three years\u2019 imprisonment. 13 others, including two minors, were acquitted. The defence lawyers confirmed in their statement, received by Radio Dabanga, that four of the accused were taken from their beds in the early hours of the morning. One had only just arrived in Khartoum for medical treatment. The Lawyers\u2019 statement alleges that the accused were tortured and \u201cstripped of their human dignity\u201d. According to the defence lawyers\u2019 statement, the accused were arrested on 29 September \u2013 five days after large demonstrations in Khartoum on 24 September \u2013 after someone working with the police filed a complaint. During the trial, public prosecutors did not manage to prove any of the accusations against the 16 accused. 13 were acquitted, but Yusuf Ibrahim, Deng Luwal and Tong Khamis were sentenced to prison for the period of three years. The lawyers allege that the trumped-up charges brought against the 16 detainees were motivated by social and racial discrimination. Their lawyers noted that they will appeal the conviction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Three Sudanese &#039;protesters&#039; sentenced, 13 acquitted - Dabanga Radio TV Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/three-sudanese-protesters-sentenced-13-acquitted\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Three Sudanese &#039;protesters&#039; sentenced, 13 acquitted - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Criminal Court of Kalakla has convicted three men for joining the public protests against the removal of fuel subsidies in September, sentencing each to three years\u2019 imprisonment. 13 others, including two minors, were acquitted. 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