{"id":191869,"date":"2009-12-11T16:13:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-11T16:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/clinton-sudan-politicians-arrest-a-blow-for-elections\/"},"modified":"2009-12-11T16:13:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-11T16:13:00","slug":"clinton-sudan-politicians-arrest-a-blow-for-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/clinton-sudan-politicians-arrest-a-blow-for-elections","title":{"rendered":"Clinton: Sudan politicians\u2019 arrest a blow for elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(By Radio Dabanga)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The US&nbsp;Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on Thursday said the United  States \u201ccondemns\u201d the disruptions that occurred to Monday\u2019s protest in  Khartoum. Her statement came while the US is weighing its support for  elections in Sudan based on ongoing developments. Clinton announced that  the US-envoy for Sudan, Scott Gration, will visit Sudan this weekend.<!--break--> \u201cSpecial  envoy Scott Gration will return to Sudan this weekend to help restart  dialogue and resolve outstanding issues that are contributing to these  rising tensions,\u201d said Clinton&nbsp;referring to the mass arrests of  prominent SPLM-politicians and opposition supporters in front of the  National Assembly in Khartoum. She said, \u201cFreedom of assembly, freedom  of speech, and protection from arbitrary arrest and detention are  instrumental to allow for credible elections in April 2010.\u201d Gration  himself told Congress one week ago, \u201cWe are discussing what is going to  be our approach [to the elections], because we\u2019re going to have to be  doing a lot of the funding. The question is: when do you stop funding  something that\u2019s not going to be working out?\u201d Nevertheless, so far the  US still strongly supports the elections both financially and  diplomatically. Top US officials will review their strategy toward Sudan  at a meeting in early 2010. This is expected to take place at the level  of the Deputies Committee of the US National Security Council.<\/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>(By Radio Dabanga) The US\u00a0Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on Thursday said the United  States \u201ccondemns\u201d the disruptions that occurred to Monday\u2019s protest in  Khartoum. Her statement came while the US is weighing its support for  elections in Sudan based on ongoing developments. Clinton announced that  the US-envoy for Sudan, Scott Gration, will visit Sudan this weekend.<\/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-191869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Clinton: Sudan politicians\u2019 arrest a blow for elections - 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\/clinton-sudan-politicians-arrest-a-blow-for-elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Clinton: Sudan politicians\u2019 arrest a blow for elections - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"(By Radio Dabanga) The US\u00a0Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on Thursday said the United States \u201ccondemns\u201d the disruptions that occurred to Monday\u2019s protest in Khartoum. 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