Protesters gather inside and on top of a train in Sudan during the revolution, August 17, 2019. Photo by Manula Amin, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
On February 11, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, chairman of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, registered a cybercrime lawsuit against Sudanese politician and political activist, Orwa Alsadig.
The lawsuit has sparked controversy over the nature of Sudan’s current cybercrime law, and the potential to abuse the law to limit freedom of expression.
Alsadig is under investigation for a solidarity speech he made on behalf of his colleague, Salah Manna, on February 6.
That day, Manna had been arrested and taken to the office of the specialized prosecution of the crimes against the state for “stirring hatred against security forces, disrepute and offense and insult,” after Manna allegedly accused Burhan of using the council’s powers to release former dictator Omar al-Bashir’s wife from prison.
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