SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Further information on other detained civilian politicians

27/10/2021: Multiple sources – Further information on other detained civilian politicians

• Guardian, by Peter Beaumont

• AP, by Samy Magdy

With at least ten civilian members of government already arrested, arrests of prominent critics of the military continued with the detention of Ismail al-Taj, a leader in the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) that played a key role in mobilising for the uprising.

Also detained was Siddig al-Sadiq al-Mahdi, a leader in the Umma Party and brother of Mariam al-Mahdi, the foreign minister, who revealed that the wife of Minister of Cabinet Affairs Khalid Omar said he was humiliated and mistreated during his arrest.

 Khalid al-Silaik, a former media adviser to the prime minister, was detained moments after he gave an interview to broadcaster Al Jazeera, according to his wife, Marwa Kamel.

In the interview, he criticised the military’s takeover, calling Hamdok’s government the legitimate administration of Sudan, and warning that the people will respond to al-Burhan in the coming days.