{"id":31082,"date":"2019-01-29T22:23:52","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T22:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=31082"},"modified":"2019-01-29T22:23:52","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T22:23:52","slug":"macron-calls-for-inter-religious-dialogue-at-end-of-egypt-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=31082","title":{"rendered":"Macron calls for inter-religious dialogue at end of Egypt visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"91\">\n<p>\nKHARTOUM:\u00a0Sudan\u2019s security chief has ordered the release of people detained during weeks of anti-government protests, the Information Ministry said on Tuesday, as demonstrations continued in several cities.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe ministry was confirming reports by activists that Salah Abdallah Mohamed Saleh, the head of Sudan\u2019s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), visited a prison in the capital Khartoum and said arrested protesters would be freed.<\/p>\n<p>\nNo further details were available. Hundreds of protesters, activists and opposition figures have been arrested since protests began to spread across Sudan on Dec. 19.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe demonstrations, triggered by a worsening economic crisis, have called for an end to the rule of President Omar Bashir who has been in power since 1989.<\/p>\n<p>\nPolice used tear gas on Tuesday to disperse dozens of demonstrators in Khartoum\u2019s Burri neighborhood and hundreds who gathered in its twin city of Omdurman, witnesses said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cIt may take months, but I\u2019m confident we will succeed,\u201d said Reem, a 25-year-old housewife facing off against clouds of tear gas in Omdurman. Hundreds also demonstrated in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan and chanted anti-government slogans.<\/p>\n<p>\nTuesday\u2019s demonstrations, called by unions and opposition activists, fell on the anniversary of the 2005 killing of protesters in Port Sudan during an earlier period of demonstrations against Bashir\u2019s long rule. Protests also took place there.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe latest rallies were the largest in several days, as Sudanese have taken to demonstrating in local squares and neighborhoods sometimes blocked off with cars or makeshift barricades.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nThe current wave of protests began on Dec. 19 in opposition to surging prices and a failing economy, but quickly shifted to calls for an end to Bashir\u2019s nearly three-decade rule.<\/p>\n<p>\nA devaluation of the currency in October pushed up prices, but lifting state subsidies on bread last month proved to be the final stroke, sparking the unrest. A cash crunch also led to long lines at ATMs and limits on cash withdrawals. Similarly, a fuel shortage meant hours-long waits at gas stations.<\/p>\n<p>\nBashir, who seized power in a military coup in 1989, insists that only elections, which he intends to run in, could bring change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KHARTOUM:\u00a0Sudan\u2019s security chief has ordered the release of people detained during weeks of anti-government protests, the Information Ministry said on Tuesday, as demonstrations continued in several cities. The ministry was confirming reports by activists that Salah Abdallah Mohamed Saleh, the head of Sudan\u2019s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), visited a prison in the capital&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":31083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle_east_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}