Sudan's Bashir delegates powers as ruling party head as protests rage

Thousands of Sudanese rallied on Thursday in some of the most widespread protest...

KHARTOUM - Thousands of Sudanese rallied on Thursday in some of the most widespread protests of a two-month revolt against President Omar al-Bashir, as emergency courts tried hundreds late into the night and Bashir delegated his powers as head of the ruling party to its deputy.

Haroun, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes committed in Darfur, was elected by the National Congress Party as its deputy head this week. He was governor of North Kordofan state until last week. As well as tear gas, security forces have sometimes used live fire. At least 33 people have been killed, according to official statistics, including three security personnel.On Thursday, crowds gathered in and around the capital Khartoum in the first protests since Bashir set up special tribunals this week as part of the measures. They were heeding a call by the Sudanese Professionals’ Association, the main protests organizer, to challenge the establishment of the courts.

Police also confronted hundreds more with tear gas in the Wad Nubawi neighborhood of Omdurman, witnesses said. Security forces can now search any building, restrict movement of people and public transport, arrest individuals suspected of a crime related to the state of emergency and seize assets or property during investigations.“Tomorrow is the day we deliver our voice clearly to the regime of corruption and tyranny, that the will of the people will not break before any measures,” the Sudanese Professionals’ Association said on the eve of Thursday’s rallies.

FILE PHOTO: Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir delivers a speech at the Presidential Palace in Khartoum, Sudan February 22, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/File Photo

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