SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Strong opposition to Sudan’s proposed security bill

26/4/2021: Radio Dabanga - Strong opposition to Sudan’s proposed security bill

Radio Dabanga report that the draft new Internal Security Agency Bill “proposed by Minister of Justice Nasreddin Abdelbari” provoked angry reactions from across Sudan’s political spectrum.

The Darfur Bar Association said the law violates the Constitutional Document that stipulates the need to limit the powers of the authorities as it provides security forces a judicial authority to arrest and detain in private guards.

The Communist Party of Sudan said that the law poses a threat to public freedoms and represents a step towards dictatorship, accusing the military component of the Sovereignty Council and the Cabinet of seeking to undermine the revolution. 

Abdelbari said the bill was prepared by a limited-membership committee and will be presented to a group of experts on the rule of law, security and democracy, before embarking on the establishment of