The front page of the daily newspaper of the Communist Party of Israel, Al Ittihad: “The Sudanese Regime Arrests the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Sudan Mokhtar Al-Khatib” published on January 18, the day after the CPS leader’s arrest, and featuring reports and photos of the demonstrations in Sudan.

CPI Demands Freeing of Sudanese Communist Party Comrades, Now!

The Sudanese regime arrested the Secretary General of the Communist Party of Sudan (CPS), Muhammed Mokhtar Al-Khatib, and a number of party cadres on Wednesday, January 17. This move came in response to the CPS’s call to the Sudanese people to demonstrate against the increase in the price of bread which resulted in mass demonstrations…