Protests as court sentenced Sudanese student to death

A Sudanese court has sentenced a student member of the opposition Sudanese Congress Party to death.

Asim Omar Hassan was convicted under Article 130 of the Sudanese penal code for allegedly killing a policeman during protests at the University of Khartoum two years ago, the website of privately-owned Al-Tareeq newspaper reports.

As soon as the verdict was announced crowds gathered outside the court. They started chanting slogans against the court before police dispersed them with tear gas and arrested several of them, a witness told the newspaper.

@Sudanchangenow, a Sudanese political movement established in 2010 by young activists working for peaceful democratic change in Sudan, has been tweeting pictures of protests outside the court.