THE Communist and Workers’ Parties undersigning this statement condemn the continued repression of peaceful protesters in Sudan since December 19 2018. 

They note that a national state of emergency was declared in Sudan on February 22 by president Omar al-Bashir amid the dictatorial regime’s continued attempts to suppress the mass popular protests. 

This development has taken place against the backdrop of attempts by US imperialism and its reactionary allies in the region to find a way to rescue the regime through certain superficial changes in the composition of the government.

All these conspiracies are an expression of political panic among imperialist and reactionary forces that fear the eventual victory of the Sudanese people and their aspirations for freedom, democracy, peace and social justice. 

The democratic opposition forces in Sudan have strongly condemned these new repressive measures and called for continued mass and popular protests to achieve the goals of the Sudanese people.

The Sudanese Communist Party has called for a strengthening in the resolve and unity of the opposition, towards preparing for the declaration of a general strike and subsequent campaign of civil disobedience. 

In response to the declaration of the national state of emergency, despite the escalating repression meted out by the regime’s security forces, mass popular demonstrations have taken place in Khartoum and the main cities as well as towns all over Sudan.

About 3,000 people, among them over 200 women activists, are still languishing in the prisons and detention centres of the regime under harsh and inhumane conditions. They include 16 members of the Central Committee of the Sudanese Communist Party as well as scores of its cadres and members.

Among the detainees are Comrade Mohamed Mokhtar al-Khatib, the political secretary of the party, and members of the leadership of the party: Masoud Al Hassan, Sidig Yousif, Ali Saeed, Hanadi Fadl, Faiza Nugud, Salih Mahmoud, Amal Gabralla, Mohamed Aburas, Hashim Mirghani, Osama Hassan, Seid Ahmed Al Khatib and Mokhtar Mahmoud. 

The Communist and Workers’ Parties strongly condemn the bloody repression by the dictatorial regime and its security forces and support the just demands of the Sudanese people and their peaceful protest movement. 

The Communist and Workers’ Parties demand the immediate and unconditional release of Comrade Mohamed Mokhtar al-Khatib and all the political detainees in Sudan.

 SIGNATORIES:

1. Communist Party of Albania
2. Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism- PADS
3. Communist Party of Australia
4. Democratic Progressive Tribune, Bahrain
5. Communist Party of Bangladesh
6. Communist Party of Belgium
7. Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB-PVDA)
8. Communist Party of Brazil
9. Brazilian Communist Party
10. Communist Party of Britain
11. Communist Party of Canada
12. Communist Party of Chile
13. Colombian Communist Party
14. Socialist Worker's Party of Croatia
15. AKEL, Cyprus
16. Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
17. Communist Party in Denmark
18. Egyptian Communist Party
19. French Communist Party
20. German Communist Party
21. Communist Party of Greece
22. Hungarian Workers' Party
23. Communist Party of India
24. Communist Party of India [Marxist]
25. Iraqi Communist Party
26. Communist Party of Kurdistan-Iraq
27. Tudeh Party of Iran
28. Communist Party of Ireland
29. Workers' Party of Ireland
30. Communist Party, Italy
31. Jordanian Communist Party
32. Lebanese Communist Party
33. Communist Party of Luxembourg
34. Communist Party of Malta
35. Communist Party of Mexico
36. Popular Socialista APN, Mexico
37. New Communist Party of the Netherlands
38. Communist Party of Pakistan
39. Palestinian Peoples Party
40. Paraguayan Communist Party 
41. Peruvian Communist Party
42. Phillipine Communist Party (PKP-1930)
43. Communist Party of Poland
44. Portuguese Communist Party
45. Communist Party of the Russian Federation
46. Romanian Socialist Party
47. New Communist Party of Yugoslavia
48. Party Communists of Serbia
49. South African Communist Party
50. Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain
51. Galizan People’s Union (UPG)
52. Communists of Catalonia
53. Communist Party of South Sudan
54. Syrian Communist Party
55. Communist Party of Swaziland
56. Communist Party of Sweden
57. Communist Party of Turkey
58. Communist Party of Ukraine
59. Communist Party USA
60. Communist Party of Venezuela