Sudan has released 20 political opponents imprisoned since November 2016, after they called for protests against rising fuel prices.
Sudanese Congress Party spokesman Mohamed Arabi confirmed 16 members were freed on Sunday.
He also said, “dozens of other figures including the head of the party and his deputy are still imprisoned.”
There have been protests in Khartoum and some other cities since government announced a 30 percent hike in petrol and diesel prices in November which has inflated prices of goods and services in the country.
A similar occurrence in 2013 sparked serious unrest that was only suppressed by a deadly crackdown that drew international condemnation.
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