Sudan’s security council recommends lifting emergency law

(Reuters) – Sudan’s Security and Defense Council recommended on Sunday lifting an emergency law and releasing all detainees who were arrested under it, according to a statement issued by the transitional sovereign council.

Military leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan headed a meeting of the Council that focused on security issues in the country and ways to create the right atmosphere for dialogue.

Al-Burhan had declared a state of emergency across the country after seizing control in a coup on Oct. 25 last year.

(Reporting by Khaled Abdelaziz, Writing by Yasmin Hussein; Editing by Hugh Lawson)