In a message published in social media, the Sudanese Communist Party informs that security forces proceeded to the arrest of the Party's Political Secretary Muhammad Mukhtar Al-Khatib, as well as a member of the Political Bureau. The urgent statement reads:
"The security forces of the brutal coup d’état authorities arrested today, May 19, 2022, Muhammad Mukhtar Al-Khatib the political secretary of the Sudanese Communist Party as well as Salih Mahmoud, member of the party’s political bureau upon their arrival in Khartoum coming from Juba, South Sudan.