 Sudan has released 115 of some 135 anti-coup protesters who had been held for weeks. According to a UN official, the move followed pressure from lawyers, families and the international community. The detainees were part of a protest movement against an October 25 coup that has persisted despite security crackdowns, which has killed 82 and wounded more than 2,000, according to the medics. Their detention came following the ring statements of powers to the country's powerful intelligence service in late December, which had been a key tool on the former president Omar al-Bashir still imprisoned atop former officials under the civilian military power sharing arrangement prior to the coup held on corruption charges as well as protesters accused of killing a police brigadier general.