Sudan’s Justice Minister Awad al-Hassan Al-Nur has announced that the government will pay compensation to families of 86 protesters who died during protests that took place in September 2013 after the government lifted fuel subsidies.

In a press conference held at Justice Tower in Khartoum on Saturday, Al Nur said the government has decided to pay blood money fully to families of the victims.

He pointed out that immunity of about four persons will be lifted and they will be brought to trial, saying those people were involved in the death of a number of demonstrators.

Meanwhile, several activists on social media criticized the Ministry of Justice for settling the case of the Sepember victims as a matter of blood money only. They described the move as a "provocation" to the feelings of the people of Sudan who wish to achieve justice and revenge for the 'martyrs'.