Maryam al Sadig al Mahdi, Vice-President of the National Umma Party (NUP), was released from the security section of Omdurman Women’s Prison late on Monday night.

High-level sources from within the NUP notified Radio Dabanga that Dr El Mahdi was released at around midnight and that she headed home.

The NUP Vice-President was detained on 12 August by agents of Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) at Khartoum airport. She was returning home after attending the Paris conference, the first face-to-face meeting between leaders of NUP and the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF, an alliance of the main rebel movements).

The summit resulted in the Paris Declaration which pledges to unite Sudan’s opposition forces seeking ‘democratic transformation’ in Sudan.

Dr El Mahdi’s detention sparked a series of demonstrations and protests by her supporters, demanding her release.

Photos: Dr Maryam al Sadig al Mahdi shortly after her release from Omdurman Women's Prison, 9 September 2014 (Radio Dabanga)