Doctors Ahmed Alabwabi, Alhadi Bakhit, Abdelaziz Ali Jamee, Ahmed Abdallah Khalafallah, Ashraf Hammad and Mahmoud Khairallah Mohammed were released on 24 June. The six doctors were arrested between 1 June and 8 June by the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) in relation to a strike that was being organised to ask for better conditions for doctors in Sudan. The six doctors are members of the Doctors Strike Committee that was organising the strike.