Sudanese demonstrators waving national flags protest in front of the area cordoned off by security forces outside a court in Omdurman, near Sudan's capital Khartoum, during the trial on December 30, 2019 of intelligence agents blamed for the death of teacher Ahmed Al-Khair while in custody of intelligence services. - The court sentenced 27 intelligence agents to death by hanging, for torturing and killing the teacher at an intelligence services facility during protests a year ago, judge Sadok Albdelrahman said. (Photo by Ebrahim HAMID / AFP)