On 16th December 2018, there was another demonstration led by students. The police and NISS used teargas to disperse them and many were arrested among them underage as shown in appendix list. Some of them were sent to court for breach of Article-77 (Public nuisance) of Sudan Criminal Penal 1991. However, the case was dismissed by court for lack of evidence but, the arrested students were forced by court to sign a document promising not to participate in demonstrations again. Three medical doctors (Dr. Sadiq Ahmed Elmueez, Dr. Gosaey Eltayeeb and Dr. Mohammed Elsir) were arrested by NISS on 19th December 2018 and released the same day.