An Urgent Call for Human Rights Support in the Sudan From: The Sudanese American Democratic Allian

An Urgent Call for Human Rights Support in the Sudan

From: The Sudanese American Democratic Alliance (SADA)
Addressed to:

• The United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon
• The United Nations Human Rights Council
• The European Union Commissioner for Human Rights
• The Secretary General of the Arab League
• The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR)
• The U.S. House of Representative Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa
• The U.S. Senate Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism
• The U.S Department of State Bureau of African Affairs
• Amnesty International
• Human Rights Watch
• The Carter Center
• The Center for American Progress
• The Heritage Foundation
• The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
• The Brookings Institution
• The Council on Foreign Relations
• The Center for Strategic and International Studies
• The Hoover Institute
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Freedom House

In this urgent call to all human rights organizations, relevant advocacy groups and the international community at large,
the Sudanese American Democratic Alliance (SADA) expresses its grave concern about the spiraling untold and unreported violations of human rights in the Sudan.

Throughout the past 27 years of the brutal oppression of the ruling government of the National Congress Party (NCP) led by the ICC-indicted president Omer Al-Bashir on charges of genocide,










war crimes and crimes against the humanity, an unprecedented cocktail of human rights violations has always been the norm.

Nonetheless, it only worsened in the last few days in retaliation to the ever-increasing political momentum that led to the heroic declaration of the three-day general civil disobedience through November the 27-29th 2016.

This crucial and historic moment in the relentless struggle of the Sudanese people for peace, freedom, development and human dignity is itself a natural outcome of a continuous repression of any dissent or call for the most basic human rights, including the right to decent livelihoods, education, health care and life-saving drugs and medical treatment. For at least one year on, until the end of 2017, no public spending whatsoever is allocated for medicinal imports, including but not limited to, the most essential medicines for cancer, diabetes, heart and kidney diseases, let alone the rest of so many other life-threatening health conditions.

In revolt to such inhuman conditions, Sudanese major political parties represented in the Sudan National Consensus Forces (NCF), civil society organizations, women and youth groups and activists all expressed their categorical opposition and courageous resistance to these measures.

In an oppressive counter reaction, the Khartoum government has only escalated its massive political detention campaign, reinforced with disproportional and excessive use of force against civilian demonstrators, mostly university and school students and women activists. Over the last few days, dozens have been detained, abducted, tortured and "disappeared".

The long list of detainees, includes "Amkabas" a courageous symbol of Sudanese women's popular resistance movement, along with all the leadership of the major opposition forum "Sudan National Consensus Forces" (NCF). Namely, Mohamed Dhiaeldin, Engineer Sidiq Yousif, Engineer Munzir Abu Elmaali, and Tariq Abdelmajeed.

Most worrying is the fact that the whereabouts of these detainees remain unknown, nor is their safety, health conditions and their most likely subjection to torture and all forms of humiliation.

Therefore, we urgently call for the following.

• Immediate and unconditional release of all political detainees











• Exerting pressure on the Khartoum government for reversing the tragic course of the imminent health and humanitarian crisis all over the country

• Exercising equal pressure for overwriting the recent price hike of the most essential commodities, including medicines and life-saving treatment
• Lending regional and international support to the Sudanese people in their legitimate fight for freedom, human rights and the rule of law

Signed by the following SADA Board members:
• Abdelsalam Hamid
• Salah Agbar
• Omer Idris

Date: November 28th 2016





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