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 اعتقال وتعذيب احد اعضاء الجبهة الديمقراطية بالنيلين
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SOAT Press Release: 27 July 2004
Continued arrests and torture of students
On Thursday, 22 July 2004, four officers from the National Security Agency (NSA) and Military Intelligence arrested Taj Al Sir Hassan Ibrahim at 10.30am at the entrance of Faculty of Economics in Sharq Al Neilen University, Khartoum North. He was taken in a blacked out truck, blind folded and taken to unknown location.
Taj Al Sir Hassan Ibrahim, 25yrs, a 4th year student at Sharq Al Neilen University, Faculty of Economics, is a member of the Student Democratic Front.
Whilst in detention, Taj Al Sir was allegedly subjected to torture; His hands were tied up and he was punched and kicked and beaten using belts and plastic hoses from 11am until 11 pm. He was also threatened with rape.
He was released the following day, 23 July 2004, at 12.30 am; his mobile telephone and his ID card were confiscated. The officers questioned Taj Al Sir about the coming student association elections at the Faculty of Economics and some of the candidates in the list from the Student Democratic Front.
Taj Al Sir has launched legal proceedings against the perpetrators.
In another incident, on 4 July 2004, the NSA and the Military Intelligence arrested Mohamed Is'haq Abd Allah Osman, 21 yrs, a 3rd year Electrical Engineering Student, Engineering Faculty, University of Sudan, and a member of the Student Democratic Front.
Mohamed Is'haq was arrested at the central bus station in Alsouq Al Arabi (Arabic Market), in Khartoum, by three officers. He was taken in a blacked out white car and was blinded and taken to an unknown location.
Whilst in detention, Mohamed Is'haq was allegedly beaten with electric wires, strangled, punched, kicked, and threatened with rape. The beating continued until 4 am. He was reportedly questioned regarding the activities of the Student Democratic Front and to inform them of the locations of some of his colleagues and to cooperate with the NSA. He was coerced into signing a white paper with his fingerprints on.
Mohamed Is'haq was released and taken to his house at 4:30am the following day, Monday, 5 Jul 2004.
Background
In recent months, there has been an increase in the number of students and activists being subjected to arbitrary arrest and torture by the security forces. On 19 July 2004, four security officers arrested Fakhri Mahadi Mohamed Salih, 19 years, student at Nyala University inside the university. Fakhri was a political activist and a member of the Student Democratic Front and the university was holding elections for the student union.
Also on Thursday, 27 May 2004, Rashid Mohamed Salih Mohamed Ahmed, 22 years old, a student at the Faculty of Marine Science, Red Sea University in Port Sudan, was arrested and allegedly beaten and questioned about political activities.
In a separate incident reported by SOAT, On 12 May 2004, Ammar Najmeddin, 28years old, was arrested at the University of Khartoum main campus entrance as he was exiting the campus by security forces. Ammar, an activist in the students’ movement, had been arrested and detained twice before and on both occasions was very badly beaten and tortured (leading to severe knee injury and other problems).
SOAT urges Sudan to respect its obligations as a party to the African Charter, which under Article 5 prohibits “All forms of exploitation and degradation of man particularly slavery, slave trade, torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment and treatment…” In addition, Sudan is a state party to the UN Declaration of Human Rights, which under Article 9 provides “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile”.
SOAT condemns the arbitrary arrest and torture of Taj Al Sir Hassan Ibrahim and Mohamed Isshaq Abd Allah Osman and the continued harassment of students in Sudan in violation of the right to freedom of expression and urges the Government of Sudan:
i. Investigate allegations of torture and bring the perpetrators to justice
ii. Return confiscated equipment and documents
iii. Guarantee respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, including freedom of association throughout Sudan in accordance with national laws and international human rights standards
The above recommendations should be sent in appeals to the following addresses:
His Excellency Lieutenant General Omar Hassan al-Bashir
President of the Republic of Sudan
President' s Palace
PO Box 281, Khartoum, Sudan
Fax: + 249 183 783223
Mr. Ali Mohamed Osman Yassin
Minister of Justice and Attorney General
Ministry of Justice
Khartoum, Sudan
Fax: + 249 183 788941
Mr. Mustafa Osman Ismail
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
PO Box 873, Khartoum, Sudan
Fax: + 249 183 779383
Dr. Abdelmuneim Osman Mohamed Taha
Advisory Council for Human Rights
PO Box 302
Khartoum, Sudan
Fax: + 249 183 770883
His Excellency Ambassador Mr. Mohamed Al- Hassan Ahmed Al-Haj,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Sudan to the United Nations in Geneva,
PO Box 335,
1211 Geneva,
Switzerland,
Fax: +4122 731 26 56,
E-mail: [email protected].
SOAT is international human rights organisation established in the UK in 1993. If you have any questions about this or any other SOAT information, please contact us:
SOAT
Argo House
Kilburn Park Road
London NW6 5LF, UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7625 8055
Fax: +44 (0)20 7372 2656
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.soatsudan.org
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abdelrahim abayazid
معتز تروتسكى
اسامة الخاتم
Al-Masafaa
elmahasy
ABU QUSAI
Ahmed Elmardi
فتحي البحيري
Abdel Aati
خضر حسين خليل
kamalabas
Raja
mohammed alfadla
فيس بوك
تويتر
انستقرام
يوتيوب
بنتيريست