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 Re: Darfur: 16 men at risk of being hanged (Re: Kostawi)
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SOAT
Sudan Organisation Against Torture
Human Rights Alert: 31 January 2005
Darfur: IDPs from Outash IDP Camp facing the death penalty
On 5, 7, 8 and 9th January 2005, the police and the security forces arrested 7 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Outash camp, North of Nyala. The arrest followed the death of a police officer on 5 January 2005 in the camp during disturbances following attempts to force the IDPs to leave the camp and return to their villages. The men were initially detained at Nyala Wasat (central) police station where they were officially charged with murder under article 130 of the 1991 Penal Code. The details of the detainees are as follows:
Khamees Musa, arrested on 9 January 05
Abdella Ishag Mohamed, arrested on 8 January 05
Abdel Aziz Ahmed Ali, arrested on 7 January 05
Ahmed Mohamed Khaleel, arrested on 5 January 05
Adam Altahir Abdella, arrested on 5 January 05
Adam Rasheed Mohamed, arrested on 5 January 05
Omer Rasheed Mohamed, 5 January 05
During the arrest, the police officers reportedly tortured the IDPs. The 7 men were beaten with sticks all over their bodies.
The 7 men remain in detention at Nyala prison.
Background
The later half of 2004 saw an escalation in violent attacks on IDPs in camps by security and police forces as part of strategic attempts to forcefully remove them from these camps back to their homes or to ‘safe designated areas’. IDPs that protested or refused to return to villages that were not their original villages, and to their original villages that were unsafe were summarily arrested, detained and tortured. The violence has decreased somewhat with the signing of the Abuja Protocols in November 2004.
SOAT urges the government of Sudan to refrain from returning to the policy of force returns of IDPs. Forceful relocation or return of IDPs and refugees is against all international humanitarian laws and the Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II), 8 June 1977. Furthermore, article 2 of the Abuja Protocols (‘Protection of Civilians’) of the humanitarian accords requires all parties to the agreement to “ensure that the principle of voluntary return is fully respected and is not tampered with in any shape or form, consistent with general UN return principles”.
SOAT is unconditionally opposed to the death penalty and strongly condemns its use by the Government of Sudan. SOAT is gravely concerned by executions occurring, and by the procedures of these Criminal Courts, which do not comply with international or national standards for fair trials.
SOAT strongly urges the Government of Sudan to:
Take all necessary measures to ensure the physical and psychological integrity of all the detainees
Investigate allegations of torture and bring the perpetrators to justice.
Abolish the death penalty in Sudan.
Ensure respect for rights to fair trial and to legal appeal in accordance with international human rights standards, for all detainees throughout Sudan.
Guarantee respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms 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:
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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Kostawi
فيس بوك
تويتر
انستقرام
يوتيوب
بنتيريست