تواصل بيانات منظمة العفو الدولية ضد الحكومة السودانية فاضحة زيف ادعاءاتها

Quote: PUBLIC AI Index: AFR 54/023/2003 17 April 2003 Further Information on UA 52/03 (AFR 54/005/03, 21 February 2003) Torture/ Incommunicado detention/detention without charge SUDAN Adam Abdel Rahman Abdel Shafe’ (m), aged 50 Released: Adam Abdel al-Rusul Adam (m), aged 52, farmer Al-Omda al-Tijani Sayf al-Din (m), aged 55 Al-Omda Abdelallah ‘Ali Harun (m), aged 54, farmer Abdel al-Qader ‘Issa Abdel al-Qader (m) Shogar Tur Shogar (m), aged 30, student Abdel al-Karim (m), aged 40, merchant (last name not known) Mohammad Abdel al-Jabbar Kundi (m), aged 27, student Abdel al-Naser Isma’il (m), aged 35, teacher Al-Sadeq Musa Al-Dum (m), aged 25, student Abdelallah (last name unknown) (m), aged 25, shepherd Da’ud Shurum (m) aged 35, farmer Mohammad Hamed Abdel al-Mulla (m), aged 41, teacher New name: Diko Grini, aged approximately 80, omda (community leader) Twelve of the individuals from the Fur ethnic group who were arrested in January have now been released without charge. They spent two months in incommunicado detention in Geneina, the capital of western Darfur. Adam Abdel Rahman Abdel Shafe’ continues to be held in incommunicado detention in Geneina. Amnesty International is concerned for the health of Diko Grini, a community leader of the Fur, who is said to be 80 years old. He was also arrested in January and is being held in incommunicado detention, at an unknown location. BACKGROUND INFORMATION The Fur ethnic group are mainly from the Darfur region. Over the past few years hundreds of civilians, mostly from agricultural ethnic groups like the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa, have been killed or wounded. Their homes have been burnt, herds looted by nomadic groups and dozens of civilians have been killed in a single raid. In an increasingly deteriorating situation, members of the security services have also been killed. In response to these clashes, the government has often detained community leaders incommunicado for months without charge or trial. Amnesty International has called for a Commission on Inquiry into the deteriorating situation in Darfur. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible, in Arabic, English or your own language: - expressing grave concern at the incommunicado detention of Adam Abdel Rahman Abdel Shafe’ and Diko Grini who were arrested in Darfur at the end of January; - calling on the authorities to immediately confirm the whereabouts of Adam Abdel Rahman Abdel Shafe’ and Diko Grini and to give assurances that they will not be tortured or ill treated; - calling on the authorities to abide by its commitments under Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and either charge the detainees with a recognizably criminal offence and give them a prompt and fair trial in accordance with international standards or set them free immediately; - urging the authorities to allow the detainees immediate and unrestricted access to their relatives, legal counsel and any medical aid they may need. - calling on the authorities to end the practice of prolonged incommunicado detention without charge or trial, apparently used as a means of addressing the conflict in Darfur; - calling on the government to set up a fully independent commission of inquiry into the deteriorating human rights situation in Darfur, to make public its findings and implement them. APPEALS TO: Mr Ali Mohamed Osman Yassin Minister of Justice and Attorney General Ministry of Justice Khartoum, Sudan Telegrams: Justice Minister, Khartoum, Sudan Fax: + 249 11 799031 Salutation: Dear Minister Major General Abdul-Rahim Muhammed Hussein Minister of Internal Affairs Ministry of Interior PO Box 281 Khartoum, Sudan Telegram: Minister of Internal Affairs, Khartoum, Sudan Fax: + 249 11 774339 / 776554/ 773046 / 770186 / 777900 / 773046 / 770186 Salutation: Dear Minister Ustaz Abul-Basit Sabdarat President=s Adviser on Legal and Political Affairs Office of the President People=s Palace PO Box 281 Khartoum, Sudan Telegram: President=s Adviser on Legal and Political Affairs, Khartoum, Sudan Fax: +249 11 771 651 / 787676 / 7832332 / Salutation: Dear Sir Engineer Umar Harun Abdullah Governor of Western Darfur State c/o People's Palace PO Box 281 Khartoum, Sudan Telegram: Governor of Western Darfur State, Khartoum, Sudan Fax: +249 11 771 651 / 787676 / 7832332 Salutation: Dear Sir Director of Prisons Ministry of the Interior PO Box 281 Khartoum, Sudan Telegram: Director of Prisons, Ministry of the Interior, Khartoum, Sudan Salutation: Dear Sir COPIES TO: Dr Yasir Sid Ahmed Advisory Council for Human Rights PO Box 302 Khartoum, Sudan Fax: + 249 11 799031 and to diplomatic representatives of Sudan accredited to your country. PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY. Check with the International Secretariat, or your section office, if sending appeals after 29 May 2003.