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 سفارة الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية بالخرطوم: بيان حول إعتقال د. الترابي د. رحمة
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The U.S. embassy in Sudan is concerned by the recent detentions of Dr. Hassan al-Turabi and Dr. Bashir Adam Rahama and the previous detention of Ali Mahmud Hassanein by the Government of Sudan. This does not contribute to a political atmosphere that is conducive to organizing free and fair elections in 2009. As Sudan begins to prepare for these elections, we urge the authorities to respect an open exchange of viewpoints and fully uphold the freedom of expression so vital to upholding a functioning civil society.
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19 يناير 2009
ان سفارة الولايات المتحدة فى السودان مهتمة بالاعتقالات الاخيرة لكل من د. حسن عبدالله الترابى
ود. بشير ادم رحمة والاعتقال السابق لعلى محمود حسنين من قبل حكومة السودان. وهذا الاعتقال لا يسهم فى خلق المناخ الملائم لقيام انتخابات حرة وعادلة فى 2009. وبما ان السودان يبدأ بالترتيبات لهذه الانتخابات ، فاننا نحث السلطات لاحترام وجهات النظروالضمان الكامل لحرية التعبير والتى هى ضرورة لضمان مجتمع مدنى فاعل.
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Re: سفارة الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية بالخرطوم: بيان حول إعتقال د. الترابي د. رحمة (Re: صديق محمد عثمان)
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وخطاب من المنظمة الإسلامية لحقوق الإنسان في لندن
Islamic Human Rights Commission
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20 January 2009
URGENT ALERT: SUDAN – Sudanese government forces arrest Dr Hasan Al-Turabi, Secretary General of Popular Congress party
Contents
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Action Required
4. Sample Letters
1. Summary
Dr Hasan Al-Turabi, Secretary General of Popular People’s Congress Party (PCP), was arrested on 14 January 2009, following certain comments he made with regards to the widely expected ICC warrant against Sudanese President Omer Hassan Al-Bashir.
2. Background
Arrest
Dr Hasan Al-Turabi, Secretary General of Popular People’s Congress Party (PCP), and Dr Bashir Adam Rahma, the External Relations Secretary of the party, were arrested on 14 January 2009 in Khartoum. According to report by Amnesty International (AI), Dr Al-Turabi was taken from his home by armed agents of Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS), and has since been held incoummunicado and without charge. He was recently transferred to Kober prison from the NISS detention centre where he was initially held, reports stated.
Reasons
It is reportedly believed that Dr Al-Turabi was arrested in relation to recent comments he made about the President Omer Hassan Al-Bashir, calling on him to surrender to the International Criminal Court. He reportedly stated last Monday, 12 January 2009, “He [President Al-Bashir] should assume responsibility for whatever is happening in Darfur, displacement, burning all the villages, rapes, I mean systematic rapes, continuously, I mean on a wide scale and the killing.”
An ICC warrant is widely expected against the Sudanese President after the ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo filed a number of charges on 14 July 2008, with the ICC board for review against President Al-Bashir, consisting of “…three counts of genocide, five of crimes against humanity and two of murder and accused Al-Bashir of masterminding a campaign to get rid of the African tribes in Darfur; Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa.”
According to AI, Dr Al-Turabi is one of the many individuals who have been recently arrested, especially since 14 July 2008, for their peaceful use of their right to freedom of expression.
With the ICC warrant imminent, the government is reportedly doing their utmost to curb any dissension against the regime by suppressing all views in support of the warrant. The spokesperson for the Sudanese cabinet has been quoted as saying, “There is zero tolerance to any attempts to break the national consensus. We will not allow any movements to create instability and confusion.”
Prison and health conditions
AI has called for Dr Al-Turbai’s immediate release and has appealed against the PCP’s leader’s detention conditions and his denial to medication and specific diet that he requires. AI reports state that Dr Al-Turabi is about to turn 77 and thus has special requirements with regards to his health and food which are not being met in prison.
Further, according to reports, Dr Al-Turabi’s family has not allowed to see him nor have they been informed of his health conditions and treatment in prison. His lawyers and family members are also unaware about the reason for his arrest.
3. Action Required
a. Write to Sudanese Ambassador to your country and urge him/her to immediately release Dr Al-Turabi.
UK campaigners can write to:
H.E. Mr Omer Mohammed Ahmed Siddig
Embassy of the Republic of Sudan
3 Cleveland Row
St. James’s
London SW1A 1DD
Fax: +44 207 839 7560
Email: [email protected]
4. Sample Letter
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Sample letters are given below for your convenience. Please note that model letters can be sent directly or adjusted as necessary to include further details. If you receive a reply to the letter you send, we request you to send a copy of the letter you sent and the reply you received to IHRC. This is extremely important as it helps IHRC to monitor the situation with regards to our campaigns and to improve upon the current model letters.
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a. Sample letter
[Your Name]
[Your Address]
[Date]
Dear [Name],
Re: Arrest of Dr Hasan Al-Turabi
I am very concerned about the recent arrest of Dr Hasan Al-Turabi, Secretary General of Popular People’s Congress Party (PCP), on 14 January 2009. He is reportedly been held incommunicado and without charge at the Kober prison, Khartoum.
Dr Al-Turabi is about to turn 77 and thus has special requirements with regards to his health and food which are not being met in prison. He is also reportedly being held in inappropriate prison conditions. Reports also state that his lawyer and family have not been informed of the reasons for his arrest and that his family members are not being allowed to meet him.
I urge you to ensure that he is immediately released. Further, please also ensure that he is granted immediate access to his family members and legal representatives and that he is provided with all the necessities which are essential for his well being.
I look forward to hearing from you with your assurances regarding this matter.
Yours sincerely,
[Your Signature]
[Your Name]
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Re: سفارة الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية بالخرطوم: بيان حول إعتقال د. الترابي د. رحمة (Re: صديق محمد عثمان)
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وكانت منظمة العفو الدولية قد أصدرت مجموعة رسائل صباح يوم الإعتقال وطالبت باطلاق سراح المعتقلين وابدت تخوفها من تعرضهم للتعذيب او سوء المعاملة:
Amnesty International
Document - Sudan: Arbitrary arrest/Incommunicado detention/Fear of torture or other ill-treatment:\\tHassan Al Turabi (m)
PUBLIC AI Index: AFR 54/007/2009
15 January 2009
UA 9/09 Arbitrary arrest/Incommunicado detention/Fear of torture or other ill-treatment
SUDAN Hassan Al Turabi (m), aged 76, opposition group leader
Hassan Al Turabi, leader of the opposition group Popular Congress Party (PCP), was arrested on 14 January by armed agents of the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS), at his home in the capital, Khartoum. He has been held incommunicado, without charge, since then, and has had no access to medical treatment.
Although his family followed him to the NISS detention centre, they were not allowed to go in with him. The NISS have since refused to allow them to see him, to give him his medicine and special food.
Al Turabi is about to turn 77 and requires medication as well as a special diet (his doctors have told him not to eat spicy or salty food). He was first held at an NISS detention centre, and then moved to Kober prison in Khartoum.
Al Turabi’s arrest came two days after he addressed journalists in the PCP offices: he told them that President Al Bashir should present himself to the International Criminal Court and face trial, to spare Sudan further internal crisis and collapse. He told them that, because he was in power, President Al-Bashir was politically responsible for the crimes such as killings, rape, displacement and burning of the villages that have been taking place since 2003 in Darfur.
Al Turabi has not been charged with any offence. Neither his family nor his lawyer have been officially informed of the reasons for his arrest. His family do not know how he is being treated, or how his health has been affected.
Hassan Al Turabi is the latest in a series of individuals, including human rights activists and others, detained solely for the peaceful exercise of their right to freedom of expression in Sudan, particularly since on 14 July 2008, when the ICC Prosecutor applied for a warrant for the arrest of President Al Bashir. Some of those arrested and detained were tortured and otherwise ill-treated.
Amnesty International believes that Al Turabi’s arrest is arbitrary, carried out in response to his 12 January statement to journalists.
PCP leader Hassan Al Turabi, who was one of the people behind the 1989 coup d'état that brought President Omar Al Bashir to power, had fallen out with the president. He was imprisoned in Kober from February to May 2001, after which he was put under house arrest until October 2003, when he was pardoned by presidential decree. He was never brought to trial. He was again incarcerated between 2004 and 2005.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Although Sudan’s Criminal Procedure Code contains safeguards against incommunicado detention, Article 31 of the National Security Forces Act, which governs arrests by the NISS, allows incommunicado detention without charge for up to nine months. This increases the likelihood of torture and other ill-treatment.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible, in English or your own language:
- urging the authorities to charge Hassan Al Turabi with a recognisable criminal offence or else release him immediately;
- urging them to allow Hassan Al Turabi immediate access to his family, legal representation and any medical treatment he may require;
- urging them to immediately stop the harassment and unlawful arrest of human rights activists and members of the opposition for the peaceful exercise of their right to freedom of expression and assembly;
- urging the authorities to repeal Article 31 of the National Security Forces Act, which allows detainees to be held for up to nine months without access to judicial review.
APPEALS TO:
His Excellency Lieutenant General Omar Hassan Al Bashir, President of Sudan
Office of the President, People's Palace, PO Box 281, Khartoum, Sudan
Fax: +249 183782541
Salutation: Your Excellency
Mr Abdel Basit Sabderat
Minister of Justice
Federal Ministry of Justice, PO Box 302, Khartoum, Sudan
Fax: +249 183 770883
Salutation: Dear Minister
Mr Ibrahim Mohamed Hamed
Federal Ministry of the Interior
PO Box 2793, Khartoum, Sudan
Fax: +249 1 8377 6554
Salutation: Dear Minister
Deng Alor Kuol
Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs
PO Box 873, Khartoum, Sudan
Email: [email protected]
Salutation: Dear Minister
COPIES TO:
Dr Abdel Moneim Osman Taha
Rapporteur, Advisory Council for Human Rights, Khartoum, Sudan
Fax: +249 183 77 08 83
Dr Priscilla Joseph
Chair of the Human Rights Committee, National Assembly, Omdurman, Sudan
Fax: +249 187 560 950
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 26 February 2009
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Re: سفارة الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية بالخرطوم: بيان حول إعتقال د. الترابي د. رحمة (Re: صديق محمد عثمان)
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وكانت الهيئة القيادية للمؤتمر الشعبي قد عقدت اجتماعها عقب الإعتقال حيث أعلنت دعهمها الكامل للمعتقلين وطالبت باطلاق سراحهم، كما قررت وقف كافة اشكال الإتصالات بالمؤتمر الوطني، وقررت تكثيف الإتصال بالقوى السياسية بهدف تسريع وتيرة التشاور لتجنيب البلاد الدخول في نفق المواجهة مع المجتمع الدولي.
وفي المؤتمر الصحفي للحزب أكد الأستاذ عبدالله حسن أحمد والأستاذ كمال عمر المحامي أن الأمين العام للمؤتمر كان يتحدث بلسان الهيئة القيادية وعبر عن موقف الحزب المعلن من ضرورة التعاون مع المحكمة الدولية والتعامل الجاد مع قضية اتهام الرئيس البشير عوضا عن التمترس خلف شعارات تعبر عن جهل تام باجراءات المحكمة الجنائية الدولية وتطورات قضية الإتهام الموجه للرئيس البشير.
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صديق محمد عثمان
فيس بوك
تويتر
انستقرام
يوتيوب
بنتيريست