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 Serious concern for health of human rights defender detained in secret location
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SOAT
Sudan Organisation Against Torture
Human Rights Alert: 23 February 2005
Serious concern for health of human rights defender detained in secret location
There is serious concern for the deteriorating health and well-being of Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam who has been detained incommunicado and without charge since his arrest on 24 January 2005.
On 23 February 2005, Dr. Mudawi was granted a visit from his family who report that he has been on hunger strike since Saturday 19 February, and urgently needs access to a medical doctor.
Dr. Mudawi, who is thought to be held solely for his activities as a human rights defender, is now known to be detained in private house owned by the Security Forces in an unknown location within the Kober district of Khartoum.
Dr. Mudawi was reportedly transferred to Kober prison, to receive the visit from his family on the evening of 23 February, before being returned to the unknown location on the same day. He is reportedly very weak and disorientated, and is blindfolded when he is transferred within and between buildings.
The whereabouts and well-being of Salah Mohammed Abdalrahman, who was arrested at the same time as Dr. Mudawi, remain unknown. Dr. Mudawi reportedly last saw Salah Mohammed Abdalrahman on 28 January 2005, when the two men were transferred from security offices in Al-Obied to Khartoum.
Background
On 24 January 2005, Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, human rights activist and Chairperson of the Sudan Social Development Organization (SUDO) was arrested at his family home in Kondoua village, North Kordofan along with his friend Salah Mohammed Abdalrahman. The two men have not been charged with any offence and it is thought that the men are held solely on account of Dr. Mudawi’s activities in defence of human rights. The two men were initially detained at the security offices in Al-Obied, and were transferred on 28 January to unknown locations in Khartoum.
SOAT calls on the Government of Sudan to put an end to the harassment and detention of human rights activists in Sudan and urges the Government of Sudan to:
i. Allow Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam immediate and unrestricted access to a medical doctor;
ii. Make known the whereabouts and place of detention of Dr. Mudawi and Salah Mohammed Abdalrahman, and allow both men immediate and unrestricted access to legal advice and their families;
iii. Take all necessary measures to ensure the physical and psychological integrity of Dr. Mudawi and Mr. Salah;
iv. Order the immediate release of Dr. Mudawi and Mr. Salah in the absence of valid legal charges, or if legitimate charges exist, bring them before an impartial tribunal and guarantee procedural rights at all times.
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
Mr Yasir Sid Ahmed
Advisory Council for Human Rights
PO Box 302
Khartoum, Sudan
Fax: + 249 183 770883
His Excellency Ambassador Mr. Ibrahim Mirghani Ibrahim,
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
The Park Business Centre
Kilburn Park Road
London NW6 5LF
Tel: 020 7625 8055
Fax: 020 7372 2656
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.soatsudan.org
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