URGENT ACTION CALL FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF DETAINED UNIVERSITY ST

URGENT ACTION
CALL FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF DETAINED UNIVERSITY STAFF

By Tariq Obida

29th, October, 2013

On the evening of the 28th of October, a force of NISS officers arrested 9 university teaching staff after raiding the home of Professor Mahdi Amin El-Tome in Wad Nubawi where the staff were at a meeting.

The arrested scholars are:
1. Sulaima Sharif, (F), Assistant Professor, Ahfad University, Trauma Centre
2. Hisham Omer El Nour,(M), Professor at El-Neilien University
3. Babiker Mohammed EL Hassan, M, Professor at University of Khartoum
4. Balgis Badri,( F), Professor at Ahfad University, Director at the Regional Centre for Gender, Human Rights and Justice
5. Mahdi Amin El Toum, (M) Professor, ex-Teaching Staff at University of Khartoum
6. Mohammed Zain Al Abdeen, (M), Professor at Al Zaeim Al Azhary University
7. Abdel Mitaal Girshab, (M), Assistant Professor, ex-Dean of Students at University of Gazeira
8. Hadia Hasaballa, (F), Assiatant Professor at Ahfad University for Women,
9. Shahla Al Tayeb, Associate Professor, Head of Trauma Centre at Ahfad University