فلنتصطف من أجل زميل المنبر المعتقل عمار نجم الدين

Quote: January 11, 2008 (LONDON) — A Sudanese rights group said today that security service still detaining a Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) official in Khartoum state without charges since November 2007 Ammar Najm EddineSPLM Secretary of Media and Culture for Khartoum State, Amar Najm Eddine al-Jak, was arrested on Friday 23 November in the morning at Khartoum airport while he was on his way to Juba, the capital of southern Sudan. The Sudan Organisation Against Torture (SOAT) said such arrest constitutes flagrant violation of the Interim National Constitution (INC) that entered into force in Sudan in 2005. His lawyer, Nabil Adib, says he does not know whether or not his client is being investigated. He has filed a petition before the Constitutional Court demanding his release arguing that his detention under the National Security Forces Act of 1999 violates the 2005 constitution. The 1999 Act allows for detention without charge for up to nine months. Nabil also stated that he has no access to his client. Only his family was allowed to meet him twice since his detention, SOAt said. In a statement issued on November 27, Deng Guj Aweil, SPLM Northern Sector spokesperson said shocked by the arrest of Amar. The former rebel movement said worried by the increase in arrests of SPLM cadres without substantive accusations. In their first meeting after the withdrawal of the SPLM from the national unity government, the SPLM leader Salva Kiir demanded the release of unlawfully detained citizens by Khartoum law enforcement agencies. He further asked for the release of Yien Mathew and other SPLM members who are unlawfully detained.