We, the representatives of the Sudanese Marginalized fronts and human rights organizations in Diaspora would like to bring to your kind attention, our deepest concerns over the worrisome news we received from Cairo, Egypt about the Sudanese human rights activist, Abdelmoneim Sulaiman, the director of the Center Sudan Contemporary Studies and Development who was arrested by the Egyptian security authorities on the afternoon of Sunday, May 6, 2012.
Mr. Abdelmoneim, was repeatedly summoned and subjected to threats and harassment before being arrested and taken to an unknown place. We believe that he was arrested because of his activities through his center in defending the cause of the Sudanese and African refugees in Egypt who are usually denied their basic human rights.
Mr. Abdelmoneim’s wife who is pregnant is worried about her husband’s situation and couldn’t know his whereabouts. The Sudanese and African refugees in Egypt are also worried about the destiny of Mr. Abdelmoneim and fear that he might be deported to Sudan where he could get eliminated by the Sudanese security authorities who work closely with their Egyptian counterpart.
We call upon the Egyptian authorities to:
• Urgently release Mr. Abdelmoneim Sulaiman and secure his well being, or
• Allow him access to legal assistance and contact with his family.
CC:
• Committee of the Sudanese Refugees in Egypt
Email:
[email protected]Mobile: 01006761917
• Human Rights Watch
• Amnesty International
• Egyptian embassy, Washington, DC
• US embassy, Cairo, Egypt.
• US Department of State, Sudan Desk, Washington, DC
• Sudan Act.
• United Against Genocide, Washington, DC