اخبار الاعتقالات في السودان

اخبار الاعتقالات في السودان

مازالت اجهزة امن نظام الانقاذ تعتقل المواطنين لاسباب
سياسية ودون توجيه اي تهمة .
ارجو ان نخصص هذا البوست لاخبار الاعتقالات حتي نفضح الانتهاكات ونضمن سلامة المعتقلين وحقهم في العدالة اواطلاق سراحهم فورا
URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY

SDN 002/0104/OBS 009
Arrests/ Arbitrary detention/fear for safety
Sudan
February 4, 2004

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint
programme of OMCT and the FIDH, requests your urgent intervention in
the following situation in Sudan.

Brief description of the situation:

The Observatory has been informed by the Sudan Organization Against
Torture (SOAT) of the arrest and detention of Mr. Salih Mahmoud
Osman, a member of SOAT's lawyers network.

Mr. Osman was arrested on February 1, 2004, at 11:00 pm at his home
in Wad-Madani, capital of the Central Region in Sudan. He is
currently being held at the National Security Agency (NSA) offices in
Wad Madani and is reportedly being interrogated. Mr. Osman has not
being charged with any offence.

At the time of his arrest, Mr. Osman was suffering from jaundice.
Because of Mr. Osman's poor health, his wife has been allowed to
bring him food. However, she has reportedly been denied the right to
visit him.

Mr. Osman is a well known lawyer and writer. Over the past year, he
has provided free legal aid to hundreds of victims of human rights
abuses in Darfur and has also provided legal representation to those
facing capital or severe punishment (amputation and cross amputation)
in the Darfur region.

The Observatory recalls that the members of SOAT-as well as many
other human rights defenders in the country-have been the victims of
human rights violations in the past. On January 5, 2004, members of
the National Security Agency (NSA) arrested Mr. Waiel Taha, student
and active member of the SOAT student network, and another student,
Mr. Yousif Fat'h Al Rahman, outside Khartoum University Student Union
Building. Both of them were released after being tortured while in
detention.

Action requested:

Please write to the authorities of Sudan urging them to:

i. immediately take all necessary measures to guarantee Mr. Salih
Mahmoud Osman's physical and psychological integrity;
ii. order his immediate release in the absence of legal charges, or,
if such charges exist, bring him before an impartial and competent
tribunal and guarantee his procedural rights at all times;
iii. order an immediate investigation into the circumstances of these
events, identify those responsible, bring them before a civil,
competent and impartial tribunal and apply the penal and/or
administrative sanctions provided by law;
iv. conform to the provisions of the Declaration on Humans Rights
Defenders, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on
December 9, 1998, in particular article 1, which states that
"everyone has the right, individually or in association with others,
to promote the protection and realization of human rights and
fundamental freedoms at the national and international levels";
article 12.2 which provides that "the State shall take all necessary
measures to ensure the protection by the competent authorities of
everyone, individually or in association with others, against any
violence, threats, retaliation, de facto o de jure adverse
discrimination, pressure or any other arbitrary action as a
consequence of his or her legitimate exercise of the rights referred
to in the present Declaration.";
v. ensure in all circumstances respect for human rights and
fundamental freedoms in accordance with international human rights
standards.


Addresses:

7 His Excellency Lieutenant General Omar Hassan al-Bashir, President
of the Republic of Sudan, People's Palace, PO Box 281, Khartoum,
Sudan, Telex: 22385
PEPLC SD or 22411 KAID SD, fax : + 24911 783223

7 Mr Ali Osman Yasin, Minister of Justice and Attorney General,
Ministry of Justice, Khartoum, Sudan. Telex:22459 KHRJA SD or 22461
KHRJA SD (via Ministry of
Foreign Affairs), fax : + 24911 788941

7 Mr Mustafa Osman Ismail, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, PO Box 873, Khartoum, Sudan, fax : + 24911 779383

7 His Excellency Ambassador Ibrahim Mirghani Ibrahim, Permanent
Mission of Sudan to the United Nations in Geneva, Case Postal 335,
1211 Geneva 19, fax :
0041 (0) 22 731 26 56, email: [email protected].

Given the lack of working fax numbers for the government officials
above, please send the appeals by standard mail and also write to the
Embassy of Sudan in your country.

Paris - Geneva, February 4, 2004

Kindly inform us of any action undertaken quoting the code of this
appeal in your reply.
The Observatory, a FIDH and OMCT venture, is dedicated to the
protection of Human Rights Defenders and aims to offer them concrete
support in their time of need. The Observatory was the winner of the
1998 Human Rights Prize of the French Republic.
To contact the Observatory, call the emergency line:
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel and fax FIDH 33 (0) 1 43 55 20 11 / 01 43 55 18 80
Tel and fax OMCT + 4122 809 49 39 / 41 22 809 49 29