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Re: بيانات من منظمة ضحاياالتعذيب حول اعتقالات (Re: elsharief)
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SOAT
Sudan Organisation Against Torture
SOAT Press Release: 23 December 2003
Arbitrary arrest of opposition parties members
The National Security Agency has launched a mass arrest campaign of opposition parties' members. They include some representatives of the Popular National Congress (PNC), headed by Hassan Al Turabi, and several members of the Umma Party from the Darfour region.
Their arrests took place on 18 December 2003 at 4.30 am. The names of those arrested are as follows:
Alkhair Algadi'el, PNC Secretary for Union relations Altigany Sinain, PNC member Mohamed Hafiz Abdallah, PNC member Dawood Atiah- Umma Party member Isamel Abashar Arabi, Umma Party member Ismael Abshar Mohamed, Umma Party member
It is alleged that these new wave of arbitrary arrests are due to the failure of the negotiations between the government of Sudan and the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) in N'djamena, Chad over the conflict in Darfur, Western Sudan.
SOAT condemns these arbitrary arrests and the continued restriction on freedom of expression and urges the Government of Sudan to:
Take all necessary measures to ensure the physical and psychological integrity of all the detainees.
Order the immediate release of all the detainees 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.
Ensure that all detainees have access to legal advice
Guarantee the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including freedom of association throughout Sudan in accordance with national laws and international human rights standards.
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: + 24911 783223 Mr Ali Mohamed Osman Yassin Minister of Justice and Attorney General Ministry of Justice Khartoum, Sudan Fax: + 24911 788941 Mr Mustafa Osman Ismail Minister of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs PO Box 873, Khartoum, Sudan Fax: + 24911 779383
Mr Yasir Sid Ahmed Advisory Council for Human Rights PO Box 302 Khartoum, Sudan Sudan Fax: + 24911 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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