Arab human rights organisation decries wave of arrests in Sudan
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) has decried the arrest by security forces of seven people from different areas in Sudan, including the human rights activist Mohamed Omar Ibrahim, four Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party leaders, and the displaced El Tayeb Abo Abdel Malik and one other unknown person. On 27 April, security forces in Blue Nile State apprehended the rights activist, writer, and chairman of Advisory Board of Geisan Graduates Union Mohamed Omar Ibrahim from his house at El Riyad district in Baldmazin, Blue Nile State. He was campaigning against the alleged corruption at Sudan’s Ministry of Finance. It is reported that Mohamed Omar Ibrahim had already been arrested three times; the last occasion was on 3 December 2013. On the same day Sudanese authorities of Central Darfur arrested two people at the Zalingei market, without giving any reasons. Security forces detained four leaders of the Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party; Salah Mustafa, Abdel Gadir Ahmed, Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, and Ibrahim Ahmed Shibli in Omdurman, also on 27 April. The politicians were encouraging citizens to participate in the discussion of the current events taking place in the country. The arrests were made despite promises made by President Omar Al Bashir to facilitate a national dialogue to reunite the opposition with the government by allowing freedom of speech and gathering. The Arab human rights network says: “Sudan’s ongoing use of gag policies, which is based on crude and blatant violations that curb freedoms, places it at the forefront of the repressive countries in the Arab world. Such a matter will, inevitably, portend a human rights catastrophe”.The advocacy group called for the “immediate and the unconditional release of the detainees” and to “halt the fierce repressive campaigns launched by Sudanese security against opponents.” File photo Related: Two arrested in Central Darfur, four Ba’ath members in Omdurman (27 April 2014)
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) has decried the arrest by security forces of seven people from different areas in Sudan, including the human rights activist Mohamed Omar Ibrahim, four Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party leaders, and the displaced El Tayeb Abo Abdel Malik and one other unknown person.
On 27 April, security forces in Blue Nile State apprehended the rights activist, writer, and chairman of Advisory Board of Geisan Graduates Union Mohamed Omar Ibrahim from his house at El Riyad district in Baldmazin, Blue Nile State. He was campaigning against the alleged corruption at Sudan’s Ministry of Finance. It is reported that Mohamed Omar Ibrahim had already been arrested three times; the last occasion was on 3 December 2013.
On the same day Sudanese authorities of Central Darfur arrested two people at the Zalingei market, without giving any reasons.
Security forces detained four leaders of the Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party; Salah Mustafa, Abdel Gadir Ahmed, Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, and Ibrahim Ahmed Shibli in Omdurman, also on 27 April. The politicians were encouraging citizens to participate in the discussion of the current events taking place in the country. The arrests were made despite promises made by President Omar Al Bashir to facilitate a national dialogue to reunite the opposition with the government by allowing freedom of speech and gathering.
The Arab human rights network says: “Sudan’s ongoing use of gag policies, which is based on crude and blatant violations that curb freedoms, places it at the forefront of the repressive countries in the Arab world. Such a matter will, inevitably, portend a human rights catastrophe”.
The advocacy group called for the “immediate and the unconditional release of the detainees” and to “halt the fierce repressive campaigns launched by Sudanese security against opponents.”
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Related: Two arrested in Central Darfur, four Ba’ath members in Omdurman (27 April 2014)
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