‘Darfuri detainees in Kober prison tortured’: relative

Relatives of prisoners detained in Kober prison, Khartoum, have demanded the authorities to stop torturing the detainees and improve their treatment, or to release them. A relative of a detainee told Radio Dabanga that the prisoners in Kober prison, arrested for political reasons related to Darfur, are subjected to all forms of torture. She added that the release of political prisoners related to Darfur was one of the “top demands” of their families of these detainees during “all the conferences on security and social peace” organised by the Darfur Regional Authority in the five states of Darfur. The relative complained that these demands did not find any response from the authorities. “Recently some prisoners have been released, for political and tribal reasons. Yet all of them were arrested in incidents related to the Darfur cause.” She reiterated her call for the release of the detainees and said that if they are not to be released, they should be treated as “prisoners of war” in accordance with international laws.   File photo