Darfuri teacher held for contacting foreign press
The Darfur Bar Association (DBA) has urged the release of all political detainees, among them Ibrahim El Sheikh Abdel Rahman, head of the Sudanese Congress Party, Dr Maryam El Sadig El Mahdi, deputy head of the National Umma Party, and sheikh Suleiman Ibrahim Hussein, basic school teacher in Mukjar locality, Central Darfur. In a statement released last week, the DBA condemns the “discriminatory systematic violations of the freedom of expression. In particular Darfuri students and activists are targeted in this cheap and malicious campaign to gag the opposition.” The statement referred to the case of Sheikh Suleiman Ibrahim Hussein, a basic school teacher, detained by security forces in Mukjar locality on 15 July.“First he was deported to Central Darfur’s capital of Zalingei. He was then transferred to Khartoum, where he remains in custody on charges of contacting foreign media. The family of Hussein fears for his life, as they still do not know where he is held. Even his lawyer has not been allowed to see him.” Riot police The statement also reported about the attack on Darfuri students in Omdurman, in the last week of Ramadan. “The students wanted to submit a memorandum to the Parliament about the deterioration of the security situation and the widespread human rights violations in Darfur. They were not only blocked by heavily armed government forces, equipped to deter the most violent rioters, but attacked and severely beaten. A number of students sustained injuries. Saadia El Sheikh, Barima Mohamed , and Abdallah Fayeg were seriously wounded.” “The authorities then deemed it right to opened a criminal case against the students, who only exercised their legitimate right to peaceful express their opinion and hand a memorandum to the Speaker of the Parliament.” File photo: A basic school teacher in Kabkabiya, North Darfur (Albert González Farran/ Unamid) Related:Seven party members, 513 others detained in Sudan (18 August 2014)Detained Mukjar teacher transferred to Central Darfur’s capital (21 July 2014)
The Darfur Bar Association (DBA) has urged the release of all political detainees, among them Ibrahim El Sheikh Abdel Rahman, head of the Sudanese Congress Party, Dr Maryam El Sadig El Mahdi, deputy head of the National Umma Party, and sheikh Suleiman Ibrahim Hussein, basic school teacher in Mukjar locality, Central Darfur.
In a statement released last week, the DBA condemns the “discriminatory systematic violations of the freedom of expression. In particular Darfuri students and activists are targeted in this cheap and malicious campaign to gag the opposition.”
The statement referred to the case of Sheikh Suleiman Ibrahim Hussein, a basic school teacher, detained by security forces in Mukjar locality on 15 July.
“First he was deported to Central Darfur’s capital of Zalingei. He was then transferred to Khartoum, where he remains in custody on charges of contacting foreign media. The family of Hussein fears for his life, as they still do not know where he is held. Even his lawyer has not been allowed to see him.”
Riot police
The statement also reported about the attack on Darfuri students in Omdurman, in the last week of Ramadan.
“The students wanted to submit a memorandum to the Parliament about the deterioration of the security situation and the widespread human rights violations in Darfur. They were not only blocked by heavily armed government forces, equipped to deter the most violent rioters, but attacked and severely beaten. A number of students sustained injuries. Saadia El Sheikh, Barima Mohamed , and Abdallah Fayeg were seriously wounded.”
“The authorities then deemed it right to opened a criminal case against the students, who only exercised their legitimate right to peaceful express their opinion and hand a memorandum to the Speaker of the Parliament.”
File photo: A basic school teacher in Kabkabiya, North Darfur (Albert González Farran/ Unamid)
Related:
Seven party members, 513 others detained in Sudan (18 August 2014)
Detained Mukjar teacher transferred to Central Darfur’s capital (21 July 2014)
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