En Nahud detainees in Sudan’s West Kordofan on hunger strike
Five students, along with journalist Hassan Ishag, detained by the security forces in En Nahud, West Kordofan, embarked on a hunger strike on Thursday. The six are protesting against their detention without charges. The students are members of the Independent Students’ Conference (ISC), Yasin Salah, ISC Secretary-General told Radio Dabanga.They were taken into custody on 10 June, “precautionary, under the emergency law”, they were told. Two of the students were detained when they were on their way to deliver a speech inside the University of West Kordofan condemning the arrest of Sudanese Congress Party (SCP) head Ibrahim El Sheikh in En Nahud two days before. El Jareeda newspaper correspondent Hassan Ishag was detained on the same day. On 8 June, the chairman of the SCP, Ibrahim El Sheikh, was taken by the security service from his home in En Nahud. He was charged with undermining the Constitution, after he had publicly denounced the widespread attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on civilians in Darfur and Kordofan. TorturedYasin said that the detainees will not stop their hunger strike until they are released, or charged and brought before a judge. He affirmed that all six were tortured. “Their health already has deteriorated by the beatings.” The five students are Marwan Ishag Arja and Fathi Mohamed, both studying at the University of Khartoum, Mohamed Abdin and Nasreldin Mohamed Hussein, students of the University of Sudan, and Abdel Rahim Osman, student at the University of West Kordofan. File photo: People protest in front of En Nahud court against Ibrahim El Sheikh’s hearing, 12 June 2014 (Radio Dabanga correspondent) Related:Security raids Sudanese Congress Party HQ in West Kordofan (18 June 2014) Police torture detained journalist in Sudan’s West Kordofan (13 June 2014) Protests against Sudanese Congress Party head’s detention (12 June 2014) Student members Sudanese Congress Party detained in West Kordofan (12 June 2014) Sudanese Congress Party members and journalist detained (11 June 2014)
Five students, along with journalist Hassan Ishag, detained by the security forces in En Nahud, West Kordofan, embarked on a hunger strike on Thursday.
The six are protesting against their detention without charges. The students are members of the Independent Students’ Conference (ISC), Yasin Salah, ISC Secretary-General told Radio Dabanga.
They were taken into custody on 10 June, “precautionary, under the emergency law”, they were told. Two of the students were detained when they were on their way to deliver a speech inside the University of West Kordofan condemning the arrest of Sudanese Congress Party (SCP) head Ibrahim El Sheikh in En Nahud two days before. El Jareeda newspaper correspondent Hassan Ishag was detained on the same day.
On 8 June, the chairman of the SCP, Ibrahim El Sheikh, was taken by the security service from his home in En Nahud. He was charged with undermining the Constitution, after he had publicly denounced the widespread attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on civilians in Darfur and Kordofan.
Tortured
Yasin said that the detainees will not stop their hunger strike until they are released, or charged and brought before a judge. He affirmed that all six were tortured. “Their health already has deteriorated by the beatings.”
The five students are Marwan Ishag Arja and Fathi Mohamed, both studying at the University of Khartoum, Mohamed Abdin and Nasreldin Mohamed Hussein, students of the University of Sudan, and Abdel Rahim Osman, student at the University of West Kordofan.
File photo: People protest in front of En Nahud court against Ibrahim El Sheikh’s hearing, 12 June 2014 (Radio Dabanga correspondent)
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