Soldiers arrest two men for ‘ties with rebels’ in South Kordofan
The military intelligence arrested two men accused of associating with the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-North (SPLM/A-N) in Delling, South Kordofan, on Monday. A human rights organisation claimed that the evidence for the accusation of the former Sudanese soldier and his brother is weak. The brothers Eisa Abas and Jibril Abas bought used tyre from Delling and transported them to Hagar Jawad, 20km south. The military intelligence suspected that they were planning to transport the tyres to rebel-hold area. “The truck driver, and many other bystanders, witnessed the brothers being taken by soldiers and transported to Delling town, where they have remained in military custody,” the Human Rights and Development Organization (HUDO) stated in an appeal to release the detainees on Thursday. According to HUDO, one of the brothers (48 years old) is an ex-soldier and farmer, the other (40 years old) is also a farmer. “The authorities regularly arrest former soldiers from Nuba Mountains, especially those who refuse to be re-recruited into the military,” the organisation said in its appeal. It stated that the brothers had a vehicle to carry animals that was using the mentioned tyres. “We expect that more arrests will happen as the government plans to disrupt the Nuba Mountains’ farming process.” HUDO documented the government troops’ direct harvest burning in the last two years when people still succeeded to cultivate their lands, for example in El Abasiya area. On 18 June, army troops and policemen detained ten people from Lagori village in the Nuba Mountains. Hudo referred in its appeal to the fact that the raid may be linked with the “government forces’ defeat in the battle of Daldako” during the last week of May. The area of Daldako, located 7km north of Kadugli, is a stronghold of the SPLM/A-N. The organisation appeals for more focus on the government side, as “the violations of human rights increased under poor monitoring tools”. “Fair trial is needed for those found guilty.” File photo (Albert González Farran / Unamid) Related: Villagers detained in Sudan’s South Kordofan (23 June 2014)
The military intelligence arrested two men accused of associating with the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-North (SPLM/A-N) in Delling, South Kordofan, on Monday. A human rights organisation claimed that the evidence for the accusation of the former Sudanese soldier and his brother is weak.
The brothers Eisa Abas and Jibril Abas bought used tyre from Delling and transported them to Hagar Jawad, 20km south. The military intelligence suspected that they were planning to transport the tyres to rebel-hold area. “The truck driver, and many other bystanders, witnessed the brothers being taken by soldiers and transported to Delling town, where they have remained in military custody,” the Human Rights and Development Organization (HUDO) stated in an appeal to release the detainees on Thursday.
According to HUDO, one of the brothers (48 years old) is an ex-soldier and farmer, the other (40 years old) is also a farmer. “The authorities regularly arrest former soldiers from Nuba Mountains, especially those who refuse to be re-recruited into the military,” the organisation said in its appeal. It stated that the brothers had a vehicle to carry animals that was using the mentioned tyres.
“We expect that more arrests will happen as the government plans to disrupt the Nuba Mountains’ farming process.” HUDO documented the government troops’ direct harvest burning in the last two years when people still succeeded to cultivate their lands, for example in El Abasiya area.
On 18 June, army troops and policemen detained ten people from Lagori village in the Nuba Mountains. Hudo referred in its appeal to the fact that the raid may be linked with the “government forces’ defeat in the battle of Daldako” during the last week of May. The area of Daldako, located 7km north of Kadugli, is a stronghold of the SPLM/A-N.
The organisation appeals for more focus on the government side, as “the violations of human rights increased under poor monitoring tools”. “Fair trial is needed for those found guilty.”
File photo (Albert González Farran / Unamid)
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Villagers detained in Sudan’s South Kordofan (23 June 2014)
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