Sudanese Professor now detained without trial for four months
The detention of Prof Siddiq Nourain from the University Alnuhud in West Kordofan, has now entered its fourth month. No formal charges have been laid, and he has not appeared in court. The security forces arrested Prof Nourain on 16 January following protests by the Darfur Students Association, against the university administration. Prof Nourain is a supervisor of the Association. He was initially taken to Al Nuhud prison, then to Al Fula and finally to El Obeid, capital of North Kordofan, where he has so far remained under arbitrary detention. File photo: Students protest in West KordofanRelated:West Kordofan professor arrested because of Darfuri students (17 January 2014)Police storms West Kordofan university, injures students and professor (27 December 2013)
The detention of Prof Siddiq Nourain from the University Alnuhud in West Kordofan, has now entered its fourth month.
No formal charges have been laid, and he has not appeared in court. The security forces arrested Prof Nourain on 16 January following protests by the Darfur Students Association, against the university administration. Prof Nourain is a supervisor of the Association.
He was initially taken to Al Nuhud prison, then to Al Fula and finally to El Obeid, capital of North Kordofan, where he has so far remained under arbitrary detention.
File photo: Students protest in West Kordofan
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West Kordofan professor arrested because of Darfuri students (17 January 2014)
Police storms West Kordofan university, injures students and professor (27 December 2013)
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