‘Sudan security spies in activists’ homes, cars’: solidarity committee

The Committee of Solidarity with Victims of the September Demonstrations has denounced the detention of one of its members, Dr Jalaleldin Mustafa, since yesterday. The committee called for the immediate release of Mustafa and all activists who are held in Sudan.

In a statement on Monday, the solidarity committee considered the recent detentions of activists in Khartoum, Ed Duweim, El Suki, and El Gedaref to represent flagrant violations of the provisions of the covenants and conventions ratified by Sudan.

The solidarity committee expressed its concern about the security service spying on politicians and activists in their homes, offices, and cars.

Committee member Mustafa was detained from the house of late Dr Faroug Kadouda in Khartoum on Monday. His widow, Dr Asmaa El Sunni, is the mother of Sandra Faroug Kadouda. Kadouda was seized from her car by men in civilian clothes in Omdurman on Sunday, on her way to an anti-election organised by the National Umma Party (NUP). She was found beaten-up in Khartoum two days later.

Several activists who have been released were subjected to beating during their detention, according to the committee. Some of them still receive treatment, including Sandra Kadouda, Manazil El Haj, and a number of members of the NUP and the Ba’ath Party.

The Committee of Solidarity with Victims of the September Demonstrations was set up after the mass protests against the lifting of fuel subsidies in Khartoum and other Sudanese towns in September 2013. Reportedly more than 170 demonstrators were killed when security forces violently broke up the rallies, and many more sustained injuries, say international human rights organisations.