Three traders ‘detained’ in Darfur’s East Jebel Marra

Three traders were captured by gunmen in the area of Deribat, East Jebel Marra, on Monday. “Militiamen captured three vendors on the road between Souni village and Talba, north of Deribat, on Monday evening”, a listener from the area told Radio Dabanga. “The traders were on their way to Talba with their donkeys to sell their lemons and garlic, when government-backed militiamen intercepted them, and shot at their six donkeys carrying their goods. They were killed instantly. The militiamen then took the vendors, Idris Yousif (55), Mohamed Yahya Adam (45), and Hamed Adam Saleh (35), to the military camp site of Deribat.” The source added that the people of Souni are very worried about the fate of the traders. They fear that they may be “subjected to torture and liquidation by the government forces and militias stationed in Deribat”. File photo by Didier Ruef Related:Arab campaign for detainees in Sudan launched (2 September 2014) Central Darfur security detains rickshaw driver (2 September 2014)Darfuri teacher held for contacting foreign press (20 August 2014) Seven party members, 513 others detained in Sudan (18 August 2014)