Two Khartoum bloggers arrested by Sudan security

Security officers in Khartoum have arrested two bloggers after raiding their premises on Thursday, relatives confirmed.Abdel Munim Adam El Tom, a lawyer and blogger, was taken on Thursday from his office in Soug El Arabi by ten national security officers. On the same day, in Burri-residential area, seven security officers came to arrest Ghazi El Rayah El Sanhuri.El Sanhuri is the brother of a pharmacist who was killed by the security forces during the September 2013 demonstrations, when thousands of citizens protested the hike in fuel prices.Both bloggers were writing about the protest of students last week, when the security forces killed one student. The bloggers have been transferred to an unknown location. They have been denied access to counsel.The international human rights organisation, Freedom House, called on Sudan’s government to immediately release Abdel Munim Adam El Tom.”He is a lawyer who has defended human rights activists but has been detained without charge. The lawyer has been active in responding to the arrests of dozens of Darfuri students, who were detained themselves after peaceful demonstrations at the University of Khartoum.On March 12, police and government-sponsored militiamen attacked students at the university, leading to the death of one student, and critical injuries to several others.More than 800 people were detained during anti-government demonstrations in September and October 2013.”The armed forces arrested human rights activists, journalists and opposition political figures at their homes”, Freedom House stated in a press release on Friday.File photoSee below the photos of Abdel Munim Adam El Tom and Ghazi El Rayah El Sanhuri (hurriyatsudan.com)