Sudanese student to face military trial in North Kordofan
The Sudanese Human Rights and Development Organization (Hudo) on Sunday issued an appeal to the international community to pressure the Sudanese government in order to stop the military trial of a South Kordofani citizen, and instead try him before a civil court “if he committed a crime”. According to Hudo, Saeed Ali Mohamed El Awad (26), a student at the University of Khartoum, was arrested on 25 November last year at his home in Um Cham Chaka, near Abu Karshola, in the Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan. Um Cham Chaka was invaded by Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) forces on 1 November last year, during the Abu Karshola attack campaign. The area of Abu Karshola remained under SRF control. After the clashes subsided, El Awad travelled home to see his family. On 22 November, the Sudan Air Force bombed the area for three continuous days. El Awad’s old, deaf, and sick mother, having a broken arm, could not flee, so her son stayed with her. On 25 November, Sudanese army troops entered Um Cham Chaka, searching house by house. When they found El Awad and his mother, they detained them and took them to El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan. El Awad was “swimming in his blood due to torture all the way from Um Cham Chaka to El Obeid”. El Awad also suffers from hepatitis. On arrival to El Obeid, military intelligence released the mother. “Until now the old woman has not been able to see/visit her son even once as well as other family members and relatives,” Hudo’s appeal described. Lawyer Abu Baker Hamad, appointed by El Awad’s family, has been allowed to see him only once. He learned that El Awad will face a military trial. On 18 January 2014 the first hearing took place and another hearing has been scheduled for Monday. El Awad has been accused of Crimes against the State under the provisions of the Sudanese Criminal Act of 1991: Undermining the constitutional government, spying, and Conspiracy against the State. The Sudanese government on the 26 of June 2013 amended Article 4 of the Sudan Armed Forces bill to allow the trying of civilians before military courts. File photo
The Sudanese Human Rights and Development Organization (Hudo) on Sunday issued an appeal to the international community to pressure the Sudanese government in order to stop the military trial of a South Kordofani citizen, and instead try him before a civil court “if he committed a crime”.
According to Hudo, Saeed Ali Mohamed El Awad (26), a student at the University of Khartoum, was arrested on 25 November last year at his home in Um Cham Chaka, near Abu Karshola, in the Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan.
Um Cham Chaka was invaded by Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) forces on 1 November last year, during the Abu Karshola attack campaign. The area of Abu Karshola remained under SRF control. After the clashes subsided, El Awad travelled home to see his family. On 22 November, the Sudan Air Force bombed the area for three continuous days. El Awad’s old, deaf, and sick mother, having a broken arm, could not flee, so her son stayed with her.
On 25 November, Sudanese army troops entered Um Cham Chaka, searching house by house. When they found El Awad and his mother, they detained them and took them to El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan. El Awad was “swimming in his blood due to torture all the way from Um Cham Chaka to El Obeid”. El Awad also suffers from hepatitis.
On arrival to El Obeid, military intelligence released the mother. “Until now the old woman has not been able to see/visit her son even once as well as other family members and relatives,” Hudo’s appeal described. Lawyer Abu Baker Hamad, appointed by El Awad’s family, has been allowed to see him only once. He learned that El Awad will face a military trial. On 18 January 2014 the first hearing took place and another hearing has been scheduled for Monday. El Awad has been accused of Crimes against the State under the provisions of the Sudanese Criminal Act of 1991: Undermining the constitutional government, spying, and Conspiracy against the State.
The Sudanese government on the 26 of June 2013 amended Article 4 of the Sudan Armed Forces bill to allow the trying of civilians before military courts.
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