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URGENT ACTION

SHRN Memorandum on Gross Human Rights Violations in Sudan

Memo From: Sudan Human Rights Network

Date: 23 March 2018

Memo To:

UN Human Rights Council (OHCHR) UN Independent Expert on the situation of Human Rights in Sudan, Mr. Aristide Nononsi

African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) ACHPR Commissioner on the Human Rights Situation in Sudan, Mr. Lawrence Murugu Mute

Arab Commission for Human Rights (ACHR) President of the secretariat of the ACHR, Mr. Mohamed Yacoub

Copies to: Amnesty International - Human Rights Watch - Human Rights Organizations

(Enclosed please find updated list of political detainees held hostages by Sudanese authorities.)

Dear Human Rights Defenders,

We write to you regarding the deeply concerning human rights situation in Sudan. Hundreds of government opponents, including prisoners of conscience, were detained without charge or trial. Political detainees included leaders and members of political parties, journalists, human rights activists, and trade unionists. The majority of prisoners arrested and held in secret detention centers.

Since January 2018, several anti-government demonstrations and peaceful marches took place in several towns including capital city of Sudan Khartoum, Medani, and Sinja. Sudanese from virtually all sectors of society, from northern Sudan, Darfur, the war-torn South Blue Nile and South Kordofan states, suffered human rights violations as the authorities continued to suppress political opposition.

الشبكة السودانية لحقوق اإلنسان Sudan Human Rights Network ©, Washington D.C. 23 March 2018 Email: [email protected] Page 1 The National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) are using the political detainees as hostages to prevent the Sudanese opposition from carrying out protests against the government. "The political detainees from the left parties would be released if their parties stop demonstrations and behave!", the NISS director Salah Gosh said in a statement published on 20 February 2018 by "Alintibaha" Sudanese daily newspaper.

The Sudan Human Rights Network (SHRN) is deeply concerned by ongoing widespread and gross human rights violations and abuses, and arbitrary detention by Sudanese authorities of peaceful civil society party members, tribes’ leaders, and activists. More than 100 remained behind bars for several months, among them; Sudanese Congress Party (SCP) President Omer Yusuf Al-Digair, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Sudan (CPS) Mohammed Mukhtar Al-Khateeb, and notably the case of Sakharov Prize laureate human rights defender, Salih Mahmoud Osman.

SHRN condemns the gross human rights violations in Sudan and recommends that the UN Commission on Human Rights assign human rights field officers to monitor the human rights situation. If strict measure are not taken, we are concerned that government forces will continue to use excessive force against protesters and to arbitrarily detain those who participate in them as they have done repeatedly.

We call on the international community – and particularly the UN Human Rights Council – to take action to end the widespread human rights abuses being perpetrated in Sudan, and to:  Express concern at the arrest and continuing of detention of prisoners of conscious  Urge the Sudanese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release prisoners of conscious  Request assurances that prisoners of conscious are being humanly treated, that they have immediate and regular access to their families, lawyers, and any necessary medical attention.

Sudan Human Rights Network For more information, please contact: [email protected]

List of detainees held without charge or trial in Sudan as of 23 March 2018:

 Kober prison: Detainees from Adeela, Abu Karenka, Kelakle, Abu Slama localities (State of East Darfur), since July- August 2017 with no valid charges. 1. Fadl Alla Ahmed Idris

الشبكة السودانية لحقوق اإلنسان Sudan Human Rights Network ©, Washington D.C. 23 March 2018 Email: [email protected] Page 2 2. Imad Ahmed Ibrahim 3. Faiz Mohamed Ahmed Ismail 4. Ahmed Adam Beraima 5. Alhadi Mohamed Ali Kailani 6. Abdelhadi Ibrahim Mohamed Yusuf 7. Ahmed Abaker Adam Mohamed 8. Ahmed Adam Hasballa Jadalla 9. Mohamed Hussain Mohamed 10. Jabir Adam Bakheet 11. Yaqoub Mohamed Yusuf Adam 12. Abdalla Mohamed Ahmed Haroun 13. Hashim Noureldin Mahmoud AS’Shareef 14. Adam Mohamed Ali Hamed 15. Mohamed Abdelkareem Adam Mohamed 16. Mu’alla Ali Mu’alla Humaidan 17. Masbool Adam Hassan 18. Mustafa Hamed 19. Mohamed Mahmoud Abdelrahman Adam 20. Mohamed Mahmoud Adam 21. Siddiq Hamed Salman 22. Murjab Ahmed Adam 23. Hassan Elsayer Bilal 24. Mohamed Siddiq Ali 25. Salim Ahmed Ali Hussain 26. Hammid Ahmed Almardi Khamjan 27. Jumaa Abdelghani Jumaa 28. Hammad Terab Adam 29. Ahmed Hammad Aabed 30. Almahi Yusuf Adam 31. Hussain Mohamed Ali 32. Muhakar Hassan Mohamed 33. Ibrahim Adam Ahmed 34. Alsadiq Saeed

الشبكة السودانية لحقوق اإلنسان Sudan Human Rights Network ©, Washington D.C. 23 March 2018 Email: [email protected] Page 3 35. Musbal Adam Ahmed 36. Musa Yusuf Zakariya 37. Musa Babikir AbdelKareem 38. Ibrahim Abdalla Ismail 39. Almukashfe Mohamed Ahmed

 Port Sudan prison: Detainees from Adeela, Abu Karenka, Kelakle, Abu Slama localities (State of East Darfur), since July- August 2017 with no valid charges. 40. Suliman Jadkareem Yusuf 41. Hamid Musa Hamid 42. Hamid Hammad Eid 43. Yusuf Hammad Eid 44. Saleh Abdalla Hamid 45. Suliman Bakheet Abdalla 46. Eisa Madeeni Adam 47. Tumsah Ibrahim Mohamed 48. Eid Abdalla Hamed 49. Mohamed Musa Hamed 50. Ahmed Mu’alla Hammad 51. Abdo Ahmed Mohamed Nour 52. Ali Adam Ali Mohamed 53. Yusuf Mohamed Abuelgasim 54. Beraima Jadkareem 55. Ahmed Mohamed Lazim 56. Ali Mohamed Nasur 57. Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Adam 58. Abdelrahman Ahmed Hamed 59. Adam Abdalla Ahmed Rakza 60. Fat’hi Ahmed Yusuf

 Third group: Detainees since January 2018

الشبكة السودانية لحقوق اإلنسان Sudan Human Rights Network ©, Washington D.C. 23 March 2018 Email: [email protected] Page 4 61. Galal Mustafa – Sudanese Congress Party and Vice Chairman of the Committee for solidarity with the Sudanese Political prisoners. date of arrest 6th. January 2018, Khartoum 62. Omer Yusuf AD’Degair – President of the Sudanese Congress Party, date of arrest 7th. January 2018, Al-Obaid, North Kordufan 63. Adil Khalafallah – Baath Party, date of arrest 8th. January 2018, Khartoum North 64. Ahmed Zuhair – Sudanese Communist Party, date of arrest 8th. January 2018, Omdurman 65. Almahi Mohamed Suliman - Sudanese Congress Party, date of arrest 8th. January 2018, Sinnar 66. Muhieldin Abuelgasim Ahmed (Aljalad) – Member of the Central Committee of Sudanese Communist Party, date of arrest 8th. January 2018, Khartoum 67. Alhadi Abdalla Adam Marshood - Sudanese Communist Party, date of arrest 9th. January 2018, Khartoum North 68. Arafat Jamaleldin Osman Eltahir – Teacher & Artist, Sudanese Communist Party, date of arrest 12th. January 2018, Khartoum North 69. Amin Saad - Alliance of National Consensus – HASHD, date of arrest 13th. January 2018 – Omdurman 70. Abdulghani Karamalla – Novelist, date of arrest 16th. January 2018, Khartoum. 71. Abdulatif Abdulghani – Sudanese Communist Party, date of arrest 16th. January 2018, Khartoum. 72. Ahmed Nemir - date of arrest 16th. January 2018, Khartoum. 73. Fat’hi Siddig Yaqoub Ismail - date of arrest 16th. January 2018, Khartoum 74. Hashim Mirghani – Sudanese Communist Party, date of arrest 16th. January 2018, Khartoum 75. Ismail Adam Hamid - date of arrest 16th. January 2018, Khartoum. 76. Kamal Karar – Member of the Central Committee of Sudanese Communist Party, date of arrest 16th. January 2018, Khartoum North. 77. Muzafar Mohamed Adam Alfaki – Sudanese Communist Party, date of arrest 16th. January 2018, Khartoum. 78. Omer Ushari Ahmed - Journalist, date of arrest 16th. January 2018, Khartoum 79. Osman Hassan Salih – Lawyer, date of arrest 16th. January 2018, Elobeid, North Kurdofan State. 80. Rual Adam Ali - date of arrest 16th. January 2018, Khartoum. 81. Yusuf Alkoda – Leader of Alwasat Islamic Party, date of arrest 16th. January 2018, Khartoum. 82. Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed KheirAlla - date of arrest 17th. January 2018, Omdurman.

الشبكة السودانية لحقوق اإلنسان Sudan Human Rights Network ©, Washington D.C. 23 March 2018 Email: [email protected] Page 5 83. Alharith Ahmed Mohamed Eltom – Member of the Central Committee of Sudanese Communist Party, date of arrest 17th. January 2018, Omdurman. 84. Babikir Ibrahim Alajab - date of arrest 17th. January 2018, Omdurman. 85. Huzaifa Ali Hasab Alrasoul - date of arrest 17th. January 2018, Omdurman. 86. Khidir Siktab - date of arrest 17th. January 2018, Medani. 87. Moawia Salih – Alumni of Graduates from Indian Universities, date of arrest 17th. January 2018, Omdurman. 88. Mohamed Mukhtar Alkhatib – Secretary General of the Sudanese Communist Party, date of arrest 17th. January 2018, Khartoum North. 89. Sidqi Kaballo – Member of the Central Committee of Sudanese Communist Party, date of arrest 17th. January 2018, Khartoum North 90. Amjad Fareed Eltayeb – Sudan Change Now Movement, date of arrest 18th. January 2018, Khartoum. 91. Mahjoub Mohamed Merghani (Esnawi) – Sudanese Communist Party, date of arrest 18th. January 2018, Khartoum 92. Mukhtar Abdallah – Member of the Central Committee of Sudanese Communist Party, date of arrest 22nd. January 2018, Khartoum North. 93. Izzeldin Heraika – date of arrest 28th. January 2018, Khartoum North. 94. Azhari Ali Mohamed – Democratic Unionist Party (Alahrar), date of arrest 29th. January 2018, Omdurman 95. Haydar Alsafi – Republican Party, date of arrest 29th. January 2018, Khartoum 96. Abdulraheem FatehElrahman – Baath Party, date of Arrest 30th. January 2018, Khartoum 97. Abdulrahman Dareesa - Member of the Central Committee of the Sudanese Communist Party, date of arrest 30th. January 2018, Khartoum 98. Mustafa Alhindi – Activist, date of arrest 30th. January 2018, Khartoum 99. Salah Hassan Nabry - date of arrest 30th. January 2018, Khartoum North 100. Abbas Alsubae – Sudanese Communist Party, date of arrest 31st. January 2018, Khartoum 101. Badereldin Khamis - Sudanese Congress Party, date of arrest 31st. January 2018, Khartoum103. 102. Fat'hi Mustafa Abdulhay - date of arrest 31st. January 2018, Khartoum North. 103. Haydar Alhadi Mohamed Ahmed - Sudanese Congress Party - date of arrest 31st. January 2018, Sinja, Blue Nile State. 104. Hamid Idris (Afriqi) - date of arrest 31st. January 2018, Khartoum North.

الشبكة السودانية لحقوق اإلنسان Sudan Human Rights Network ©, Washington D.C. 23 March 2018 Email: [email protected] Page 6 105. Khidir Mohamed Abdallah - date of arrest 31st. January 2018, Khartoum North 106. Mohamed Elamin Elmubarak - date of arrest 31st. January 2018, Khartoum North. 107. Mubashar Babikir Seri - date of arrest 31st. January 2018, Sinja, Blue Nile State. 108. Omar Adlan Almack - Sudanese Communist Party, date of arrest 31st. January 2018, Sinja, Blue Nile State. 109. Omer Mahjoub Dawood – Sudanese Communist Party, date of arrest 31st. January 2017, Khartoum North. 110. Sidahmed Mohamed Abdallah - date of arrest 31st. January 2018, Khartoum North. 111. Zarouq Besyouni – Democratic Unionist Party, date of arrest 31st. January 2018, Sinja, Blue Nile State.

 Fourth group: Detainees since February 2018 112. Kamal Ismail – Chairman of the National Alliance Party, date of arrest 1st. February 2018, Khartoum. 113. Mohamed Farouq Suliman – Member of Central Council of the National Alliance Party, date of arrest 1st. February 2018, Khartoum. 114. Mohamed Osman Hamadtoo - date of arrest 1st. February 2018, Khartoum. 115. Salih Mohmoud Mohamed Osman – Lawyer, human rights defender, notably the case of Sakharov Prize laureate, Member of the Central Committee of the Sudanese Communist Party, date of arrest 1st. February 2018, Khartoum. 116. Mohamed Alhafiz – Lawyer, date of arrest 2nd. February 2018, Khartoum 117. Siddig Abulgabbar –AbuFawaz – Leader of HASHD Party, date of arrest 2nd. February 2018, Khartoum 118. Hassan Albadawi Rahmtalla – date of arrest 5th. February 2018, Khartoum 119. Ahmed Abdalla Hilal – date of arrest 6th. February 2018, Khartoum North 120. Abdelaziz Mohamed (Alarabi) – Sudanese Communist Party, date of arrest 7th. February 2018, Khartoum. 121. AbdelRahman Obeidalla Fadlelseed - date of arrest 7th. February 2018, Khartoum North. 122. Ahmed Alnazir Yassin - Democratic Unionist, date of arrest 7th. February 2018, Khartoum 123. Yahia Mohamed Mudalal – Trade Unionist, date of arrest 7th. February 2018 – Khartoum North 124. Tarig Idris Eltom – date of arrest 8th. February 2018, Khartoum

الشبكة السودانية لحقوق اإلنسان Sudan Human Rights Network ©, Washington D.C. 23 March 2018 Email: [email protected] Page 7 125. Wajdi Salih – Lawyer, Baath Party (Alasl) member of the National Consensus Forces (NCF), date of arrest 13th. February 2018, Khartoum 126. Badereldin Mohamed Alhaj (Alzaeem) – Activist, date of arrest 14th. February 2018, Algiraif Sharq, Khartoum North 127. Awad Bashir – Sudanese Communist Party, date of arrest 18th. February 2018, Omdurman 128. Salah Mohamed Issa – Sudanese Communist Party, date of arrest 18th. February 2018, Omdurman. 129. Sharif Abdulkarim – Sudanese Communist Party, date of arrest 19th. February 2018, Omdurman. 130. Khalid Omer Yusuf – Vice president of the Sudanese Congress Party, date of arrest 23rd. February 2018, Khartoum.

 Fifth group: Detainees since March 2018 131. Isam Alkhidir - Republican Party, date of arrest 11th. March 2018, Khartoum. 132. Ali Alkinain - Sudanese Communist Party, date of arrest 12th. March 2018, Khartoum North. 133. Fat’hi Fadul - Sudanese Communist Party, date of arrest 12th. March 2018 2018, Khartoum North. 134. Samir Khalil - Sudanese Communist Party, date of arrest 12th. March 2018, Khartoum North.