UA: 37/12 Index: AFR 54/006/2012 Issue Date: 06 February 2012

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Six members of the student-led movement Girifna were arrested on 25 January, after taking part in a public forum on human rights. They are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 205/11 Index: AFR 54/004/2012 Issue Date: 31 January 2012

On 22 January, Sudanese human rights activist Bushra Gamar Hussein Rahma was transferred from Kober prison, Khartoum, into the custody of the Attorney-General. This could signify that he is either due to be released, or charged. It is therefore a crucial time to pressure the authorities. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 21/12 Index: AFR 54/003/2012 Issue Date: 24 January 2012

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Further information on UA: 1/12 Index: AFR 54/002/2012 Issue Date: 17 January 2012

Political activist Mohamed Hassan Alim was released without charge on 16 January 2012 after being held incommunicado for 22 days. He was not told why he had been arrested, but believes it was for publicly criticizing a prominent government official. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 1/12 Index: AFR 54/001/2012 Issue Date: 03 January 2012

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Political activist and engineer Mohamed Hassan Alim was arrested by the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, on 26 December 2011. He was arrested after publicly criticizing a prominent government official. He is being held incommunicado and is at risk of torture and other ill treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 231/10 Index: AFR 54/040/2010 Issue Date: 13 December 2011

On 13 December, charges against human rights activist Abdelrahman Adam Abdelrahman and journalist Jaafar Alsabki Ibrahim were dropped following orders from the Sudanese Minister of Justice. [ Lire la suite » ]

This is the first update of UA 327/11. Further information: www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR65/003/2011/en

The two journalists from newspaper The Destiny, arrested in early November, have been released without charge.

Ngor Garang, The Destiny's editor-in-chief, had been arrested on 1 November when he went to a meeting with the Director General of South Sudan's National Security Services (NSS). A journalist working for the The Destiny, Dengdit Ayok, was arrested by NSS personnel four days later, at the newspaper's offices. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 123/11 Index: AFR 54/033/2011 Issue Date: 10 October 2011

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On 17 August, Darfuri activist Shakir Abdelrahman Adam, who was arrested in connection to protests at Nyala University, Sudan, was released without charge after a court ruled that he had been wrongfully arrested. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 123/11 Index: AFR 54/012/2011 Issue Date: 3 May 2011

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On 20 April around 100 people were arrested following demonstrations at Nyala University, Nyala, capital of South Darfur state in Sudan. Five of those arrested remain in custody. One of them is suffering from an acute stomach ulcer. All are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 18/11 Index: AFR 54/007/2011 Issue Date: 28 February 2011

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