For immediate release
Suppression of Peaceful Protests and Mass Arrests
On March 21, the Sudanese National Security and Intelligence Services (NISS) in cooperation with the police arrested a number of Sudanese students all over the country for launching protests against the Government of Sudan. The security forces used excessive force to quell the peaceful protests that started in some universities across the country in January and February this year, inspired by popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt that ousted these countries’ respective governments.
The Human Rights and Advocacy Network for Democracy calls on the Sudanese government and the security forces to respect the right to free expression of views guaranteed in Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
The Human Rights and Advocacy Network for Democracy condemns the excessive use of force on the side of the security forces and the arbitrary arrests in the strongest terms and calls for the immediate release of the protestors.
List of names and origin of the arrested:
|
No |
Name |
University |
State |
| 1 | Abdalla Abdelazim Wadi | Kurdofan – Al Ubiat | |
| 2 | Bashir Mohammed Ahmed Al Bashir | Kurdofan – Al Ubiat | |
| 3 | Jebril Kafi Ali Tia | Kurdofan – Al Ubiat | |
| 4 | Bader Al Deen Mustafa Al Taib | Kurdofan – Al Ubiat | |
| 5 | Ismail Abdelrahman Nur Al Deen | Faculty of Law Neileen University | Khartoum State |
| 6 | Azeladeen Bushra Al Faki | Faculty of Law Neileen University | Khartoum State |
| 7 | Hitham Mohammed Awad alla | Faculty of Law Neileen University | Khartoum State |
| 8 | Brima Moahmmed Brima Ali | Faculty of Law Neileen University | Khartoum State |
| 9 | Maha Hassan Yousef Abdelrahman | Faculty of Law Neileen University | Khartoum State |
| 10 | Erwa Al Sadig | Khartoum State | |
| 11 | Wedad Drweesh | Khartoum State | |
| 12 | Sawsan Mohammed Al Hasan | Khartoum State | |
| 13 | Sara Mohammed Al Hasan | SudanUniversity graduate | Khartoum State |
| 14 | Ahmed Bakri | Sudan University | Khartoum State |
| 15 | Mastor Ahmed | Juba Univeristy graduate | Khartoum State |
| 16 | Naser Al Deen Ahmed | Al Ahlia university | Khartoum State |
| 17 | Mutaz Khalid Hussen | Al Ahlia university | Khartoum State |
| 18 | Ali abdeljabar Yousef Hussan | Al Ahlia university | Khartoum State |
| 19 | Sawsan Nur Al Deen Abdelati | Sudan University | Khartoum State |
| 20 | Mohand Najem Al Deen | Sudan University | Khartoum State |
| 21 | Esam Abdelseed | Al Jazeera State | |
| 22 | Ahmed Awad | Al Jazeera State | |
| 23 | Taha Al Sageer | Al Jazeera State | |
| 24 | Mozamel Abdelmula | Al Jazeera State | |
| 25 | Sedig abdelmula | Al Jazeera State | |
| 26 | Mohammed Mahjoub | Al Jazeera State | |
| 27 | Omer Ahmed Hashim | Al Jazeera State | |
| 28 | Naser Al Deen Hashim | Al Jazeera State |
For more information please contact:
Dr. Ismail Abraham – HAND Coordinator, United States
Email: [email protected] – Phone: +1-443-653-2925
Michaela Leiss – HAND spokesperson, Europe, United Kingdom
Email: [email protected] – Phone: +44-7587-102-207
Al-Fadil Noor – HAND Internal Networking and Regional Advocacy Component (INRAC) & Uganda office Coordinator
Email: [email protected] – Phone: +25-67-0271-3221
Human Rights and Advocacy Network for Democracy (HAND)
The Human Rights and Advocacy Network for Democracy (HAND) is a network of Darfuri grass root organizations registered as an NGO in Kampala, Uganda. One of the main goals of HAND is to improve the human rights situation in Darfur – and to give Darfur’s civilians hope for a better future – through reporting human rights violations, advocacy, promoting democracy and rule of law, vocational training, decreasing tribal tensions, capacity building, awareness raising, and peace building. The overall objective of HAND is to help efforts to end the armed conflict in Darfur and to lift the human suffering faced by the people of the region. It endeavors to create a democratically vibrant society in Darfur where human rights and fundamental freedoms are upheld.