Mudawi Ibrahim Adam

Sudan: Imprisonment of human rights defender Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adamposted on: 2010/12/22

Human rights defender Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, Chairperson of the Sudan Social Development Organization (SUDO) and winner of the 2005 Front Line Award has been imprisoned in Sudan.

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Dr Mudawi had been summoned to the court in Khartoum on the morning of 22nd December 2010. Dr Mudawi had previously been charged by the authorities with financial mismanagement but the prosecution was unable to bring any evidence against him and the judge acquitted him.

The Sudanese authorities ordered the same judge to make a new judgement on 22nd December. There was no new evidence presented and no judicial process but the judge announced that Dr Mudawi was now convicted and sentenced to one-year in prison and a fine of 3,000 Sudanese Pounds.

On 5 March 2009, SUDO received a notification by the Humanitarian Assistance Committee (HAC) that the organisation had been closed down, and the security forces subsequently surrounded SUDO headquarters.

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Sudan: Crackdown on human rights defenders intensifies – Closure of SUDO and threats of arrest against Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adamposted on: 2009/03/05

Front Line is deeply concerned following the closure of the Sudan Social Development Organisation (SUDO) and information on the imminent arrest of Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam is the Chairperson of SUDO and one of the most prominent human rights defenders in Sudan. He was awarded the inaugural Front Line Award in 2005.