Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam

For Mudawi - A Poem

For Mudawi - On 22 December Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam was summoned to the court in Khartoum and sentenced to one year in prison and a fine of £3000.

Dr Mudawi is Director of SUDO (the Sudan Social Development Organisation) and had been previously charged with financial mismanagement. Even though the court had dismissed the charges against him due to lack of evidence the Government intervened and insisted on the imposition of a prison term and fine.

This poem was written by Andrew Anderson, Deputy Director of Front Line who has worked closely with Dr Mudawi

The prison walls throw

in stark relief

the fragility of a good man

against the system

The power of quiet integrity

shining out brighter

uncaged by the banal brutality

of incarceration

The weak seek to repress

in fear of the truth

clinging vainly to the corrupt

trappings of office

And the whisper of justice breathes

over Khartoum

it's promise entwined in the lament

of days lost, but a future gained

Set free my friend Mudawi

and hope for Sudan

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For Mudawi - A Poem

For Mudawi - On 22 December Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam was summoned to the court in Khartoum and sentenced to one year in prison and a fine of £3000.

This poem was written by Andrew Anderson, Deputy Director of Front Line who has worked closely with Dr Mudawi

The prison walls throw

in stark relief

the fragility of a good man

against the system

The power of quiet integrity

shining out brighter

uncaged by the banal brutality

of incarceration

The weak seek to repress

in fear of the truth

clinging vainly to the corrupt

trappings of office

And the whisper of justice breathes

over Khartoum

it's promise entwined in the lament

of days lost, but a future gained

Set free my friend Mudawi

and hope for Sudan

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Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin, T.D. re Arrest of Sudanese human rights defender, Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam posted on: 2010/12/23

I am concerned to learn of the arrest yesterday of the Sudanese human rights defender, Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, Chairperson of the Sudan Social Development Organisation and recipient in 2005 of the inaugural Front Line award for Human Rights Defenders.

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"I call on the Sudanese authorities to immediately release Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, whose detention appears to be in relation to charges on which he was previously acquitted. While Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam is in detention I call on the Sudanese authorities to ensure that he is treated in accordance with international minimum standards on the treatment of prisoners. I also urge the Sudanese authorities to take all necessary steps to ensure that human rights defenders in Sudan, carrying out their legitimate work in the defence of human rights, are able to operate free from restriction".

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Sudan – Human rights defender Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam imprisoned in latest clampdown on human rights defenders and civil society activists. posted on: 2010/12/22

Sudan – leading human rights defender Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, Chairperson of the Sudan Social Development Organization (SUDO) and winner of the 2005 Front Line Award imprisoned in latest clampdown on human rights defenders and civil society activists.

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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 judgment 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.

“Front Line considers that Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam is being imprisoned arbitrarily, with not even the pretence of a fair legal process, because of his peaceful activities in defence of human rights in Sudan.

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Sudan – Human rights defender Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam imprisoned in latest clampdown on human rights defenders and civil society activists. posted on: 2010/12/22

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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.

Sudanese human rights defender Dr Mudawi freed, Aug 04posted on: 2005/01/27

Front Line is delighted to report that all the charges against the Sudanese human rights defender Dr Mudawi were dropped following the last hearing of his trial on 7 August 2004. The Sudanese Minister of Justice withdrew the case by using article 58 of the Sudan Penal Code Procedures on 9 August 2004. Dr Mudawi is no longer in custody.

Human rights activist and Director of the Sudan Social Development Organization (SUDO), Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam was arrested at his home in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, on 28 December 2003. He was first held under Article 31 of the National Security Forces Act in the National Security Centre and in the political section of Kober prison.

Dr Mudawi went on hunger strike demanding to be released or charged in February 2004, and ended the hunger strike after two days, when he was brought before the Attorney General. On 8 February he was charged with offences against the state under Articles 50, 51 and 56 of the Penal Code, which carry the death penalty and do not allow release on bail. He was also charged with provoking hatred against or among sects under Articles 63 and 64.