Sudan
Dr Mudawi released
Brilliant start to the day when I spoke to Dr Mudawi this morning who had just been released from Gereif Prison in Sudan. He was apparently brought a piece of paper saying the Appeal Court had upheld his conviction (without any proper process) but they had decided he had been in prison long enough! He was in good spirits talking about the almost random and arbitrary injustice which had brought most of his cell-mates to languish in prison without even having seen a court. It was very good to hear Mudawi's voice and a good start to Robert Burns' birthday. As the great bard put it:
By Oppression's woes and pains, By your sons in servile chains, We will drain our dearest veins, But they shall be free!
(Scots Wha Hae) http://www.worldburnsclub.com/poems/translations/424.htm
Dr Mudawi released
Brilliant start to the day when I spoke to Dr Mudawi this morning who had just been released from Gereif Prison in Sudan. He was apparently brought a piece of paper saying the Appeal Court had upheld his conviction (without any proper process) but they had decided he had been in prison long enough! He was in good spirits talking about the almost random and arbitrary injustice which had brought most of his cell-mates to languish in prison without even having seen a court. It was very good to hear Mudawi's voice and a good start to Robert Burns' birthday. As the great bard put it:
By Oppression's woes and pains, By your sons in servile chains, We will drain our dearest veins, But they shall be free!
(Scots Wha Hae) http://www.worldburnsclub.com/poems/translations/424.htm
Dr Mudawi released
Brilliant start to the day when I spoke to Dr Mudawi this morning who had just been released from Gereif Prison in Sudan. He was apparently brought a piece of paper saying the Appeal Court had upheld his conviction (without any proper process) but they had decided he had been in prison long enough! He was in good spirits talking about the almost random and arbitrary injustice which had brought most of his cell-mates to languish in prison without even having seen a court. It was very good to hear Mudawi's voice and a good start to Robert Burns' birthday. As the great bard put it:
By Oppression's woes and pains, By your sons in servile chains, We will drain our dearest veins, But they shall be free!
(Scots Wha Hae) http://www.worldburnsclub.com/poems/translations/424.htm
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
You can take action on behalf of Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam here
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
