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Sudan: Statement by SUDO on the dissolving of the Sudan Social Development Organisation

Posted on 2009/03/06

On Thursday 5th March 2009 around 17:30 Sudan Social Development Organization (SUDO) received a letter signed by the General Commissioner of the Humanitarian Assistance Commission (HAC), that the Commission had decided to dissolve the organisation with immediate effect and handover all its 10 offices and all its properties and resources to a committee from HAC.

To read the full text of the statement issued by SUDO see Link to PDF below.

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Sudan: Crackdown on human rights defenders intensifies – Closure of SUDO and threats of arrest against Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam

Posted 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.

Sudan: Khartoum Centre for Human Rights and Environmental Developments registration cancelled and bank account frozen

Posted on 2009/03/05

Front Line is concerned following reports that the registration for the Khartoum Centre for Human Rights and Environmental Development (KCHRED) has been cancelled and that the organisation's bank account has been frozen. The KCHRED has most recently spoken out against the lack of respect for fundamental human rights, including freedom of expression, shown by the Government of National Unity (GNU) and its supporting offices, including the pre-print censorship practiced by the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) since early 2008.

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Sudan: Ongoing arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of human rights defender, Ms Nahla Bashir Adam

Posted on 2009/02/24

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports that human rights defender, Ms Nahla Bashir Adam, was arbitrarily arrested and detained on 15 December 2008. Nahla Bashir Adam is Deputy Director of the Youth for Children Association (YCA), a non-governmental non-profit organisation which was founded in 2003. The YCA works in South Kurdufan to promote the rights of children and awareness on issues such as education and health regarding children, especially those with disabilities and chronic diseases in Sudan.

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Sudan: Front Line welcomes the release of Osman Hummaida from detention

Posted on 2008/11/28

Case Update

Front Line welcomes the release of Osman Hummaida from detention in the office of the National Security Service (NSS) in Northern Khartoum on 28 November 2008 at around 12.30 am. Abdelmonim Aljak and Amir Mohamed Suliman, who were arrested with Osman Hummaida and redetained several times, have not been rearrested. Despite the release of the human rights defenders from detention, Front Line condemns the torture and ill-treatment that Osman Hummaida and Abdelmonim Aljak were subjected to in the course of interrogation.

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Sudan: Harassment of journalists and human rights defenders in Khartoum

Posted on 2007/12/03

Front Line is concerned following reports received of the harassment, by the Sudanese National Security Service (SNSS) on 21 November 2007, of the human rights defenders Amir Mohamed Suleiman, Chairperson of the Khartoum Centre for Human Rights (KCHR) and Mashair Abdullah Omer, financial officer of the organisation. Madiha Abdullah and Dr Nagib Nagmeldin were also questioned by SNSS on the same day. Madiha Abdullah is a journalist with the daily newspaper al-Ayyam, which has been subject to frequent censorship, and Dr Nagib Nagmeldin was formerly a coordinator for the Sudan Organisation against Torture.

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Sudan: remaining Kajbar Dam campaigner released

Posted on 2007/09/24

Hisham Abbas of the Kajbar Dam Committee was released from detention on 20 September 2007. No members of the Kajbar Dam Committee currently remain in detention.

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Sudan: Front Line concerned at ongoing detention of remaining Kajbar Dam campaigner

Posted on 2007/09/17

All Khajbar Dam campaigners released

Front Line welcomes the release of human rights defenders Al Khatib Mohamed Salim, Maisara Izzeldin Mohamed Munowar, Faroug Nuri, Daoud Suliman, Isam Mohamed Fagir and Nazmi Mohamed Hamid on 13 September and Nazmi Mohamed Hamid’s brother Nayif Mohamed Hamid, on 12 September. All had been arrested between 27 and 29 August 2007 and are campaigners against the construction of the Kajbar Dam, in the Nubian area of northern Sudan. They were being detained in Dongola prison. Hisham Abbas, a member of the Kajbar Dam Committee, is the remaining campaigner who continues to be in detention in Dongola prison.

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Sudan: Further arrests of members of the Kajbar Dam committee

Posted on 2007/09/06

Kajbar Campaigners Released

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports of the arrest and detention of human rights defenders Al Khatib Mohamed Elsir, Maisara Izzeldin Mohamed Munowar, Rami Hassan Farah, Faroug Nuri, Hisham Abbas, Daoud Suliman, Isam Mohamed Fagir, Nazmi Mohamed Hamid and his brother Nayif Mohamed Hamid, between 27 and 29 August 2007. All are members of the Committee against the Kajbar Dam, a body established to lobby against the construction of the Kajbar Dam, in the Nubian area of northern Sudan. Front Line has previously expressed concern about the arrest of members of the Kajbar Dam Committee, most recently on 21 August 2007.

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Sudan: ongoing detention of human rights defender Dr Mohammed Julal Hashim

Posted on 2007/08/23

Front Line welcomes the release of human rights defenders Osman Ibrahim, Alam Aldeen Abd Alghni, Emad Merghni Seed Ahmed, Abd Allah Abd Alghume, Mugahid Mohamed Abdalla and Osman Shammat on 19 August 2007. However, Front Line remains deeply concerned at the ongoing detention of human rights defender and University lecturer Dr Mohammed Julal Hashim. Dr Mohammed Julal Hashim was arrested on 15 June 2007. He received his last visit from his family two weeks ago when he was being detained in Debek Prison, north Khartoum, but it is believed that he may have been transferred to the national security wing of Kober Prison in Khartoum North. Reports state that he suffers from diabetes and high blood pressure. Front Line is concerned that he may be at risk of torture and ill-treatment.

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