- Update info:
- 24 Aug 2012 (Suspended)
- Latest info:
- 19 Jul 2012
- Country:
- REPUBLIC OF SUDAN
- Subject:
- Mohammed Salah Mohammed
- Period:
- 24 Sep 2012
- Distribution date:
- 19 Jul 2012
- UA No:
- 216/2012
Sudanese student activist Mohammed Salah Mohammed was arrested by men in plain clothes on 24 June in the capital, Khartoum, a few days after he joined peaceful protests. He is being held without charge and is at serious risk of torture and other ill-treatment.
Mohammed Salah Mohammed, aged 23, was eating dinner with two friends in the al-Riyadh neighbourhood of Khartoum when about 20 plainclothes security agents came in, beat up the men and arrested them. His friends have since been released, but Mohammed Salah Mohammed is still detained. He has not been charged and has not had access to a lawyer. He is at serious risk of torture and other ill-treatment.
His family were able to visit him on 14 July in the section of Kober prison run by the National Security Services (NSS). They have said he was shaking, and showed them a bruise on his forehead. Mohammed Salah Mohammed is in particular danger because he suffers from chronic kidney disease and requires medical attention.
Mohammed Salah Mohammed is a student at the University of Khartoum's Faculty of Sciences. He is the spokesperson of the Student Democratic Front at the university and the President of the Nubians’ regional student association (a group of minority students from the Nubian region in north Sudan). He took part in peaceful protests against the government in the week before his arrest.
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Inspired by protests throughout the Middle East and North Africa, Sudan has experienced frequent demonstrations since January 2011, calling for political change and an improvement in socio-economic conditions. In response the Sudanese authorities have frequently harassed, arrested and ill-treated peaceful protestors.
Since the latest demonstrations began, on 16 June 2012, scores of activists, bloggers and journalists have been arrested and detained in an attempt by the authorities to stifle dissent and reporting on the protest movement, in violation of the right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.
The protest movement spread from universities in Khartoum and its neighbouring cities Omdurman and Khartoum North to residential areas of the capital as well as provincial towns, including Atbara, Dongola, El Obeid, and Port Sudan.
Amnesty International has documented numerous cases of torture and other ill-treatment of protesters by the NSS, in particular since the beginning of the recent protest movement in mid-June 2012. NSS agents have beaten detainees, punching them and using hoses, plastic pipes, sticks and metal bars. The NSS also insulted detainees, deprived them of sleep and made them stand or sit for many hours in direct sunlight, in temperatures of more than 40°C.
Name: Mohammed Salah Mohammed
Gender m/f: M
UA: 216/12 Index: AFR 54/033/2012 Issue Date: 18 July 2012
- Update info:
- 24 Aug 2012 (Suspended)
- Latest info:
- 19 Jul 2012
- Country:
- REPUBLIC OF SUDAN
- Subject:
- Mohammed Salah Mohammed
Gender m/f: Male
- Period:
- 24 Sep 2012
- Distribution date:
- 24 Aug 2012
- UA No:
- 216/2012
Sudanese student activist Mohammed Salah Mohammed was released on 11 August. He had been held in detention since 24 June.
Twenty plain-clothed security agents had arrested Mohammed Salah Mohammed, aged 23, while he was eating dinner with two friends in the al-Riyadh neighbourhood of Khartoum on 24 June 2012. Mohammed Salah Mohammed and his friends were beaten during their arrest. His friends were soon released, but Mohammed Salah Mohammed remained in detention until 11 August. He was not charged and had no access to a lawyer.
Mohammed Salah Mohammed is a student at the University of Khartoum's Faculty of Sciences. He is the spokesperson of the Student Democratic Front at the university and the President of the Nubians’ regional student association (a group of minority students from the Nubian region in north Sudan). He took part in peaceful protests against the government in the week before his arrest.
Many thanks to all who sent appeals. No further action is required.
This is the first update of UA 216/12. Further information: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR54/033/2012/en
Name: Mohammed Salah Mohammed
Gender m/f: Male
Further information on UA: 216/12 Index: AFR 54/042/2012 Issue Date: 23 August 2012
